Word stress Introduction…………………………………………...……………………3 Chapter I. General information about word stress and rules……………………………………...…………………………………….. 6 1.1 The nature of English Stress………………………………………………6 1.2 Levels and Placement of stress…………………………………………14 Chapter II. Teaching word stress to L1 and L2 students and its benefit………………….……………….…………………………24 2.1 Word stress in L1 and L2…..……………………………………………24 2.2 Do SLLs benefit from word-stress instruction?….…………………….. 30 Conclusion………………………………………….…………………..…..32 References………………..……………………………………………….. 32