Sentence stress

We are going to listen to a song. Can you guess what this song is about just looking at the pictures?

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Now, listen to the song and try to follow the identify/pay attention to the stressed words:

Idea from:

Heinemann ELT hits : 10 original pop songs

Autor: Karen Ludlow; Macmillan Heinemann English Language Teaching.

Editorial: Oxford, UK : Macmillan Heinemann English Language Teaching, 1996.

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Now, listen to this video. Stress-timed versus syllable-timed language:

or revise these PWP presentations on word stress, sentence stress and connected speech and intonation.

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Here its is a MUSICAL example to understand it:

1 and then 2 and then 3 and then 4

Here it is a good explanation:

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or a song:

This is the HOUSE that JACK BUILT

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If you do not follow the stress-timed rules, you might have problems. If you do not believe me, try to sing this other song:

What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor

Try it with this other version.

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Two more songs to finish this part of the class:

The Farmyard Jamboree

The Little Mermaid | Under the Sea

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Article 1. Things to teach about sentence stress and rhythm

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Article 2. Schwa

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Quiz 21. Rhythm. Exercise A

Quiz 22. Rhythm. Exercise B

More:

Good prezi presentation to clarify/consider:

https://prezi.com/2gf2edhqclf9/sentence-stress/