rhythm

My goal as a teacher is to help you understand natural, spoken English.

To understand spoken English, you need to understand the rhythm of English.

To understand the rhythm of English, you need to understand stress.

To understand stress, you need to understand syllables.

Syllable stress explained in 5 minutes:

Dictionaries for English learners:
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ (Merriam-Webster)
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/