Within a Word

• Discuss how stress can be a problem at the word or sentence level.
• At the word level, note that learners may stress the wrong syllable within a word.
• Give examples of how odd a word will sound when stressed incorrectly. ("Telephone" is provided in the tutor training manual).
• Tell trainees that they can assist the learner by "clapping out" a word. The clap used for the stressed syllable should be louder than the clap used for the unstressed syllable.
• Say "but ton" and clap it out at the same time (with more emphasis on the syllable in bold print).
• Say "fol low" and have the trainees say it while clapping it out. Repeat using Monday, drugstore, overcome, record (noun), and record (verb).
  
  
  • Learners may even break the word up incorrectly by adding too many syllables to it or by reducing it to fewer syllables than it actually is. Clapping while stating each syllable may be useful in situations like this.
    
    

• Show overhead, Words with noun and verb forms.
• Have trainees read the list as nouns and then as verbs.
• Show overhead, Henry Making a Bow.
• Have the trainees read it aloud line by line. (Cover the lines below so they cannot determine the word form.)
• Discuss the other "hints" regarding stress patterns in words (as noted in the tutor training manual).