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<p>ConTilton2570: Created page with &quot;Pronunciation is an important aspect of learning English. If you learn the incorrect pronunciation of a word, you may not understand it when someone pronounces the word correctly...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Pronunciation is an important aspect of learning English. If you learn the incorrect pronunciation of a word, you may not understand it when someone pronounces the word correctly. Also, when you use the word, the person listening may not understand you.<br /> <br /> Let me give you an example. An exchange student from Mexico asked me if we could go to a &quot;boo-fet.&quot; I did not understand where he wanted to go. I asked him for clarification. He then asked if we could go to a &quot;boo-fet&quot; where you eat all you want. Now, I understood. He was trying to pronounce the word buffet (buh-fay). He learned the incorrect pronunciation from his teacher of English.<br /> <br /> How many words do you know that start with photo? Let's make a list:<br /> <br /> photograph, photographer, photography, photographic, photographed, photographically, photogenic<br /> <br /> Do you know the correct pronunciation of these words? You probably can pronounce some of these words correctly.<br /> <br /> In English, one syllable in any word is called the stressed syllable. The stressed syllable is the part of a word that you give the most emphasis to. Stressed syllables are often perceived as being more forceful than non-stressed syllables. Let's look at some examples. The following underlined syllables are stressed:<br /> <br /> sofa, telephone, celebrity, computer<br /> <br /> Here are the pronunciation rules. Remember, every rule has an exception or two.<br /> <br /> When the word ends in -al (architectural), -crat (democrat), -ist (economist), -meter (thermometer), or -y, -cy, -gy, -fy, -phy, -ry, -try, the stress generally falls on the ante-penultimate syllable. For example, in architectural, &quot;tec&quot; is the ante-penultimate syllable.<br /> <br /> architectural<br /> <br /> ar chi tec tur al<br /> <br /> al - ultimate syllable<br /> <br /> tu - penultimate syllable<br /> <br /> tec - ante-penultimate syllable<br /> <br /> When the word ends in -ian, -ic, ics, -sion, -tion, the stress is usually on the penultimate syllable. For example, politician, &quot;ti&quot; is the penultimate syllable.<br /> <br /> Politician<br /> <br /> When the word ends in -ee,-eer the stress usually is placed on the last syllable.<br /> <br /> Employee<br /> <br /> Most other endings, for the most part, do not change the stress of the base word. For example, -able, -ed, -er, --ful, -ing, -ise, ize, -ist, -less, -ly, -ment, -ness, -ous, -ure.<br /> <br /> architecture, employed, useless<br /> <br /> Prefixes usally do not change the stress of the base word. Here are some examples.<br /> <br /> generate / degenerate<br /> <br /> believe / disbelieve<br /> <br /> national / international<br /> <br /> action / transaction<br /> <br /> In the list below, underline the stressed syllable in the word families.<br /> <br /> photograph, photographer, photography, photographic, photographed, photographically, photogenic<br /> <br /> economy, economic, economist, economics, economical, economically<br /> <br /> architect, architecture, architectural, architecturally<br /> <br /> industry, industrial, industrially, industrious, industrialize, industrialization, industrialist, industrialism<br /> <br /> democrat, democracy, democratic, democratically, democratize, democratization<br /> <br /> employ, employer, employee, employing, employed, employment<br /> <br /> use, used, user, useless, uselessly, uselessness, useful, usefully, usefulness, usable<br /> [http://www.wordengine.jp/ トイック 英単語]</div>

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