Word stress changes when we say photograph and photography.

Sentence stress helps listeners find the important information.

The second syllable is stressed in photography.

In the sentence, museum is a content word.

The function word to is often shorter in connected speech.

Can can have a weak form when it is not the focus.

A schwa is a short, unstressed vowel in many English words.

Linking makes pass it sound like one smooth group.

Intelligibility matters more than sounding like a native speaker.

A short pause can improve the clarity of a long explanation.

She slowed her pace when she explained the unfamiliar name.

I want to emphasize the final word in this sentence.