Sentence stress

A little bit of practice with sentence stress, Just four short sentences. Pay special attention to what happens to words like was, are, were, for when they are not stressed. Try to repeat the sentences using the same rhythm. Remember it's not a question of how fast you speak (maybe I should speak more slowly myself): the sentence stress is going to be the same whatever the speed. Listen.

Words often mispronounced p. 10

Here is a reminder of some words which a lot of Spanish students mispronounce. I've decided not to write them, but I'm sure you'll recognise them all as thay are all common (well, maybe the last one not that much). If you have been using the "horrible" pronunciation (listen and you'll know what I'm talking about), it's not going to be easy to change it, but you can try by repeating the correct pronunciation over and over again, not just the word by itself, but in as many different phrases as you can think of.

Pronunciation p. 5

We're going to look at some words that have come up on p. 5 of English File, and which are often mispronounced. Read the words out loud first the way YOU think they're pronouncedm and then listen to this:

SALMON - PROTEIN - EXPERT - RELAXED - STRESSED - DEPRESSED - SECRET - COMPLETELY - CERTAIN - CAUSES - SAUCE - WEAPON- PLAYER - PLAYING - DELICIOUS EFFICIENT - TIRED- ON THE OTHER HAND - EVERY OTHER - FOCUS - SEVERAL - SOUTH - CHOCOLATE - SUGAR - HELP STOP TIREDNESS - TO SLEEP BETTER - FEEL SLEEPY