In this episode of The Accent Journey, we explore how native speakers use emphasis and contrastive stress to change meaning, express opinions, correct information, and communicate emotions.

The words in a sentence may stay the same, but changing which word receives stress can completely change the message. Learning how to use emphasis effectively is a major step toward sounding more natural and expressive in American English.

You'll learn:

• What contrastive stress is
• How stress changes meaning
• How native speakers use emphasis to correct misunderstandings
• How stress expresses strong opinions and emotions
• Common contrast patterns such as not X, but Y

The episode includes:

• Contrastive stress drills
• Sentence practice
• Guided  ...