pronunciation

stress

Native speakers know which part of a word should receive the hardest emphasis

Example: Photograph

stress in words also depends on the grammatical function of the word

Also depends on the intention of the sentence

EXAMPLE: Run

How to say a word

How to pronounce it.

sounds

All words are made up of different sounds

CAT- /K/,/A/,/T/

People need to know this sounds in order to understand others and be understood

One of the foreings speakers of english problem is that usually we canĀ“t pronounce well the individual sounds

Intonation

The music of speech

Tone of voice and tune of the speech

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