One of the best strategies you can use to improve your spoken American English is to learn to use syllable stress correctly.
That’s because when you use syllable stress correctly it creates a speech rhythm that sounds familiar to American listeners.
When non native English speakers stress every syllable in a sentence with the same emphasis it creates a flat accent that Americans find very difficult to understand.
There are many syllable stress rules you can learn and apply to improve your accent. Here are two patterns-
1) 90% of two syllable verbs have stress on the first syllable.
2) Words that end with the suffixes ‘tion’ & ‘graphy’ are stressed on the syllable just before the suffix.
When you apply syllable stress correctly you will be able to reduce your accent and communicate much more effectively in American English.
