Sound clear: word stress, linking and thinking time
Be easy to understand: stress the right part of longer words, join words smoothly, and use short phrases like That’s an interesting question... to give yourself time to think.
11 min
Module 19 · Lesson 5 of 5
In this lesson
- Put the stress on the right part of common longer words, and on the important words in a sentence.
- Join a word that ends in a consonant sound to a word that starts with a vowel sound.
- Choose a short thinking phrase that fits the moment, instead of a long silence.
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