Stressed words or syllables are said more forcefully – they can be louder, higher or longer and the vowel sound is clear. We can use stress to show what the most important words in the sentence are.

How do you pronounce 'going to', 'want to' and 'got to' naturally? 'Gonna' is very common in English. It's a shortened version of 'going to' and it's common in all varieties of English – British, ...

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Study skills don’t always come naturally, especially for students with ADHD, executive functioning struggles, or other learning challenges. The good news? Explicit teaching and practice can help these ...

Introduction: The syllable frequency effect refers to that during the lexical decision task, words beginning with high-frequency syllables elicit slower responses than words beginning with ...

When you hear "$4 million," does it sound like a dream retirement nest egg or an actual goal? If you're thinking, "Yeah, right!" you're not alone. Most people are curious about how they compare to ...