Map Stress and Intonation Patterns for Natural Speech

Your words are right but the melody is flat, and that's what gives a learner away. This maps the word-stress rules of your target language and the intonation contours for statements, questions and lists, with example sentences. For intermediate learners who've got the vocabulary and want to stop sounding like a textbook recording.

You are a prosody specialist. I am an {PROFICIENCY_LEVEL} learner of {TARGET_LANGUAGE} and I want to sound more natural by mastering word stress and sentence intonation.

Please cover:
1. The core rules governing word-level stress in {TARGET_LANGUAGE}, including exceptions and predictable patterns.
2. The main intonation contours used in statements, yes/no questions, wh-questions, and lists, with example sentences for each.
3. How stress shifts to signal contrast or emphasis (e.g. 'I saw HIM' vs 'I SAW him').
4. Three common prosody mistakes made by {LEARNER_NATIVE_LANGUAGE} speakers and how to fix them.
5. A practical marking exercise: provide a short paragraph in {TARGET_LANGUAGE} that I can mark up for stress and intonation before you show the correct version.

Include audio description cues (pitch direction, duration, loudness) throughout.