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August 13, 2007

Here are some secrets of learning English that i once read on some website, I would like to share them to those who care about learning English, and let me know if they are helpful to you!

Today is the first secret,

Learn about word stress

 Word Stress is golden key number one for speaking and understanding English. Word stress is " very important", Why is it? because it is one of the "best" ways for you to understand spoken English- especially English spoken fast.

 Native speakers of English listen for the stressed syllables, not the weak syllables. If you use word stress in your speech, you will instantly and automatically improve your pronunciation  and your comprehension.

 Try to hear the stress in words each time you listen to English - on the radio, or in films for example. Your fisr step is to " hear" and recognize it. After that, you can "use" it! 

Now try to stress these following words:

1. Photograph    2. Photographer   3. Photographic 




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