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How to Pronounce: Scientific Terms - Accuracy

How to Pronounce: Scientific Terms - Accuracy

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Hello, I'm John Russell. Let's continue our exploration of scientific terms. Developing

our ability to pronounce scientific words can help us discuss the earth sciences, social

sciences, and more. Today, we pay special attention to the word accuracy. Accuracy is

a noun. It is a measure of how close something is to its true value. So, let's try to be

accurate with our pronunciation of accuracy. To start, accuracy has stress on the very

beginning of the word. We can show that by clapping on the stressed part of the word.

Watch, listen, and repeat. Accuracy. Accuracy. We have the stress at the beginning of the

word. What else do we need to know? We can divide the word into small parts and focus

on saying the vowels and consonants very clearly. Listen and repeat after me. Let's

put it all together. Accuracy. Accuracy. We can end by listening to a clip from VOA Learning

English's Brian Lynn. He uses the term in a science and technology story. Google says

it created a mathematical algorithm that greatly improves this accuracy rate. That's all for

today. Keep up the good work.