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Students learn very quickly that regular verbs receive the suffix “-ed” when in the past tense. But did you know that there are three different ways to pronounce this ending? What’s great is that the three rules are very straight-forward, and 99% of all regular verbs follow the rule! (It’s so rare when there are virtually no exceptions to a rule… your students will be thrilled!)
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Syllable identification is essential for accurate word stress and overall pronunciation, as well as basic decoding (literacy) skills. Yet many English language learners do not know what syllables are or how to count them. Syllables are not the same as prefixes, roots and suffixes… but many students think they are! Let me show you how to teach syllable identification in a clear and simple way, which will make it much easier to teach other pronunciation elements later on!
Word stress is absolutely one of the most important features of English pronunciation. That means that having clear and accurate word stress is essential for intelligible speech, i.e. in order to be easily understood. Did you know that it is often harder for native English speakers to understand people who put stress on the wrong syllables in a word, than to understand people who mispronounce some vowels or consonants? It’s true! In part, this is because it influences every word that has more than just one syllable. (Suggestion: watch my “Teaching Syllables” video first, and teach that lesson to your students, then come back and do this one!)