Pronounce English words correctly | Word Stress | Syllables | Pronunciation
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Word stress (or syllable stress) is important because syllables in English words are not all equal! This video lesson will show you how to recognise and practice word stress (or syllable stress) correctly.
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00:00 Introduction
00:37 What's a syllable?
02:46 Stressed syllables
05:15 Which syllable to stress
06:14 Syllable recap
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