Word Stress - Part 1 | English Pronunciation

Word Stress - Part 1 | English Pronunciation - What is word stress?

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Billie English - the KZfaq channel to help you improve your English pronunciation, speaking and fluency! Billie is a certified CELTA English teacher trainer and has over 17 years of teaching experience. In this video we are going to have a look at word stress in English.
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0:00 Introduction
1:52 What is word stress? - a definition
3:04 Examples (stress bubbles, stress indication in dictionaries)
8:09 How do we identify word stress?
11:21 Word stress impacts quality of vowel sounds
13:51 What about unstressed words? - full & weak forms
15:21 Primary vs. secondary stress in words
17:58 Test
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In this video we are going to have a look at word stress in English. It is important to know which part, or better which syllable, in a word is more prominent so that the word sounds right and so that people understand it when we say it. You will learn that only one syllable in a word is stressed (= carries the primary stress) and we will look at examples so you can see that a stressed syllable is: 1. longer, 2. louder, 3. has a change in pitch, 4. is easier to hear and 5. results in larger facial movements. We will go over multiple examples and you will also learn how to recognise word stress in the phonemic transcript in dictionaries.
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Billie is a pronunciation coach and content creator based in Barcelona, Spain. Her main focus is English pronunciation, phonology and helping learners speak more fluently. Billie has a degree in Communication Research & Phonology, a PGCE in Primary Education, a Trinity College Cert & DiplomaTESOL and over 17 years of teaching experience. She also works as a CELTA teacher trainer, Cambridge examiner and educational advisor. Her videos have been featured in the Google funded AI app ELSA speak.
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@BillieEnglish 13 күн бұрын

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@user-ye1qo6vd4k 7 ай бұрын

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@amirahamdy9433 2 жыл бұрын

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@hamidfareed3597 2 жыл бұрын

Bundle of thanks. This really a fruitful video.

@rplmhzrk17 10 ай бұрын

I learned a lot of from you in intonation and stress. Thank you so much

@itssaher2261 5 ай бұрын

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@dr.omarjabak7919 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your great effort and helpful videos. Hats off to you!

@daviskd2680 5 ай бұрын

Well done so clearly and calmly. Thanks a lot.

@gracejoy3890 2 жыл бұрын

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@BillieEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@hamidfareed3597 2 жыл бұрын

And u get it.

@Uriaaa88 2 жыл бұрын

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@changehealthcaresolutions-8168 2 жыл бұрын

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@user-go3oi4vo2t 5 ай бұрын

Great definition to the syllable and stressed syllable ❤great teacher 🧑🏻‍🏫 wonderful 🏆🥇video many thanks 🙏🏽 🌺🌸🌼

@diagnembaye423 Жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thanks

@user-uz4ro4qp4n 5 ай бұрын

I love you so much, first time watching I really understand❤❤

@balurasve8097 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your efforts

@edveedvelos1561 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much !!

@gunelrza9711 Жыл бұрын

It was perfectly understandable! Thank you for your superb explanation!🇦🇿🌹

@BillieEnglish Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! I'm glad it was helpful!

@aeshasalem6367 2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your explanation, you are the best actually, thank you very much💗💗

@BillieEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@ezequielibarra6177 2 жыл бұрын

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@kainatkhan1759 Жыл бұрын

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@taherelsayed1865 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your video

@user-el3cz6tw4b 9 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@sheydaahoupay1059 2 жыл бұрын

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@user-ke2mj4wy2f 2 ай бұрын

I like the video and I have a quick question. It is about Spanish not English . This question is not about where to put the stress, but more like what is a stress. When I search for Spanish stress, it just tells me where the stress should be, and I wanted to know what stress is. In my search, I saw this video about English stress (I’m a native speaker) and it said that the stress of the word means it’s louder and also longer. I tried the exercises and it’s a very subtle effect. I hardly stress at all but it sounds right. I’ve learned Spanish in various courses, and many, like Michel Thomas, really emphasize the stress and make the stressed syllable longer, so "puedo" is "pweeeh doh" with the "pweeh" part much longer. Or "quiero" is "key aiiirr roe". I saw a clip in Spanish that said that the syllable length doesn’t get longer but just gets louder which surprised me. I then went to a site where a Spanish speaker pronounced the words, and you see her face and the words underneath and word broken up into the syllables and showing the stressed one. It still sounds to me like that Spanish speaker is elongating the stressed syllable and not just making it louder. However, after listening to it a lot, I can see that it might not be longer but my English ear is hearing it longer. It might just be that it is louder but to my ear, it sounds longer/ elongated in Spanish? Anyone help with this?

@ola_m_3lam954 10 ай бұрын

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@debendralimbu8891 11 ай бұрын

Thank you much..

@bbbravoboy 3 ай бұрын

For "computer," I thought the rule was if the word is 3 syllables and ends in "er" then the stressed syllable is third from the end which would make it COM.pu.ter. Am I wrong?

@celestevallejos6104 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Billie! thanks for the nice video ❤ I was wondering if there is any tips to identify secondary stress, I really can't notice when a word has it, I know that it is likely with long words but the only way I can know is if I check on dictionary

@BillieEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

Great question! Yes, this can be a bit tricky to identify. Thankfully, you only really find secondary stress in longer words, like you said. I think often you hear 2 stressed syllables: one is the primary and one the secondary. For example, in the adjective 'supernatural' = /ˌsuː.pəˈnætʃ.ər.əl/ - both the first and the third syllable are louder than the others because they are both stressed. Now, the question is which one has the primary stress? My tip would be to sing the word out loud and exaggerate, e.g. as if you were to announce an advert. Listen to yourself: which syllable is now the one that is the loudest, the one you drag out and put the main emphasis on? Voila, that's the primary stress. I hope this helps! (obviously in an exam you have to sing silently in your head!)

@celestevallejos6104 2 жыл бұрын

@@BillieEnglish Hahaha yes thats besically what I do repeat out loud words until I realized and something that helped me a lot is trying what you said about placing the stress in the others syllables, that way it is easier to notice. I also guess that practice makes perfect so that's why I am trying now as well. Thanks for the lessons, finding your channel was what I needed to finally feel I understand phonology 🥰❤

@gowingabriel7567 11 ай бұрын

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@BillieEnglish 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! 💛

@Bachal34120 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much mam❤

@sparrowg954 Жыл бұрын

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@anantharamulu8080 Жыл бұрын

Your voice is very clear.I follow it easily ,I like your teaching, make many videos of this kind for people like me .

@BillieEnglish Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@hamidfareed3597 2 жыл бұрын

I m a student of Linguistics. Its my favorite topic. Bcs of stress i like English language.

@BillieEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

I have a whole playlist on wordstress covering all the main patterns. Have a look here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5pko7RnrbXXfY0.html

@bhimasigaddiyavar3530 9 ай бұрын

Good teacher🎉

@victorialovato5519 2 жыл бұрын

Your classes are really useful, Billie. Thanks. I have a question about this class and previous videos about this topic... Are the rules that you shared with us British or American?

@BillieEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Victoria! These rules on word stress are for all varieties of English, word stress does not differ between British or American English. Thank you for watching! 😊

@victorialovato5519 2 жыл бұрын

@@BillieEnglish Thanks for clearing that doubt. I was very happy to see your answer, thank you for your time. ❤️❤️❤️

@mamdouhyoussif8208 2 жыл бұрын

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@tayyabtaybe9144 Жыл бұрын

Shabash🎉

@anshikaksetri947 5 ай бұрын

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@azizline9280 8 ай бұрын

We have a good way

@FatimaFatima-ix9oj Жыл бұрын

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@katyolivera2578 Жыл бұрын

Hi Billie, why in the word for example: banana, the stress is in the second syllable?

@speakenglish364 Жыл бұрын

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@perumalsunny984 11 ай бұрын

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@syedtoufequeshah4572 Ай бұрын

good

@allahistheonlyone.7764 2 жыл бұрын

Maam plz plz plz Will u teach us "diferrence berween morph morpheme and alomorph " "Difference between phoneme phone and alophon " Plz plz plz

@BillieEnglish 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your suggestion! I will consider this for future videos :-)

@allahistheonlyone.7764 2 жыл бұрын

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@omeshagimhani5089 Жыл бұрын

Maam could you please mention what is polysyllabic words ?

@BillieEnglish Жыл бұрын

Hello! Yes, of course! 'polysyllabic' = having three or more syllables Often we say this about a word with many syllables. For example: 'extraordinary' is a polysyllabic word. It consists of 5 syllables. 'circumnavigation' is also polysyllabic because it has 6 syllables. I hope this helps!

@omeshagimhani5089 Жыл бұрын

@@BillieEnglish Thank you so much maam got understood very well ❤

@khadidjabelabbes7597 Жыл бұрын

Hi Billie!could you please tell me why does the stress fall on the second syllable in the word "resources "please give me the rule. Thanks

@spectrum9351 5 ай бұрын

It gives much pleasure to learn English just like a native living at a remote domain. Dear, it is very helpful to those who are unable to pronounce English properly. Dialect always dominates it, and here people mispronounce. Keet it up and continue your noble work. ❤

@marlonbrenno2778 6 ай бұрын

I have such a hard time trying to pronounce the words "effortless" "effortlessly" "effortlessness". There are two main reasons for this: Reason # 1. The "t" sound: I know that in natural spoken english an american native speaker don't pronounce a "true t" like "tap" or "table", instead they pronounce a "held t" = the tip of the tongue touches the bony bump behind the upper teeth (AKA alveolar ridge), however there is no air release. I CAN'T do it naturally 2. Word stress: In my native language, Brazilian Portuguese, when a word has four or more syllables, the stress can only fall in one of the last three syllables in a word. In two syllable-words the stress pattern can be: DA da ( BOla, MAla) or da DA ( caJU, aMOR). In three-syllable words the stress pattern can be: da da DA (profesSOR, abriCÓ bamboLÊ), da DA da ( toMAte, baNAna, aÇUcar), DA da da (sílaba, fôlego, música). So, in a four-syllable word , five-syllable word or any other multi-syllable word, it doesn't matter how many syllables the word has, the stress can only fall in one of the last three syllables, so the stress patterns can be: da da da DA ( last Syllable): man je ri CÃO da da DA da (second to last Syllable): res pon SÁ vel da DA da da (third to last Syllable) : his TÓ ri co. In English however, if we count the syllables backwords, the stress can falls in the fourth to last Syllable: DA da da da : *EF* fort less ly *EF* fort less ness. Another crazy example is the word "Veterinary" which has five syllables and has the stress on the first syllable or on the fifth to last syllable (counting backwords): DA da da da da: *VET* er i nar y I'm not accostumed to these stress patterns, so that's why is pretty difficult for me

@ashajoram6926 Жыл бұрын

Why there is no period (.) after di. in December.

@BillieEnglish Жыл бұрын

Hello Asha! Sometimes, when the next syllable is stressed and the little apostrophe is used to indicate that, the period mark to show the syllable boundary is omitted, as in: /diˈsembə/ I hope this helps!

@ashajoram6926 Жыл бұрын

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@user-rh1py5fo2z Ай бұрын

Madam,in the word "ˈspeʃəli" why isn't there (:) after (i) , like (i:). In such a situation how should we understand that? Is it (i:) or (ɪ) sound? Pls explain 🙏 in many words I have seen at the end only (i), not (i:) like, əˈkædəmi , ɔːˈθɒrəti etc...

@englishwithronysir7586 Жыл бұрын

Mam,I am from Bangladesh. Please help me.

@ashajoram6926 Жыл бұрын

I would like a coffee. Coffee is an uncountable noun, right? We cannot add a to coffee.

@BillieEnglish Жыл бұрын

Hello Asha! Officially, the word 'coffee' is uncountable. However, colloquially you will hear people say 'Id like two coffees please!' and it's also considered correct. It means 'two cups of coffee' but people just shorten it and say 'two coffees and three teas and four waters ..' etc ... You get the idea!

@ashajoram6926 Жыл бұрын

@@BillieEnglish Dear Billie, you are an angel ❤️🌻beyond grateful to have found your channel. My life changed for good!