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FLASHLIGHT ON TEST OF ORALS is not only a must-have for all secondary school students as it treats all the seven sections of paper 3 of the WAEC English Lanɡuaɡe Examination comprehensively with clues and best practice approaches but is also an indispensable companion for undergraduates and everyone desirous of articulating the English sounds correctly as it demystifies hitherto cumbersome topics as:

Articulatory Description of Sounds
Syllabic Division of English Words
Phonemic Transcription
Magic e,
etc

Students, teachers, parents, and schools are "rushing" this exquisitely formulated and grippingly beneficial textbook, DON'T BE LEFT OUT!

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Or email [email protected]

Say it right!
Don't say: too-ME-rik ❌
Say: TẸ̄-muh-rik ✅

Beht, if your teeth commot, e no consain me o
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I still have a few copies of my book FLASHLIGHT ON TEST OF ORALS left.
It would be available at the MSSN LSAU IVC In Shaa Allah.

Say it right!
Don't say a-lio VE-ra ❌
Say a-low VEAR-ruh ✅

Beht if your teeth commot, I no dey there o.

Don't say FA-rao again ❌, say 🗣️ FAIR-row ✅

HOW STRESSFUL ARE YOUR WORDS?

Aside from the quality of sound that tells how well you pronounce each phoneme of the English language correctly, one other thing that makes your speech sound unique if you want to speak English like the native speakers do is stress placement.
Syllabic stress (stress at word level) is a unique feature of the English language.

Every English word has a syllable that is pronounced with a longer vowel, higher pitch, more clarity, and a louder voice than the others. This is called the stressed syllable. Sometimes, this syllable is pronounced with a distinct facial expression.

Determining which syllable to stress is often difficult for non-native users of the English language, but then, this is one of the first things people notice when you speak. Speaking with the right stress makes your speech distinct and distinguishes you from the pack.

One mistake common with users of English in Nigeria is mis-stressing words with affixes (prefixes or suffix).

One rule is in almost all cases, you don't stress the prefix or suffix. This means that for compound words composed of a base word and a prefix or a suffix, the stress is almost always on the base word and not the prefix or suffix.
If the base word is a polysyllabic one (having more than one syllable), the stress remains on the syllable it is normally without the prefix or suffix. All you have to note is that you don't leave the base word to stress the prefix or suffix.

A few examples will suffice.
(The letters in uppercase indicate the stressed syllable)

The prefix "un"
UN-a-vail-able ❌
un-a-VAIL-able✅
UN-ac-cep-table ❌
un-ac-CEP-table✅
UN-in-ten-tion-al❌
un-in-TEN-tion-al✅

Prefix "in"

IN-com-plete❌
in-COM-plete✅
IN-suf-fi-cient❌
in-suf-FI-cient✅
IN-ap-pro-pri-ate❌
in-ap-PRO-pri-ate✅
IN-for-mal❌
in-FOR-mal✅
IN-sig-ni-fi-cant❌
in-sig-NI-fi-cant✅

Prefix "non"

NON-stan-dard❌
non-STAN-dard✅
NON-re-new-a-ble❌
non-re-NEW-a-ble✅
NON-fi-nite❌
non-FI-nite✅
NON-na-tive❌
non-NA-tive✅
NON-flam-ma-ble❌
non-FLAM-ma-ble ✅
(Note that the "fla is pronounced /æ/ as flat not "flay")

Prefix "a"
A-sexual❌
a-SEX-ual✅
A-sym-me-try❌
a-sym-ME-tric✅
A-po-li-ti-cal❌
a-po-LI-ti-cal✅
A-tem-po-ral❌
a-TEM-po-ral✅
(note that the prefix "a" is pronounced "ay" in all these words)

Words with suffixes are generally not misstressed


Learn more about stress, rules guiding the correct placement of syllabic stress, and syllabic division in my book — Flashlight on Test of Orals.
I have just about 20 copies left
You can order your copy via https://wa.me/+2347058963580/

Yussuf Ayo
Author, Flashlight on Test of Orals

IT'S TIME TO ADD "FLASHLIGHT ON TEST OF ORALS" TO YOUR LIST OF BOOKS FOR THE NEXT SESSION 📚📚📚

FLASHLIGHT ON TEST OF ORALS is a must-have for all secondary school students as it treats all the seven sections of the paper 3 of the WAEC English Lanɡuaɡe Examination comprehensively with clues and best practice approaches shedding light on

```1. IDENTIFICATION OF PHONETIC SYMBOLS
2. RECOGNITION OF VOWEL AND CONSONANT SOUNDS IN WORDS
3. IDENTIFICATION OF WORD RHYMES
4. SYLLABLE STRESSING
5. STRESS DIFFERENTIATION
6. IDENTIFICATION OF MEANING IN EMPHATIC STRESS```

unlike past questions and answers pack wherein students are left in the dark on how the answers are obtained, FLASHLIGHT ON TEST OF ORALS drives home the point with WASSCE past questions from 2010 till date thoroughly explaining the chosen answers and how best to approach each question.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Students, teachers, parents, and schools are "rushing" this exquisitely formulated and grippingly beneficial textbook, DON'T BE LEFT OUT!

Contact the author, Yussuf Ayo now on 08165338436,
WhatsApp: https://wa.me/+2347058963580/

Or email [email protected]

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IT'S TIME TO ADD *FLASHLIGHT ON TEST OF ORALS* TO YOUR LIST OF BOOKS FOR THE NEXT SESSION 📚📚📚

FLASHLIGHT ON TEST OF ORALS is a must-have for all secondary school students as it treats all the seven sections of the paper 3 of the WAEC English Lanɡuaɡe Examination comprehensively with clues and best practice approaches shedding light on

```1. IDENTIFICATION OF PHONETIC SYMBOLS
2. RECOGNITION OF VOWEL AND CONSONANT SOUNDS IN WORDS
3. IDENTIFICATION OF WORD RHYMES
4. SYLLABLE STRESSING
5. STRESS DIFFERENTIATION
6. IDENTIFICATION OF MEANING IN EMPHATIC STRESS```

unlike past questions and answers pack wherein students are left in the dark on how the answers are obtained, FLASHLIGHT ON TEST OF ORALS drives home the point with WASSCE past questions from 2010 till date thoroughly explaining the chosen answers and how best to approach each question.

*WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?*
Students, teachers, parents, and schools are "rushing" this exquisitely formulated and grippingly beneficial textbook, DON'T BE LEFT OUT!

Contact the author, Yussuf Ayo now on 08165338436,
WhatsApp: https://wa.me/+2347058963580/

Or email [email protected]

Past Questions and Answers are great for preparing for examinations.
When it comes to Test of Orals, however, you need more than that.
You need a textbook that explains how to:

👉 Recognise and compare vowel and consonant sounds in different words
👉 Identify phonetic symbols
👉 Determine the correct stress pattern of words
These and many more are exactly what you get from FLASHLIGHT ON TEST OF ORALS, a complete examination kit for WASSCE/SSCE and UTME candidates.

Get yourself or your students on the right track of success with this comprehensive test of orals kit that shines a flashlight on all the seven sections of the paper with:
pretests
Concise notes
Formulas
Examples and exercises drawn from past questions and answers comprehensively explained
Model examinations
And many more

Contact the author Yussuf Ayo via
https://wa.me/+2347058963580/?text=Hello
Or call: 08165338436
Discount available for bulk orders (for schools)

As schools resume this week, have you added FLASHLIGHT ON TEST OF ORALS to your list of books? 📗📗📗

Flashlight on Test of Orals is focused on priming senior secondary students comprehensively to have a blast in paper 3 of WASSCE/SSCE English language examinations (Test of Orals).

Oral English for secondary school students is often given the least attention by students, teachers, and schools generally. Yet, it's the most dreaded and failed part of English language examinations.

Students often rely on skewed spoken English bequeathed on them by the faulty Nigerian phonetic environments in tackling the test of orals paper (paper 3) of English language examination. Thus, they choose the wrong answer and wouldn't even know or agree they've chosen the wrong answer. At best, they rely on luck!

Get yourself or your students on the right track of success with this comprehensive test of orals kit that shines a flashlight on all the seven sections of the paper with:
pretests
Concise notes
Formulas
Examples and exercises drawn from past questions and answers comprehensively explained
Model examinations
And many more

Contact the author Yussuf Ayo via
https://wa.me/+2347058963580/?text=Hello
Or call: 08165338436
Discount available for bulk orders (for schools)