Answer to Question #118200 in English for Peggy

Question

Read the following sentence out loud: ' This is not only reflected in low-skilled sectors of the job market, but because of our history and politics of isolation and exclusion, diversity, flexibility and creativity have never been a feature of our economy, job market, education system or societal organisation...'

1. How would you use stress and intonation when reading this sentence aloud? Write down the keywords you would stress and explain why you would stress them.

Answer 1

When reading this sentence aloud i will identify words that take a bit longer to say and that happen on a regular beat. This will help me to stress and read aloud with appropriate stress on different words in the sentence.

The keywords to stress are;

• low-skilled
• sectors
• job
• market
• economy
• education
• system
• societal
• organisation

I will stress the above words because they are essential for the meaning of the sentence