Emphasis in English | English Pronunciation Lesson

See how native English speakers use the music of English to express meaning or emotion that is not expressed directly through words.
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[@CamblyGlobal]

Nice video...really helps break down the stresses and accent of native speakers.

[@Alien_brain2024]

I got it clearly it's so simple👍 thank you so much ❤️

[@maansinghparihaar1386]

What an explained mam🙏🙏💞💞💞💞🙏🙏🙏

[@jovitoabio2427]

Hi teacher Larissa! In this video about emphasis, you let your viewers find out what emotions are there behind those examples you have given, but you did not reveal the correct answers. I have my own answers, but since I am not a native English speaker I am not sure if I got them right. Can you make a video that should discuss further each of those examples you have given? Thanks! You have given all the English learners throughout the world a great opportunity to learn and progress! You are continuously making a great contribution to the world. This will benefit not only the learners in the present but the future learners as well.

[@overseer8706]

Bruh

[@thammaithi3244]

Very good and funny videos bring a great sense of entertainment!

[@Jinfromhell]

Please make a videoo / comment to explain what's the differennce between those ways in stressing the content word ?

[@hiennguyenanh8480]

Good CG, and very detail in editing video. Did you do it by yourself ?

[@houseofnyli9642]

Thanks for this lesson havig a strong accent because of my regional accent can be difficult to turn it into neutral accent.

[@missmalingo59]

I have a question in the examples there are different emphasis y diferent words. Is the sentence's meaning the same in all the examples? I'm from Venezuela. I would like to learn about it. Thanks a lot.

[@nomiimon]

Thankyou

[@qifanwu551]

Hi, what is the focus word in "what's this" and "what is it for" ?

[@karinabalderrama8137]

I was given an exercise where I had to underline the focus word of the following sentence "My first real day in Stratford" but any of the content words could be the important one. Which would be the most suitable one?

[@elementalenglish]

Is there a rest of the sentence with a verb in it? Typically, if it's a generic sentence with no special emphasis, the last content word in the thought group/sentence is the focus word.

[@nancynoll4716]

I think it would be REAL, because it emphasizes that there was another day in which the speaker had a first day, but it wasn't official.

[@hikikyomori]

Im just learning. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I think i understand the messages in each sentence. 1. It's like you wanna know if the person really could dance or not. 2. The person thinks he can dance but others might think that he can't. 3. The person only thinks he can dance but he's not really sure or certain that he can. 4. He thinks he can be the one who dances. 5. Of course he can dance but you're not sure if he's going to do it if asked. 6. He thinks he can dance but it's like you expect him to do other thing instead of dancing. Please correct me if I'm wrong (T_T)

[@SaiRam-ne7on]

All good 👍

[@wendyschwartz8044]

In the sentence 5 ("So, you think you CAN dance."), I think your answer is possible. As a native English speaker/ESL teacher, I would say that another interpretation is that the speaker is challenging the dancer. In other words, perhaps the person was able to dance in the past, but maybe now they cannot. So, the speaker may want the dancer to prove that they can still dance. The word "can" is an implied "could".

[@evaldogomes9840]

Amazing! You're adorable!

[@JESUS230496]

Wouldn't you like to make a video about pronunciation, when a word finishes with "T" and the other one with "Th" [ð]?

[@elementalenglish]

Can you give me an example of a pair of words that end with a "t" and "th" that might be confusing?

[@missi010]

I didnt get. you stressed some function words in last examples and what that mean in each one?

[@wendyschwartz8044]

In English, you can stress ANY word in a sentence, if you choose to. However, function words are stressed in sentences when the speaker wants to send a specific message without actually saying the message. In the sentence "So, you think you CAN dance.", one interpretation is that the speaker is challenging the dancer. In other words, perhaps the person was able to dance in the past, but maybe now they cannot. There are other possible interpretations depending on the situation of the speaker and dancer. I know it's been a long time since you asked, but I hope that helps. Learning the "hidden" messages in the implied stress in English is not easy and takes a long time to understand.

[@aniaabasi3775]

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[@abdullahelsaid1919]

good job 😃

[@ihavenopatience3015]

People, just hear the text and call her crazy

[@teepthineerajaneduri9249]

You and can

[@UserUser-mh9oj]

「目標を指定してお金が必要」、

[@JohnDoe-rv4kp]

Superrrrrr

[@jasminefroze5247]

So, we can stress only one content word at a time? For example, in one sentence, we stress only one content word out of them. Is that right?

[@elementalenglish]

Great question. All content words are stressed--they're said longer, louder and higher in pitch. Basically, they're said clearly. In addition to this, in every group of words or sentence, there will be one content word which is given the most emphasis. This is the focus word, the most important content word in the sentence or thought group. This focus word will be said with even higher pitch than the other content words. Why? The speaker determined that it has the most importance in terms of meaning and therefore the listener should focus on it. Does that help? :)

[@mallatulasi2499]

the sound is not good I am quite disappointed