30: 2-syllable word stress and -tion/-sion syllable stress

American English Pronunciation Podcast

Seattle Learning Academy

Language Learning, Self-improvement, Education

4.6 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2008

⏱️ 13 minutes

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English syllable stress follows some very common patterns that can be learned. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, and welcome to Seattle Learning Academy's 30th American English pronunciation podcast.
0:13.0	Today we have a long show to introduce you to the complex rules of syllable stress.
0:20.0	But first, I hope everyone found last week's episode about the short
0:24.2	eye and long e sounds helpful. It really is a show that everyone should be attention to. I hear
0:32.4	people from nearly every language group have trouble with the short eye. The best way to notice the problem is generally to compare and contrast that sound with the long e.
0:44.3	Remember, the short eye is said with the tongue lower and more relaxed, and for a shorter amount of time than the long E.
0:55.0	As a really quick review, repeat the following pairs after me.
1:01.0	Itch each.
1:05.0	List, least.
1:10.0	Slip, sleep. List least.
1:13.6	Slip, sleep.
1:18.6	Grin, green.
1:23.6	Still, steal.
1:33.3	I have been waiting a long time to do today's show about syllable stress. Syllable stress is often overlooked as the issue when mispronunciation is concerned.
1:38.3	This is really too bad.
1:41.3	I think if syllable stress rules were taught alongside other grammatical English rules,
1:47.0	non-native speakers would be able to develop a more intuitive approach to syllable stress.
1:53.0	For the most part, native speakers can guess which syllable would be stressed in a multi-syllable word, even if they have no idea
2:03.2	how they know that information. Today I'm going to let you in on some secrets of syllable
2:09.2	stress. It starts simple, but can get complicated really quickly, so you have to pay attention.
2:16.6	The first general rule I'm going to give you is complicated really quickly, so you have to pay attention.
2:18.3	The first general rule I'm going to give you is also the most well known.
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