I just wanted to take a moment and say congratulations for working so hard on achieving your goals!
You have just crossed the half-way mark!
The next set of lessons are critical ones because we move from the segmental to the suprasegmental aspects of English…what does that mean??
- Segmental aspects include the phonology or sounds (vowels or consonants) of English.
- Suprasegmental aspects include the prosody of English including intonation patterns, stress placement, and rhythm; the ‘connected’ nature of speech.
So today, in the video lesson we begin looking at syllables and word endings.
Video of the day: