I'm struggling with pronunciation. How do I know where the word stresses? It's hard to create a melody when you cannot read music. That's how I feel at this point. I hesitate to learn words because I do not know how to pronounce them correctly. I'm not a fan of the "you just have to learn it" group. I want to understand the basics of the linguistics so that I can reasonably guess at the correct pronunciation. I don't know if it matters, but I am from the mid western United States and have a very flat accent. I do reasonably well in Spanish (likely also not relevant). Are there any tips or really good resources for this? Thank you!