I listened to many of your speech samples for Recording Assignment #2 this morning. Most of you need to pay attention to the way you stress your syllables.
Here is the text with the stressed syllables CAPITALIZED. Remember that the vowels in stressed syllables need to be lengthened!

TEAching is not an EASy occuPAtion. In order to sucCEED you need EXcellent prepaRAtion and organiZAtional skills. You must know how to eVALuate STUdents and appREciate their DIFferences.
If you can do these things you will find TEAching to be very enJOYable. The PEople in your comMUNity will apPREciate your VALuable contriBUtions to the eduCAtion and deVELopment of their young PEople.
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