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SS2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE THIRD TERM WEEK NINE
CONTENT
- Speech Work: Stress – Stress on the Fifth and Sixth Syllables
- Vocabulary Development: Identification of Use of Figures of Speech, Hyperbole, Oxymoron, Paradox, Euphemism, etc.)
- Reading Comprehension: Taxation (Pages 212-213)
- Structure: Complex Sentence Structures
- Writing Skills: Argumentative Essay – “Should Early Marriage be Encouraged?” (Oral)
- Summary: Exercise – Use any WAEC/NECO summary question(s).
ASPECT: Speech Work
TOPIC: Stress on the Fifth and Sixth Syllables
Introduction to Stress
Stress in an important feature of speech which creates special problems to many.
Nigerian speakers of English Language. As the airstream flows during the speech, the speakers exert some effort for the production of the sounds. But we do not exert equal effort for the production of all the sounds because some syllables are uttered with greater breath effort and muscular energy than the others. Such syllables which are uttered with greater muscular energy are louder and longer are said to be stressed.
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