This class will teach you American English word stress, or syllable stress. Learn the rhythm inside words.

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This class will teach you American English word stress, or syllable stress. Learn the rhythm inside words. You will learn:

How and when to create primary, secondary and reduced stress.

How to relax and stretch out appropriate syllables.
Rules for stressing nouns, verbs, and phrasal verbs
Rules for stressing abbreviations, numbers, and names
Rules for stressing prefixes and various types of suffixes.
The course includes several review methods to tap into different ways of learning.


You can follow along with the written lesson files provided (under Class Project) Also practice with the repetition audio files, located under Class Project, to build muscle memory.
Repeat exactly what you hear in the recording. Once you have mastered the rhythm of words, leap into the rhythm of sentences by taking “The Rhythm of English: Sentence Stress.”


You can even get live feedback and correction by attending the instructor’s monthly free office hours on Zoom. Find the instructor and her other offerings at www.smooth-english.com

Intro to Word Stress (or Syllable Stress)
2. Word Stress noun and verb Part 2
3. Phrasal Verbs and Nouns Part 3
4. Abbreviations, numbers, names, places Part 4
5. Prefixes part 5
6. Neutral Suffixes Part 6
7. Stress one vowel to left part 7
8. Stress 2 syllables to left Part 8 finished
9. Suffixes that hold stress part 9
10. Suffix Changing Exercise Part 10
11. Dropped Syllables Part 11
12. Lala practice part 12
13. Word stress humor review part 13
14. Hindi Speaker Word Stress Review