The America Accent Training Note
The Rhythm and Intonation
Rule One : Basics of Syllable Stress
Stress Sounds ：Louder , longer and higher in pitch
Rule Two : Syllable of Verbs and Nouns
RULE : 1. Noun , stress first syllable when it's two syllable
I.E. Record----------'Record ; Object------'Object
2.Verb , stress second syllable for over seventy percentage word
I.E. Record----------Re 'cord ; Object------Ob 'ject
I.E.sentence : ——Did he inSULT him ? ——Yes , I heard the INsult
Rule Three : "ATE" Words
RULE : 1. Fully pronouncing the "ATE" if it's a verb
I.E. Graduate---------gradu'ate Estimate---------estim'ate
2. Reduced it to "et/i:t/" if it's a adj or noun
I.E. Graduate---------gradu'et Estimate---------estim'et
Rule Four : Stress Rules for Suffixes
RULE : 1.-ESE-ending , stress suffix
I.E. Chinese------------chinESE Japanese---------japanESE
2.-EER-ending , stress suffix
I.E. Volunteer----------voluntEER Engineer---------enginEER
3.-IQUE-ending , stress suffix
I.E. Technique---------technIQUE
4.-IC-ending , stress syllable berore suffix
I.E. Realistic------------reaLISTic Electric-----------elecTRic
Rule Five : How Unstressed Syllable Work
RULE :
1. Unstressed vowels reduce to /ə/
2. Unstressed vowels be omitted
Rule Six : Basics of Stressing the right words wthin sentence
Content words : The words carry most meaning of sentence And should be Jump up tone when we speaking
Function words : Not necessary for means of sentence.
I.E. I will be driving to market--------I will be ''driving to ''market
RULE : 1. Second content word gets more stress when there are to content words
I.E. I got a job---------------I got a ''job
2.Stressing the noun but reducing the pronoun
I.E. I ''got it---------------I 'got a ''job
Rule Seven : Focus Words and Thought Group
Thought Group : A simplify sentence
Focus Word : Most important word of a thought group
RULE : Stress the focus words of thought group
Rule Eight : How to Stress Adjectives and Nouns
RULE : Stress noun more than adjective
I.E. I have FIVE----------I have five DOLLAR
Rule Nine : Compound Nouns
RULE : Stress first word of a compound noun And join together
I.E. Fore head-------FOREhead Ear ring------EARring
Rule Ten : Rules for Stressing Phrasal Verbs
RULE : 1. Stress second word if it used as verb
I.E. Break up---------break UP
2. Stress first words if it used as noun
I.E. I had a work out----------------I had a WORK out
Rule Eleven : Name of Places and people
RULE : 1. Stress second word when there are two words
I.E. South America------------south AMERICA
2. Stress last word when there are three words
I.E. Martin Luther Kim----------martin luther KIM
Rule Twelve : Abbrevations and Numbers
RULE : 1. Stress last letter of an abbreviation
I.E. Ph.D---------------phD CIA-----------ciA
2. Number , generally stress last number
Rule Thirteen : Stress for Special Emphasis
Rule Fourteen : Rising and Falling Intonation
RULE : 1. Statement , pitch goes down
2. Question ,：
[1]Yes/No question , rising intonation
I.E. Are you hungry ? Rising intonation
[2], WH question , falling intonation
I.E. What are you think ? Falling intonation
Rule Fifth : Changing Intonation
RULE : 1. Items in series using changing Intonation
I.E. I buy apple(up) , pear(up) and grape(down).
2. Give a choice
I.E. Should I call you(up) or email you(down) ?