Sentence Stress in English Pronunciation - Takumi Nishikori

 Although I have studied intonation in words, I have never paid much attention to intonation in sentences.

This is because my native language, Japanese, is a flat intonation language. I believe that if you use strong and weak intonation like in English, you will be able to convey what you want to say clearly, and it will also be easier for the listener to understand.

In order to speak more like a native English speaker, I will be more conscious of my intonation when I practice my speaking!

Comments

  1. Hazuki MikamiMarch 8, 2023 at 2:24 PM

    I have never paid attention to sentence stress too! Thanks to sentence stress, we can communicate with others easily.

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  2. Hikari ShimizuMarch 8, 2023 at 2:36 PM

    Making stress on some words is so difficult for not English speakers, especially who speak a flat intonation language like us, but it's really important to speak and listen to English.

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  3. Emi KawamoriMarch 8, 2023 at 2:38 PM

    I think the important thing to speak English more like native speaker is to consider the sentence stress. I want to be conscious about the sentence stress when I speak English.

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  4. Riri MatsushimaMarch 8, 2023 at 7:32 PM

    We usually use a flat intonation language, which make us struggle to speak English like native speaker. I'll be more conscious as well.

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  5. Himari KosugiMarch 12, 2023 at 3:34 PM

    I agree with you. I think Japanese doesn't need to be paid attention to the stress, so Japanese people aren't good at put the stress on the sentence.

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