Today is our first day together.
Necesitamos una actividad para calentar y que rompa un poco el hielo. Se trata de un ejercicio para practicar la intonation. Se trata de un grupo de nivel avanzado. Empezamos recordando en grupo unas nociones básicas :
The table below provides a useful summary,
and might be adapted or used for classroom practice.
Rising
or falling |
Example |
Indication |
a)
Falling on a statement |
He's
moved to |
I'm
telling you something I think you don't know. |
b)
Falling and rising within a statement |
He
moved
to |
I
haven't finished yet (there is more information to come). |
c)
Falling on a question |
Where
do you live? |
I'm
asking a genuine question. |
d)
Rising on a question |
Where
do you live? |
I
know you've told me before, but… |
Remember that a falling tone also includes
a rise-fall, and a rising tone includes a fall-rise. By far the two most common
tone choices are the fall and the fall-rise. So, these are the ones which
students are most likely to need to interpret when they are listening to
English being spoken.
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