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This paper aims to study how to teach the rhythm of English effectively in the classroom where English is taught as a foreign language. In English there is a rhythm pattern which is made up of the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables. In order to keep a good English speech rhythm, it is important to teach students to pronounce the stressed syllables more distinctly and clearly than the unstressed ones. The unstressed syllables or words can be weakened, obscured, reduced or sandwiched together to allow the stressed syllables to recur at regular intervals. To ensure the characteristic rhythm of English, teachers can make their students tap on a desk or table with a pencil, or with the tips of the fingers. It is advisable for teachers to have their students substitute the stressed syllable as Da, the unstressed one as da and train the patterns of English rhythm. It is also useful to provide students with good examples of the rhythm of English, such as authentic dialogs, English poetry, nursery rhymes and limericks, and tap out the strong syllables or strong beats in those lines.