WEEK FOUR
SPEECH WORK: STRESS
TOPIC: Identification of the correct points of pauses in different words. (Im’port/’import, ‘refuse/re’fuse)
INTRODUCTION: Stress is an important feature of speech which creates special problems to many Nigeria speakers of English. In speech sound, there words that are ultered or produced with greater breath effort and muscular energy than the others. Such syllables with greater muscular energy are louder and longer and are therefore said to be stressed. Stress also involved the increase in pitch of the voice. In English, there are three (3) degree stress, namely:
- Primary stress
- Secondary stress
- Unstressed words
Syllables with great muscular energy are refer to as “stressed” while those produced with less effort are “unstressed”
A stress syllable is indicated by placing stroke at the beginning of the syllable.
RULES GUIDING STRESS PATTERN
There is no rule guiding the stress pattern of word in English, but if a word consists of two syllable, the first syllable is prefix, the second syllable attract stress while the first syllable is unstressed. Examples:
HOstile ConTAIN
EAting PreTEND
PIllow UnKNOWN
NEver UnTILL
DOCtor reMAIN
HOStel exCEED
TAble beHIND
WINdow canTEEN
More examples on stress pattern. The meaning and the classes of the following words can also be affected by a change in stress pattern.
NOUN VERB
OBject obJECT
CONtest conTEST
TRANSport transPORT
REbel reBEL
CONtrast conTRAST
PROtest proTEST
EScort esCORT
REcord reCORD
IMport imPORT
Assignment
Indicate the stressed syllable in each of the following words by writing it in capital letters. E.g. Subject (n) – SUBject
WORD STRESS SYLLABLE IN CAPITAL LETTER
Insult (n)
Suspect (v)
Desert (n)
Export (v)
Digest (v)
Project (n)
LESSON TWO
GRAMMAR: RESPORTED COMMAND (SPEECH) CONTINUES
Reference to week Nine (9) first term (page 160) New Oxford.
LESSON THREE
READING AND COMPREHENSION: DIALOGUE
The recommended text: New Oxford secondary English course for junior secondary schools 2.
Reference to comprehension
Unit 1: How we spent the holiday. A conversation between Emeka and Dara.
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT IC
Words Associated with ICT
- Keyboard
- Computer
- Mouse
- Projector
- Photocopy machine
- Printer
- Scanner
- USB
- Light pen
- Internet
- C.P.U system unit
- Mother board
- Daughter board
- Memory unit
- Monitor
Assignment
Use dictionary to find the correct meaning to the above words.
LESSON FOUR: COMPOSITION – Formal Letter
TITLE: Write to the Local Government Chairman about the bad road in your area.
FORMAT
8, Fagboola Street,
Oko – Oba,
Agege,
Lagos.
23rd June, 2015
The Chairman,
Ile – Epo,
Oke – Odo,
Lagos.
Dear sir,
BAD ROAD IN BORIPE ALIMOSHO AREA
I write to say congratulation on your recent electoral success which paved the way four your elevation to the exalted office of the chairman of the newly carved our local government council. Once again, accept my profound sincere congratulation for your well deserved office and position.
I will like to ceasse this opportunity to inform you about a major problem confronting my local government. We need good constructed road. Boripe is the bread and the source of food basket of this local government deserves a good road/network of well tarred road. These need will ensure that the products of the local cottage industries and abundant farm produce get to the buyers and consumers outside our town fast and cheap too. This dream can only materialise when new roads are constructed and the existing one repaired to make them motorable all season.
I will be grateful if my request is favourably granted.
Thanks so much.
Yours faithfully
(signature)
Adeolu Joel
Assignment
Write a letter to your local government chairman requesting for instalment of a good materials for effectiveness in your studies (200 words).
LESSON FIVE
LITERATURE – IN – ENGLISH
- Use the recommended text on Drama “Dangerous Reward”
- Discussion on Language, setting, characterization in the recommended text.
Assignment
Write short note on the following character
- Enny
- Nkechi
- Ayo
- Nelson
- Ben