… This exercise is the continuation of Mr.

Antiola’s presentation…

Exercise 44 Read the following passages containing vowels,

diphthongs and consonants and pronounce the words containing
these sounds correctly.

Serene, I fold my hands and wait,

Nor care for wind or tide, or sea;
I rave no more against time or fate,
For, lo! My own shall come to me.

I stay my haste, I make delays,

For what avails this eager pace?
I stand amid the eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my face.

Asleep, awake, by night or day,

the friends I seek are seeking me;
no wind can drive my bark astray,
or change the tide of destiny.

-John Burroughs

Scuttle, scuttle, little roach-

How you run when I approach;
Up above the pantry shelf
Hastening to secrete yourself.

Most adventurous of vermin,

How I wish I could determine
How you spend your hours of ease,
Perhaps reclining on the cheese.

Cook has gone, and all is dark-

Then the kitchen is your park.
In the garbage heap that she leaves
Do you browse among the tea leaves?

-Christopher Morley

I knew a black beetle, who lived down a drain,

And friendly he was though his manners were plain;
When I took a bath he would come up the pipe,
And together we’d wash, and together we’d wipe.

Though mother would sometimes protest with a sneer

That my choice of a tub-mate was wanton and queer,
A nicer companion I never had seen:
He bathed every night, so he must have been clean.
 -Christopher Morley
The Rhythm of Speech

Stress in English Speech

All spoken language is characterized by a particular rhythm
and melody pattern, which makes different individuals, speaks in
a variety of time and tune. The speech rhythm of a language
consists of various patterns of alternating light and heavy
stresses, short and long pauses, and low, normal and high
pitches. In English, these alternate variations tend to be repeated
regularly. The example “I wrote a letter to Mother and Father,”
illustrates an easily recognizable sequence of interconnected
stresses, pauses and pitches.

Read the following sets of sentences in the same regular

rhythm.

1.Call him.
Call him today.
Call him today or tomorrow.
Let’s call him today and tomorrow.

2. What’s he doing?
What’s he doing with his bike?
What’s he doing with his bike in the driveway?
What’s he doing at this hour with his bike in the driveway?

Most English sentences however, do not always carry this

very regular rhythm because of some mediating factors such as
grammatical construction of the sentences, the meaning
conveyed by the speaker. To develop a rhythm for the language,
you must learn to use the devices of speech, which are also the
indicators of rhythm, namely: 1) Stress, including blending and
phrasing of words and sentences, and 2) intonation.

An important feature of spoken English is the prominence

given to a syllable in a word or a short span of connected speech.
In the words, obtain and magazine, the last syllables –tain and –
zine are spoken with increased force and loudness. In the words
column and factory, the first syllables col- and fac- are spoken
with prominence and force. In the sentence “Let’s call her,” the
loudness and force fall on the word call. The characteristic
loudness, prominence and increased force are known as stress.

Stress involves changes in:

1. Pitch
2. Force
3. Duration
 PAMANTASAN NG MONTALBAN
Kasiglahan Village, San Jose, Rodriguez Rizal
College of Education

Submitted by:

FELIX, Frances Madelaine B

BEED ECED 2A

Submitted to:

Mr. Paulo T. Danduan

Instructor
15 November 2008
Date