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Sentence Stress & Focus Words in American English

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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When Americans talk they stress the CONTENT and FOCUS words in a sentence or phrase because these words are integral to the meaning of the sentence. Americans reduce the function words in a sentence because these words are not key to meaning. In spoken American English each sentence or phrase contains: A Focus word-the most important word Content words-very important for meaning Function words-not important for meaning

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American English Pronunciation (Intro)

Monday, February 2, 2009

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American English Pronunciation (Intro)

In this video lesson I will explain why you have an accent when you speak, why Americans don’t understand you and what you can do to improve your American English pronunciation .

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