2. Objectives: 1. Learn the intonation patterns.
2. Use the patterns correctly.

4. Summary: Stress Pitch melody Stressed (content words)
(longer/louder/higher)
Stress
Pitch
melody
Unstressed (function words)
(softer/shorter/lower)

5. Speaking and Understanding English
Grammar
Vocabulary

6. meaning
pitch

7. 2 sentences
Same words…
and meanings?

8. “She got a dog.”
“She got a dog?”

9. Focus word
“She got a dog.”
“She got a dog?”

10. surprise
“She got a dog.”
“She got a dog?”
complete

11. Intonation
ups
voice
pitch
“She got a dog”
downs

12. 3 intonation patterns
different
messages

13. Intonation
Asking a wh-question
2. Expressing Unfinished thoughts with Your Voice
3. Requesting Clarification or Repetition
4. Expressing Surprise

14. Intonation
Asking a wh-question

15. When did you last go there?
How’s it goin’ today?
Why can’t you just do the work like I asked?
What’s it gonna take to get this done?
Where’s the best restaurant around here?
Who would ever believe that you guys are twins?

16. rising intonation
“She got a dog?”
questions
Only certain types of questions
“Will you go up?”

17. pitch

18. Expressing Unfinished thoughts with Your Voice
Intonation
Expressing Unfinished thoughts with Your Voice

19. X: “My phone number is 555-1212.”
Y: “My phone number is …”
full fall
partial fall

22. “I really want to improve my pronunciation.”
full fall
partial fall

23. Listen and Repeat I’m traveling to New York today.
I would love to get a Master’s degree in America, the UK or Australia.
We’ve been waiting for this moment for so long.
They really shouldn’t have gone out without asking our permission first.

24. Requesting Clarification or Repetition
Intonation
Requesting Clarification or Repetition

26. A: “I think I’ll go to the door.”
B: “you’ll go to the store?”
A: “No. The door.”
falling
rising
falling

27. Listen and Repeat
A: “I can’t go without food.”
B: “You can?”
A: “No. I can’t.”
A: “You should turn left on First Street.”
B: “On Fourth Street?”
A: “No. On First Street.”

28. Sample Sentences
1. I'm sorry?
2. Excuse me?
3. What was that?
4. Could you repeat that please？

29. Intonation
Expressing Surprise

30. A: “My dog understands English.”
B: “Your dog understands English?!”

31. +

32. Listen and Repeat
Is that yours?
A: John is the class valedictorian.
B: John graduated at the top of his class?!
A: I prefer vanilla.
B: Wait, you don’t like chocolate ice cream?!
4. You’re moving to China?

33. Listen and Repeat
1. I’ll have the chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream, please.
2. Would you like to go to a restaurant or eat at home?
3. We’ll take a red, black or yellow shirt, but not the white.
4. My puppy is cute, smart and naughty!

34. Summary: “I got a dog.” complete “How are you?” complete
“Your dog speaks English?!”

35. “Who got a dog?”
“My dog is smart, pretty and sweet.”
“I want a dog, but…”

36. Meaning
Emotion
expression

37. Homework:
Please do the oral practice on page 155, 158, 164 with your partner and record what you’ve done.