Lesson 6a - WORD STRESS - English Pronunciation (영어단어의 강세)

POINTS TO STUDY

• What is the general rule of stress on word
• Where is the stress on the names of 50 US states
  
  Jennifer의 발음은 아주 깨끗하고 천천히 발음해 주므로 이해하는데 큰 어려움은 없을 것입니다만, 듣기 어려운 부분이 있으면 댓글로 질문해 주세요.
  
  일단 쭉, 들으시면서 받아쓰기를 하신 후, 자신의 텍스트나 혹은 제공된 텍스트에 직접 자신이 느낀 각 단어의 강세와 숨표등을 표시하시면 더 이해도가 높아질것으로 생각 됩니다.   

 

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SCRIPT, LISTENING TIPS, & GRAMMAR

How much have you traveled within your own country?  I once took a job on a steamboat because I wanted to see of more of America.  I have a drawing of that steamboat.  For several months, I lived and worked on the steamboat.  I traveled along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.  I’ve got to see states I’ve never seen before.  I traveled as far south as Louisiana, and I traveled as far north as Kentucky and Ohio.  Now, one of my viewers asked me to share with you the correct pronunciation of the all 50 States and their capitals.

 

It’s an interesting request and I think we will have a useful lesson because by sharing the correct pronunciation of all 50 states and their capitals, we can talk about the importance of word stress. 

 

So what do we mean by word stress? It means we’re going to stress part of the word, and to do that we need to do three basic things.  We are going to make the stress part louder, longer and at a higher pitch.  For example, let’s take the word steamboat.  The first part of the word is the stressed part.  So when we say steamboat, I want the first part to be louder and the second part to be softer.  Let’s try that, steamboat.  Now, we also need to make that first part longer, and then second part will be shorter.  Let’s try that, s-t-e-a-m-boat. Now when you say the word, I want you to think about making the first part at a higher pitch. So our voice will be higher at the beginning, and lower in the second part, steamboat.  Now, let’s put it all together, making the first part of the word louder, longer and at a higher pitch, s-t-e-a-m-boat. Get it? [see screen]

 

Let’s put the word in a sentence.  Repeat after me. [see screen]

 

So why is word stress so important?  Well, because if you put the stress on the wrong part of the word, you can be misunderstood.  For example, if you tell any American that you have friends in Topeka, Kansas, they are going to look at you and ask what country is that in?  What continent is that on?  But if you move the stress to the correct place, and try again tell the Americans that you have friends in Topeka, Kansas, now they will understand.  There is a state in mid-west, called Kansas, and the capital is Topeka.  So you see the word stress can make the difference between being understood and not being understood. 

 

So here we have the name of the capital and the state.  Topeka, Kansas, and I have phonetic transcription of the correct and incorrect pronunciation. Phonetic transcriptions are the kinds of symbols you find in dictionaries.  When we use the phonetic transcriptions, word stress is shown by this marks (‘).  Here and here.  So you can see that we stress the middle part of the word.  Topeka and here the first part Kansas.  It’s important to know where to put the stress because if it’s moved to the incorrect place, other vowel sounds change.  For example, instead of te, you get tou.  Instead of kaen, you might get kin or ken, so we do not say Topeka, Kansas, the correct pronunciation is Topeka Kansas. Get it?
[see screen]

Example  [see screen]
Do you have a passport?  Now your turn, say the word PASSport. [see screen]

Now, how do we know where to put the stress?  There’s two ways.  By looking in the dictionary and looking at the phonetic transcription, and they will show you which syllable is stressed or by listening how are people using the word.  And as you listen, you will then learn how to use the word correctly yourself 

 

• 제니퍼의 발음이 워낙 명확해서 강세와 호흡법에 대한 표기를 하지 않았습니다.  속도도 의도적으로 천천히 하고 있으니, 텍스트를 프린트 하셔서 직접 손으로 각 단어의 강세와 숨표들을 표시 하시면, 훨씬 이해도가 높아 질 것으로 생각 됩니다. 
  
  앞으로 제니퍼의 비디오는 텍스트에 따로 제가 스트레스 표기를 하지 않는 것을 기본으로 하겠습니다.  물론 질문 사항은 언제든지 댓글로 올리시면 다변을 드리도록 하지요.
  
  
• 연습문제를 풀면서 단어의 스트레스에 따라 발음이 어색함을 느끼셨나요? 이렇듯, 간단한 강세의 위치에 따라 단어의 이해도에서 큰 차이가 남을 알수 있습니다.
  
  
• 직접 회화를 할 때, 생각 외로 타인의 고향이나 도시 혹은 자라난 고장에 대한 이야기를 많이 하게 됩니다.  물론 개인적인 이야기는 제외한 고향의 지리적 특징이나 간단한 상식적 역사, 날씨 등등을 이야기 할 때, 지명의 강세를 잘못 주면 이해를 거의 못하는 특징이 있더군요.  그래서 자신이 태어난 주나 도시의 이름을 정확한 발음과 정확한 강세를 주면 미국인들은 상당히 인상깊게 생각 합니다.  좋은 인상을 주는 것은 당연한 것이겠지요.
  

 

TODAY’S PRONUNCIATION

 

HD - English Pronunciation - HAVOC - #246

 

 

PREVIEW FOR TOMORROW

내일은 제니퍼의 워드 스트레스에 대한 두번째 이야기로 본격적인 각 州의 이름과 州의 수도에 대한 발음과 강세를 소개 합니다.  그리고 후반부에서 매일 한명씩 인터뷰를 합니다.