English speaking 3 Assignment 1 Full name Viet Trịnh Minh Date of birth 16th of November 2021 Group FHTM114C 1 What difference are there between word stress and sentence stress? Normally when we say “I feel stressed” it means “I feel anxious” Stress is a kind of worried feeling about life or work But there is another kind of stress that actually helps us understand This other kind of stress is an accent that we make on certain syllables and words when speaking English When words combine to form.
English speaking 3- Assignment Full name: Viet Trịnh Minh Date of birth: 16th of November 2021 Group: FHTM114C What difference are there between word stress and sentence stress? Normally when we say “I feel stressed” it means “I feel anxious” Stress is a kind of worried feeling about life or work But there is another kind of stress that actually helps us understand This other kind of stress is an accent that we make on certain syllables and words when speaking English When words combine to form sentences not all of them are stressed Sentence stress is the music of spoken English Sentence stress is what gives English its rhythm or “beat” You remember that word stress is accent on one syllable within a word Sentence stress is accent on certain words within a sentence For example, in the sentence, She ‘went to the ‘cinema only the words went and the first syllable ‘cinema are stressed The words she, to, the and the last two syllables of ‘cinema i.e ne and ma are unstressed It is on this alteration of stressed and unstressed syllables that the rhythm of English depends If we stress every word in an English sentence it would sound very odd Most sentences have two types of word Word stress is like a golden key to speaking and understanding English.In words of more than one syllable, not all the syllables are equally prominent Those that are more prominent than others are said to receive the stress The word stress in modern dictionaries is indicated by putting a vertical line above/below and in front of the stressed syllable Very often stress and pitch change work together to make a syllable prominent Following are the rules guiding us to use the stress correctly The general rules in word stress are as follows There is only one stress in one word Only vowels are stressed, not consonants Sentences consist of two types of words, content words and structure words • Content words – the main words of a sentence that have sense or meaning • Structure words – these are small, simple, not very important words that make the sentence grammatically correct Sentence stress – specific rules (there are many exceptions to these rules), these rules are for normal or neutral stress • content words are stressed • structure words are unstressed • time between stressed words is always the same Why is sentence intonation used? Intonation or the pitch pattern of your voice is important in spoken English because it conveys meaning in many ways Changing the pitch in your voice – making it higher or lower - allows you to show surprise “Oh, really!” or boredom “Oh, really Let’s listen to some intonation patterns used for specific functions - First there’s the high or rising tone, used for asking a yes/no question: Do you find English difficult? Are you listening? Is this clear? - The rising tone is also used for showing expectation as you can hear when this furniture maker talks about seeing the inside of some rare timber: And it’s used for showing interest and excitement - A low or falling tone is used for making a statement as does this art gallery director: The Art Gallery of South Australia commenced the joint program in art history with the University of Adelaide in 2001 - Questions with who, what, when, why and how also use this low or falling tone: Who are you looking for? - Listen to the rising and falling tones used by the woman in the next clip to explain the properties of granular materials: Take vacuum packed coffee for example This is very much solid like behaviour because it's stiff, stiff as a brick and at the same time it's strong enough to hold your weight And yet, if we open the pack, I can pour it just like I would pour water… - When listing things a rise-falling tone is used: Granular materials constitute a wide range of everyday common materials, such as powders through to natural grains such as nuts, rice, wheat grains and mineral resources - A level tone or a low rising tone can also be used for listing: We have studio cabins, two bedroom cabins, tepees and a campground - Finally, a fall-rising tone expresses uncertainty: I’m not sure what all this means - A different intonation is required for the next way of asking for clarification: It’s a yes/no question with a rising tone Listen: Do you mean important things that I own? - The final example is a statement, so a falling tone is used: Sorry, I’m not quire sure what you mean by ‘valued possessions - So a falling tone is used for ‘wh’ and ‘how’ questions: Who are you looking for? What is that you’re reading? Where is the art gallery? Why are you learning English? How are you? - But a rising tone is used for yes/no questions: Do you find English difficult? Are you listening? Is this clear? Rearrange the following sentences to make a logic dialogue f Hello Mai! You look very fresh and sunburnt Where have you been? a I’ve just come back from the South g Really? Did you enjoy good weather there? c It was lovely They say that it was even too hot for the end of September The day temperature was about 30 degree Toward evening, it fell to twenty but it was still very warm e Did it ever rain? d Once when we were at sea on a motorboat, we were caught in heavy rain I can’t say that it was pleasant I wish you had come with us b I do, too May be next time then .. .2 Why is sentence intonation used? Intonation or the pitch pattern of your voice is important in spoken English because it conveys meaning in many ways... reading? Where is the art gallery? Why are you learning English? How are you? - But a rising tone is used for yes/no questions: Do you find English difficult? Are you listening? Is this clear? Rearrange... of South Australia commenced the joint program in art history with the University of Adelaide in 20 01 - Questions with who, what, when, why and how also use this low or falling tone: Who are you