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Don't we get impressed by people who speak English really well? That's why we also need to speak
as well as they do. To be a good speaker, it is important that we speak the language in a way which
is understood by the native speaker as well as people like us (who use it as a second language).
How would you feel if you are listening to someone talking and you can't make head or tail of it?
However, you can understand from which part of India that person is without even asking.
Sometimes, sounds from our mother-tongue may influence the sounds in English and sound funny. A
mispronounced word could also result in a misinterpretation.
People gather the meaning of what you are saying from the pronunciation of the words employed.
English is not a phonetic language. This means that some words can have the same spelling but
different pronunciation. Practise what you hear, not what you see.
Tips: Do not confuse pronunciation of words with their spelling! For example, "science" and "signs",
although spelled differently, are pronounced the same.
Even though there are 26 letters in the language, there are 44 sounds (also called Phonemes). The
link given helps us understand what these sounds are: Link here
Now that we have gone through the basic sounds, let us look at what makes a syllable to form a
word. A syllable is a cluster of consonant and vowel phonemes. Syllables can have one or more
sounds.
Word Stress: In English, we do not say each syllable with the same emphasis or strength. In one
word, we accentuate ONE syllable. We say one syllable very loudly (big, strong, important) and all
the other syllables very quietly.
Sentence Stress: It is the accent on certain words within a sentence. In English, all the words in a
sentence need not be stressed or accentuated. Words that are stressed are generally the Nouns,
Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs. Words that are not stressed are words such as the prepositions,
conjunctions, articles, pronouns etc.
Sentence stress is important because it affects meaning. Sometimes the meaning of a sentence
changes based on the stress placed on different words. Look at the example below:
Intonation:
In English, it serves a grammatical function and an attitudinal function. The listener can make out
whether the sentence is a statement or question, a command or a request.
With the help of intonation one can also make out the attitude or mood of the speaker whether the
speaker is bored, annoyed, interested in the subject of conversation, sarcastic, etc.
Example : wonderful
How would you say the following words if you were excited, bored, annoyed:
fantastic
really
super
amazing
incredible
marvelous
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