Pronunciation Instruction: Contrastive Stress

Observe an intermediate level adult ESL class as they work through a lesson that explains the purpose of contrastive stress and provides them with communicative opportunities to practice this pronunciation feature. The teacher weaves the pronunciation instruction into the class unit to give the learners the opportunity to practice contrastive stress in a familiar context.

Watch the Contrastive Stress: Adult ESL Pronunciation Activities for Incorporating Contrastive Sentence Stress video here.

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