PRONUNCIATION ACTIVITIES PLANING

NAMES
Matas Glvez
Brian Huenupe
Class level
3th grade, secondary school
Activity time
30 min. aprox.
(aprox.)
Materials

Worksheet, marker, whiteboard, kazoo, ppt.

OBJECTIVE OF THE ACTIVITY

Students will be able to recognize and use different intonation patterns by
interviewing.

ACTIVITY
Teachers Intructions
-Now we are going to practice the
rising and falling intonation with the
following sentences.
- You have to draw an arrow
indicating if the question is rising or
falling. Then, You have to read
aloud the sentences with the
correct intonation.
-In pairs. You have to choose who
the students A is and the Student B.
-Student A asks and collects
Student Bs information (using the
right intonation); while student B
answers the questions only if the
intonation is right and checks in the
paper.

Expected students language

(language samples)
Yes/No questions. (rising intonation)
Eg. Do you have a pet?
Eg. Are you single?

Wh-questions. (falling intonation)

Eg. Where do you live?
Eg. How much time do you spend doing
outdoor activities?
Eg. Whats your name?

THEORETICAL SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITY

Intonation is the pattern of prominence and tone in speech. These can be

compared to rhythm and melody in music. Intonation is used to convey extra
meaning in speech beyond the meaning of the words. For example, intonation
can be used to make How nice! Sound enthusiastic or sarcastic. (Hancock,
1996).
Hancock, M. (1996). Pronunciation Games. Cambridge copy collection.
Cambridge University Press.
It is a common truth that the way we say some thing can be just as
important in conveying a message as the words we use to say it. Intonation
choices made by speakers carry linguistic information and the various
elements of intonation are seen to perform a variety of functions. (Ranalli,
2002).
Ranalli, J. (2002). Discourse Intonation: To Teach or not to Teach? University of
Brimingham: United Kingdom. Visited on November 23th, 2015. Retrieved
from http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/collegeartslaw/cels/essays/csdp/Rannali4.pdf