If you want your listeners listen attentively until the end, here I share a strategy, you make your stress word or syllable at the end of the sentence.

The reason is this, English is a stressed language, English speakers will naturally listen for the stressed syllables, if you put your stressed syllable at end, you are forcing them to pay attention until the end, for their brain is wired to listen for the stress, the important information in your speech.

Let’s say if you want to make a statement.

I think speaking clearly is im’portant\.

I believe what you said\.

I would like a beach holiday this summer\.

Responding for the above statement

What did you say about speaking clearly?

Did you say you believe what I did?

Did you say you would like a beach holiday this year?

Does she think being alone is good?

30 seconds listening and analysing

We are going to pick one word/syllable or phrase out each sentence.

transcripts:

Notice for the stress, the speaker also used her body language, facial expression and hand gesture, tonality so on. Now–

But I’ve learned

‘some-thing

in my life.

That there are

three things

that we all must do in order to believe in ourselves.

Number one.

First, we need to

See

ourselves.

I mean

Really, truly, deeply see