Explain the difference between stress- and syllable-timing Discuss how you would teach this feature of the language in the early childhood classroom

One suprasegmental feature that differentiates English from some other world languages is that English is a stress-timed, rather than a syllable-timed, language. The failure to master this phonological feature of the language can mark one as a non-native speaker of English.

Referring specifically to errors in rhythm and stress (not pronunciation) you hear in the two audio files below, address the following on the discussion board:

Explain the difference between stress- and syllable-timing
Discuss how you would teach this feature of the language in the early childhood classroom

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