students and the efforts they need for the improvement 11. Ask the students to do more practice after class and get ready for presentation during the next session Notes for Teachers Rhythm of English Speech In this unit, we will learn the rhythm of English speech Every language in the world has its own rhythmic patterns. English is very different from Chinese in its rhythmic patterns. From what we learned in the prev ious units, we know that English depends on the correct pronunciation of stressed and unstressed or weakened syllables recurring in the same phrase or sentence in the expression of ideas. In another word, variation of words or syllables that have strong stress with those that have weaker or reduced stress is typical and contributes to the rhythm of English. When English speakers are speaking, therefore, they usually o make some parts of words stronger and clearer than other parts o join parts of the words together o arrange words into groups and join them together nd clearer than othe If a Chinese EFL learner fails to follow the rules and say all English words in a sentence in a strong way, English speakers may o not understand what he says, or o think that he is impolite or angry Misunderstand ing may arise or communication may break down because of that So, for more effective communication, we need to master the rhythm of English In conclusion, rhythm in English speech is based on stress. A rhythm unit is formed by a stressed syllable, together with unstressed syllables which may come before that stress and/or after it here are some examples / o /John teve am / Thomson /Johnson /Steven / Thomson and /Johnson and /Steven /Thomson and then /Johnson and then /Steven and then /Samson Letters in bold here represent stressed syllables. The beat is marked with a/You can hear a beat on the stressed syllable. When you are practising, you can even tap your hands to keep the rhythm of the above phrases. It is, therefore, the rhythm pattern of an English sentence that the stressed syllables follow each other at roughly equal intervals of Let's look at the pairs of word phrases and sentences on page 130 in your textbook Black or white? It was black and it was white soft and light It's soft and it's light Dan and Sue It was Danny and it was Susiestudents and the efforts they need for the improvement. 11. Ask the students to do more practice after class and get ready for presentation during the next session. Notes for Teachers Rhythm of English Speech In this unit, we will learn the rhythm of English speech. Every language in the world has its own rhythmic patterns. English is very different from Chinese in its rhythmic patterns. From what we learned in the previous units, we know that English depends on the correct pronunciation of stressed and unstressed or weakened syllables recurring in the same phrase or sentence in the expression of ideas. In another word, variation of words or syllables that have strong stress with those that have weaker or reduced stress is typical and contributes to the rhythm of English. When English speakers are speaking, therefore, they usually: ◎ make some parts of words stronger and clearer than other parts ◎ join parts of the words together ◎ arrange words into groups and join them together ◎ make some words stronger and clearer than other words. If a Chinese EFL learner fails to follow the rules and say all English words in a sentence in a strong way, English speakers may ◎ not understand what he says, or ◎ think that he is impolite or angry. Misunderstanding may arise or communication may break down because of that. So, for more effective communication, we need to master the rhythm of English. In conclusion, rhythm in English speech is based on stress. A rhythm unit is formed by a stressed syllable, together with unstressed syllables which may come before that stress and/or after it. Here are some examples. /Tom /John /Steve /Sam /Thomson /Johnson /Steven /Samson /Thomson and /Johnson and /Steven and /Samson /Thomson and then /Johnson and then /Steven and then /Samson Letters in bold here represent stressed syllables. The beat is marked with a /. You can hear a beat on the stressed syllable. When you are practising, you can even tap your hands to keep the rhythm of the above phrases. It is, therefore, the rhythm pattern of an English sentence that the stressed syllables follow each other at roughly equal intervals of time. Let’s look at the pairs of word phrases and sentences on page 130 in your textbook. Black or white? It was black and it was white. soft and light It's soft and it's light. Dan and Sue It was Danny and it was Susie