LIVE Accent Training: Master English Rhythm and Practice Word and Sentence Stress Exercises

[@Englishwithkim]

Want to jump right to the practice exercises? 😛 🔹Word stress practice starts at 11:44 🔹Sentence stress practice starts at 52:59

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[@Englishwithkim]

You're welcome!

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[@Englishwithkim]

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Good job

[@dweyodwelisu8094]

Good syllable

[@Englishwithkim]

Thanks!

[@moongirl5309]

Tnks that was really helpful

[@Englishwithkim]

Glad to hear that!

[@mohammadzangooei5695]

Thanks for training. I use the movement of my eyebrows for stressed and nonstressed syllables just like you

[@Englishwithkim]

That's awesome! Our faces also share a lot of clues that help people understand us!

[@jamiecheung36]

nice lesson!thank you!

[@Englishwithkim]

I appreciate that - glad it helped!

[@deepthimuthukumarana2617]

Hello ma'm kim good afternoon i like to waching your english speaking vidio very nice explain thank you so much

[@aaronrenmd6324]

thanks teacher!

[@madziamiko2064]

I study English philology and your video has helped me understand better how to stress words, thank you :)

[@Englishwithkim]

That's awesome! This was a fun live video, and I have quite a few other videos on stress, including my most recent ones. Try this playlist for more: kzbin.info/aero/PL81YJkck6j1vHrMoHzzgti7vMwqzjwWwZ

[@madziamiko2064]

@@Englishwithkim Thank you for letting me know! Obviously I'll check it and much more 🤩

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[@Englishwithkim]

I'm happy this helped you! 😀

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You would try a LIVE again

[@Englishwithkim]

Even though live videos are fun for participants, I've found that many people don't have the patience to watch the replay. I'd rather record a shorter video instead.

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@@Englishwithkim I have the patience, I like to learn with you

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[@Englishwithkim]

Good job!!

[@faridbourkache4960]

Thanks to you Kim, I am happy with both my native Berber and English adoptive accent.

[@Englishwithkim]

That's awesome to hear! The goal is to be comfortable with how you sound so you feel confident speaking up.

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Thanks my dear!

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You are the best! I love your channel! Thank you for providing so much value

[@Englishwithkim]

You're welcome! I"m happy this is helping you.

[@carlosserrano8425]

Unlearn (forget)

[@rahmiastuti2652]

How can I decide which syllable I must stress in a word? Should I memorize every sinlge syllable?

[@Englishwithkim]

There are patterns you can learn and practice in order to predict which syllable should be stressed in a word. A common example is words that end in -tion, like "education" and "communication." The syllable before the ending -tion is stressed: eduCAtion, communiCAtion. I teach these patterns in the Stress Simplified program: englishwithkim.com/ss/ When you come across new words, be sure to take note of the stress pattern so you practice saying it right from the beginning. With practice, your ear will start to pick up on these patterns and you'll stress words accurately. It will not always require your focused attention - practice helps you internalize the patterns so that you can start producing them automatically!

[@edo7131]

This is a breakthrough moment for me. thanks for the awesome teaching !

[@Englishwithkim]

That's awesome to hear! Glad it helped. You may want to check out this video to see how stress works with thought groups: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpLJYpuLedafbtU

[@mahmudulhasan65]

Kim, Have u pdf book collection??

[@Englishwithkim]

At the moment, I don't have any eBooks available, as I prefer to teach through video and audio lessons in my accent reduction programs. My courses include a PDF guidebook, but it is not available separately.

[@mahmudulhasan65]

@@Englishwithkim You can add all of your lectures in Google classroom with respective titles. That will help us learning topics after topics.

[@dianaescalante106]

Kim You're so commited, I love you smile while you're teaching, thanks.

[@Englishwithkim]

Thanks for the kind words! Live lessons are fun to do.

[@sunglee3935]

In a book called American Accent Training, the author says when there is an adjective followed by a noun, only stress the noun and not stress the adjective but you say stress both. I guess everybody is different.

[@Englishwithkim]

What you read is correct! When you're just getting started with content and function words, it's easier to stress all of them. Most people struggle to use stress consistently, and you have to start building the skill, which is what this training is about. Native speakers use different levels of stress, and we stress word partnerships and thought groups differently. I teach these patterns in my course on stress. If you watch my video on phrases with "and" and phrasal verbs, those are more examples. We generally won't use two strongly stressed words in a row. But I've found it works best for people to start by consistently using sentence stress and then move on to varying stress.

[@sunglee3935]

Ok. Also I'm not sure how to stress the word when there is an 'of' in the sentence. A lot of the times when 'of' is there, the phrase becomes long and I haven't heard about rules for stressing in that case. It will be good if you do a video on that.

[@Englishwithkim]

Can you give an example of what you've noticed?

[@sunglee3935]

in a phrase like "Only half of millennials felt that way", should half be emphasized or millenials. Is it the word before the "of" or after. I'm not sure which is the important part.

[@Englishwithkim]

Great question. It depends on what you're trying to emphasize. Both words will be stressed, but one will be the focus word, or the most important word, in the thought group. Think of it this way - which word would be more surprising/interesting for your listener? Is it surprising that half felt that way? Or is it interesting that millennials felt that way, and are you contrasting them with Gen X or baby boomers? I would probably stress "half," but context matters. This is why stress is so powerful for communicating what you mean.

[@faridbourkache4960]

Thank you so much Kim for all your interesting work. Bravo!

[@Englishwithkim]

You're most welcome! I appreciate the kind words.

[@Anelia333]

Fair enough! There are this canadian guy Justin who has learned russian and makes videos in it (to help russian speaking audience learn english). His grammar and all are pretty good, but the rythm of his speech and the sentence stress sounds... very English 😄 What makes it harder to understand what he's saying cause i have to concentrate more on the words specifically

[@Englishwithkim]

You're completely right - when the rhythm and stress is off, it can be distracting since you have to listen for every single word rather than the meaning. This is one of my biggest problems as a non-native Spanish speaker - I still use American word and sentence stress in Spanish, even though it's a syllable-timed language. Even though Russian has stress patterns like English, they work differently. These subtle details become even more important when someone speaks with good grammar and vocabulary, because they stand out more!

[@greekwithjo960]

Amazing video. I've just realized that I'm saying AFTERnoon all these years. I also noticed that you said THERE is. Do we stress always in there? Cause I tend to say there IS. Or it depends on what you are saying?

[@Englishwithkim]

My general advice when people are starting to work on word stress is to consider all of the words you use regularly, especially those that seem simple or easy. A lot of the times, I find people are stressing them on the wrong syllable out of habit! If you share the time stamp for this particular example, I can explain why I would have stressed "there." We can shift the stress around in order to communicate our meaning. That said, in normal, neutral speech, "there is" is usually contracted to "there's" and is not stressed. However, we might stress "there" when saying something like "THERE is the necklace I was looking for" or "is" when responding to a question or comment, saying something like, "There IS a question we still haven't answered." It depends on context - which is why it's important to use stress intentionally.

[@greekwithjo960]

@@Englishwithkim Thank you so much for the reply. I heard it again (1:17:20) and I'm not sure if you do stress "there" or it sounds like it to me. Your advice is valuable anyway. Your videos are helping me a lot.

[@Englishwithkim]

I can hear that "there" is slightly more stressed than "is" in this example, so you're not wrong! But if I were to actually say something like this in normal conversation, I would use the contraction "there's" and de-emphasize them both. It's a little different reading out loud or saying someone else's words - I've even read that reading out loud is a whole other set of fluency skills!

[@greekwithjo960]

@@Englishwithkim Got it. Thank you so much for clarifying this for me. You're right. When you read out loud differs from a normal conversation.

[@huai-jinzhang6099]

this lesson really helps me!!!thank you, Kim.

[@Englishwithkim]

I'm happy this helped you!

[@ElizabethMoros]

It was my first time here and I simply loved your way of teaching! Thanks ❤️

[@Englishwithkim]

Welcome to my channel! I'm glad my style of teaching is helping you!

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Yr video was very helpful, thanks a lot

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[@Englishwithkim]

I appreciate that! My goal is to share information that will truly help you communicate better!

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Amazing

[@mjohn8468]

Hi, thanks for your teaching. I have a question. About the sentence stress, about 24mins, "have to" and "most of", you make stresses in "have" and "most". I am wondering "have to" is an auxiliary verb and "most" is a pron. why do you stress them? Thank you.

[@Englishwithkim]

This is a perfect example of why you have understand (and analyze) language in context and also in chunks! I couldn't find the precise example, but "have to" is a phrasal modal that is often used for emphasize when giving suggestions: "You have to try this!" We would stress "have" to emphasize how we feel. Modals may or may not be stressed depending on the context. You can see an example in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4nMlIaaYr-AhNk With regards to "most of the time," you want to to think of the complete phrase. It works like "the majority of the time," and we would stress "most" in order to emphasize how much time. It is definitely a good idea to analyze live videos like this one because I'm speaking naturally - great job!

[@mjohn8468]

Thanks for your quick reply and teaching. Nice.

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Wonderful. Seems that you re naturally competent.Thanks

[@minthaiktun1620]

It's a nice pronunciation you have. I love the way you speak.

[@Englishwithkim]

Thanks! I try to practice what I preach 😀

[@OESTESFRIENDS]

i love it, Unfortunately Brazil did not have English teachers. thanks now

[@tuwu4618]

hi,Kim,i was wondering ,Like the phrase "feel like",which word is the stress,FEEL like or feel LIKE,i've heard both,so i am a little bit confused.

[@Englishwithkim]

In general, we stress the verb, so I would stress "feel" more than "like." In a sentence like "I don't feel like going," the verb "going" would receive the most stress.

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[@Englishwithkim]

I'm so happy to hear that 💪 Please be sure to share this video with anyone who also wants to sound more like a native speaker!

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[@Englishwithkim]

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[@mindyourown6320]

Hi Kim! Thank you for this very helpful video!!! From your speech how to pronounce very fast such words as "was that there is" especially connecting sounds in waS THat or very similar "what's that." My tongue is twisting while trying to say it)

[@Englishwithkim]

I'm happy it helped you! You're talking about linking and connected speech and how we transform or even drop sounds in words that don't really matter to move through them more quickly. First, you need to decide which words should be emphasized, if any. Those should be pronounced clearly. When we connect words, we're moving efficiently from one mouth position to another. But the sounds you should hear emphasized are the stressed syllables. You might find this video on "What was that?" helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2rbfaydaNSHg6M as well as this video on informal contractions (where I explain how important stress is, rather than focusing on the reduction): kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqHTnXanpK-oe9E I'll keep these examples in mind for another video!

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I'm so sad I missed this super fun class :'(

[@Englishwithkim]

Don't worry - I'll be doing another live workshop like this soon, when I hit 5000 subscribers. 🤗

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