The following sections aims to help your speaking to be clearer.
Word stress
The accurate pronunciation of word stress is a very important feature of English speech.
To determine which syllable receives stress, you need to check a good dictionary. The stressed syllable is usually marked with an apostrophe sign preceding it. For example: g’lobal, sustaina’bility, de'velopment
Useful Links
Exercise to improve your word stress.
Samples of Australian English and from other parts of the English speaking world.
Word endings
Many speakers of Vietnamese can say individual consonants but cannot reliably use them at the end of a word.
For example, you may not be able to clearly pronounce the difference between words such as:
tile, type, and tide.
Useful Links
The BBC provides you with an overview of how to pronounce English consonants.
Practice listening for sentence stress.
