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WEEK 4
ASPECT: Speech work
TOPIC: STRESS
SUB-TOPIC: Introduction to stress.
Stress, in English Language is the extra force(emphasis)placed on the part of a word to receives strong pronunciation than the other. In English the part or chunk that the word is divisible into is called syllable. Therefore, a particular syllable (sound unit) that is pronounced more than the other is called the stressed syllable. In speech, stress helps us to differentiate the meaning of a word that has the same spelling but different meaning and belong to different part of speech. NOTE : Noun is stressed in the first syllable and verb is stressed on the second syllable of two syllable words.
| NOUN | VERB |
| IM-port | im-PORT |
| EX-port | ex-PORT |
| CON-duct | con-DUCT |
| ES-cort | es-CORT |
NOTE: A word cannot be stressed in English because it has only one syllable; stress can only start from two syllables.
Pronounce these words: EN-ter, O-pen, PA-per, MO-ney, BO-rrow, a-LIVE, di-VINE, a-PPLY, be-WARE, en-JOY etc
EVALUATION:
- Define stress in your own word.
- What is the part that pronounced more the other called?
- Give examples of stressed words.
ASSIGNMENT: Stress the following words
- Parent
- Country
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