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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