I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away. (Sofia Vergara)
“Sentence
Stress” need not be referred to as the particular anxiety an ESL student
experiences when attempting to pronounce a particularly wordy sentence in
English… Sentence Stress is actually the
“music” of English, the thing that gives the language its particular “beat” or “rhythm”. In general, in any given English utterance
there will be particular words that carry more “weight” or “volume” (stress)
than others. From a speaking
perspective, Sentence Stress will affect the degree to which an ESL student
sounds “natural”. In terms of listening,
it affects how well a student can understand the utterances they hear. www.english raven.com
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