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When we leave the territory of vowels and consonants, we move into the very wide universe of suprasegmental features of a language. As you can imagine, the list is long... The activities in this syllabus will address some of the more challenging features of suprasegmental pronunciation. The aim is to provide a comprehensive sampling of these features.
According to Celce-Murcia et. al. (1996) ‘If pitch represents the individual tones of speech, then intonation can be thought of as the entire melodic line’. In fact, intonation is a pattern of pitches that occurs when we speak. One important aspect of intonation is that it provides various signals to the participants in a conversation (when we are finished with a thought or a sentence, our mood or emotional state of mind and the intentions we wish to convey, to name a few).
In Activity Four, some basic intonation contours/patterns are presented in context with their meanings. There are also scripted dialogs/role plays presented for further practice. |
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1) You will hear three forms of each sentence on the first slide.
Choose the most common English form (A, B or C).
2) Slide two provides the correct form. Points are awarded for correct answers.
3) Listen to the mini role play on slide three.
4) Perform the mini role play on slide four. Points are awarded for correct answers.
(Two teams may be chosen to compete for points.)
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