Understand the Basic - Syllable Stress

TOPIC: Syllable Stress

One of the most important features of spoken English is syllable stress. english has stressed and unstressed syllables and unstressed syllables are often reduced, this means that the sound 

is ( uh ) or ( ih ) { Usually 'uh' }

Words with more than one syllable will often have reduced syllables. This makes resource syllables very common.

Example:

a. Because [Buh CAUSE]
b. Medical [MEH duh cul]
c. Polite [puh LITE]
d. Aerobic [uh RO buc]
e. Arabic [AR uh buc]