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this paper is to examine whether South Kyungsang (SK) Korean English learners can produce English stress well comparing to native speakers of English in terms of duration, pitch and intensity. The current paper measures the duration, intensity, and pitch of primary English stress of SK Korean English learners as well as native English speakers. The 15 female SK Korean participants were born and have lived in the South Kyungsang region of Korea. The key tasks associated with the current research objectives are to compare and analyze the length of the main stressed vowel of English words spoken by SK Korean English learners and native speakers of English and also to examine the difference of the average intensity and pitch values between SK Korean English learners and native English speakers. The results indicate there seems to be no difference in terms of the duration; however, the current results show statistical differences in pitch and intensity between SK Korean English learners and native English speakers.