They are going to see the intonation is moving. In
English,
We have the intonation system which has different
functions. It is the difference in the shape of
the pitch, either high or rise or fall. We have
according to Konar, we have only two types of
intonation, rising intonation and falling
intonation.
Harma and Hajjaj just introduced six types of
intonation in English. At the same time, you have
three intonations in Arabic. The systems of both
English and Arabic intonations are completely
different. So we have our students move the pitch
system of Arabic into English, okay? speaking
English in a heavy accent. So we need to touch the
intonation system of English to avoid these
mistakes as much as we can. Okay? Now, we have the
function of the intonation system. Intonation is a
grammatical function. So to distinguish between
the declarative sentences and questions,
imperatives, we need For the declarative
sentences, they are always pronounced or mostly
pronounced in falling intonation at the end of the
sentence. Okay?
Rise, fall. However, in misnomer questions, for
example, we have
We have four pitches in English, this is the low
one High pitch, rising pitch. And we refer to them
as number one, low pitch, number two, medium,
number three, high pitch, number four, rise. So we
have the rising pitch number four. Now for the W
questions, they are, if we just refer to them by
numbers, they are two, three, one. Mid, high, low.
The reluctant questions are also 2, 3, 1. Mid,
high, low. The degenerative sentences are 2, 3, 1.
2, 3, 1. Okay? Mid, high, low. The yes-no
questions
Unless you emphasize a sentence. Unless you
emphasize a sentence or any word in a sentence,
then you have it in high pitch. So it becomes two,
three, one. This is for the yes, no questions. We
have the two question. It is also two, three, one.
So we need to touch all these areas of Indonesian
and see how can we pronounce English very
naturally and smoothly.
Now we let you see the native speakers of English
and how intonation is pronounced.
So listen to this lesson about intonation.
English Pronunciation Lesson 10 Topic Intonation
I'm going to try one of the most popular ones.
English Pronunciation, Lesson 10. Topic,
Intonation. Part 4.
Exercise 5.
Listening Task. Listen to a few of the questions
you heard in the interview. Can you identify which
questions use falling intonation and which ones
use rising intonation? Interview questions. One,
what do you do? Two, how long have you been
building flutes? Three, can I see one of your
flutes? Four, is this your flute? Did I read all
four questions with the same intonation pattern?
No. And that's because most yes-no questions use
rising intonation. Information questions, meaning
questions that begin with what, who, why, where,
when, how, etc. use falling intonation. If you
need to, go back and listen to how I read those
four questions. Now it's your turn to practice
intonation patterns in questions. Listen and
repeat. Number one. What do you do? Two. How long
have you been building flutes? Three. How long
does it take you to make a flute? Four. Can I see
one of your flutes? Five. Is this your flute? Six.
Can you play the flute?
Seven. What was that? Eight. Do you play any other
instruments?
Nine. How did you learn to play all these
instruments?
Exercise six. Read the question. Decide if falling
or rising intonation is needed. Finally, choose an
answer and read it with the correct intonation.
Example. I'll give you a moment to read the
question on your own, and then I'll read it to
provide a model.
Do you play an instrument? You can answer choosing
A or B. Both will be read with following
intonation. You can say, no, I don't. I wish I
did. Or, yes, I do. And tell me what you play. I
play the piano. Now you always use following
intonation in your answers unless you list items.
If you list items, use RASMUS.
English Pronunciation, Lesson 10. Topic,
Intonation. Now we have an intonation system, as
you see. The declarative sentences are always
ending with foreign information. The priority
questions, when, why, where, how, are also ending
with foreign information. The answer questions are
all high information. So high which at the end of
a word or mean the public word at the end of the
question.
Who prepared the lesson? Who prepared the lesson?
Okay. This is two, three, one. Because this is a
huge question. Okay. Did you attend the class? Did
you attend the class? The class is three, three.
High pitch, high pitch. Okay. The two question.
You attended the class. Okay? Again, class is
three-three. It is high pitch, high pitch. Okay?
The imperative is also two-three-three. Okay? So,
English intonation is of two types. It is mainly
of two types. The rising, rise, fall. Okay? Or
rise, rise. Okay? So, here we have in our lesson,
we have only two types spoken about. The
declarative and WH questions are of two, three,
one. The yes, no questions, the two questions are
two, We need to notice this and try to follow up
with the class about intonation recorded here.
English Pronunciation Lesson 10 Topic Intonation
Part 4
Exercise five.
Listening task. Listen to a few of the questions
you heard in the interview. Can you identify which
questions use following it? Topic, intonation.
Part four. Do you play an instrument? You can
answer choosing A or B. Both will be read with
falling intonation. You can say, no, I don't. I
wish I did. Or, yes, I do. And tell me what you
play. I play the piano. Now, you'll always use
falling intonation in your answers unless you list
items. If you list items, use rising intonation
until you get to the last item in your list. For
example, yes, I do. I play the flute, clarinet,
and saxophone.
Study tip. Do you have a study partner? If so,
take turns asking the questions. Let's begin.
Question one. Again, I'll pause to give you a
chance to read the question on your own.
What kind of music do you like? You could repeat
it, please. You could repeat it for me. okay could
you what kind of music do you like what
kind of music do you like okay the stress or the
high pitch is on like okay so this is like it's
three one high four okay
Music is three, three, okay? Can you read music?
This is three, three. Can you read music? Can you
read music? You is three, then one, okay? This is
called emphatic pitch, okay? Emphatic pitch. You
focus on the word you need to emphasize on. Can
you read music? Okay.
Question three.
Have you ever been to the opera?
The focus is on the opera, okay? Have you ever
been to the opera? Opera, okay? Have you ever been
to the opera? Have you? Okay, so the stress is on
you. So, Here, the intonation expresses your
feelings. We have the grammatical function, as I
mentioned. They distinguish between the statement
sentence and the question, the imperative, etc.
Also, it reflects the speaker's attitude. So, you
express by intonation your surprise, your
admiration, your excitement. Okay? So, it refers
to... It expresses anger. It expresses, as you
see, surprise, astonishment, admiration. Your
feeling can be translated on the intonation
system. Okay? Also, emphasis is translated by the
intonation system. The high pitch on whatever word
you need to stress on.
Question four.
How often do you listen to live music?
Okay. Question four. Who could read it for me?
Salha. How often do you like... How often do you
listen to live music? How often do you listen to
live music? How often do you listen to live music?
Live music is of high, fall. High, fall. Okay?
Every chance I get. Every chance I get. Okay? Get
is three, one. It is two, you start with medium,
then high, then fall. Okay?
Not as often as I'd like. Okay? Not as often as
I'd like. So, it is again two, three, one. The
three one is on the verb like. Yes. Sir, the high
and fall in live music, is it on something? No,
no, just the high and fall is on music itself,
live music. Okay? Yes. The last word, it is the
topic one. However, the rest of the question is of
medium pitch. So it is true. How often do you
listen to live music? Live music, you raise your
voice, then you fall, you have a falling
intonation.
At this point, I'd like to share some helpful tips
for more natural intonation. Here are some do's
and don'ts. Go up a little before a fall. So for
good falling intonation, your voice needs to come
down from a higher note. Also, go down a little
before a rise. So for good rising intonation, your
voice needs to come up from a lower note. Finally,
start a statement at mid-pitch. Don't start too
high or low. Let me demonstrate all of this
through an example. I know several of my
neighbors. Eric is the only musician among them.
Are there any musicians in your neighborhood? The
first sentence can be read as one thought group.
Let's mark that.
We're giving factual information, making a
statement. So we use following intonation. Our
final content word is neighbors. Stress on the
first syllable. Now our voice must go up before it
goes down. So we'll rise on the stressed syllable
and then step down to a lower pitch. Neighbors.
Now in this sentence, we can't start too low or
else you won't hear the following intonation. If I
start too low, it sounds like this. I know several
of my neighbors. And now with that kind of
intonation, not only can you not really hear
following intonation, it actually sounds like I'm
bored. And if I start too high, it sounds
unnatural. I'm with several of my neighbors. So
you see that we actually have to begin our
sentence at a mid-pitch. I'm with several of my
neighbors. Understand? The second sentence, we'll
also read as one thought group.
What's the final content word giving new
information? Musician, with stress on the middle
syllable. Again, our voice must go up before it
goes down, so we'll rise on the stressed syllable
and then step down. There are more unstressed
words following, so our voice will either continue
to go down or at least stay at that low pitch
until we end up the statement. Eric is the only
musician among them. Now, at the end of our
example, we have a question. Okay. We're asking a
yes or no question, so we'll use rising
intonation. And what is the final content word?
It's neighborhood. But is that the word that
receives primary stress? I'd argue no, because
we're going to contrast your neighborhood and my
neighborhood. At first, I'm talking about my
neighbors. Now I want to know about your
neighbors. So stress is on your.
So if this is the point where our voice rises,
there must first be a fall, a drop in your voice.
Without that drop, the rise is too sharp. Listen.
Are there any musicians in your neighborhood? It
sounds unnatural. So at first, there's a little
bit of a drop. We go up and lower. And because we
have more unstressed syllables following, our
voice will continue to go up. So there's a bit of
a drop. And then we continue to go up, up, up, up
until the end of the question. Are there any
musicians in your neighborhood? Listen to the
entire example now. I know several of my
neighbors. Eric is the only musician among them.
Are there any musicians in your neighborhood?
Exercise seven. Listen closely to the statement.
What does the intonation tell you? Examples. One.
This is jazz. Following intonation tells you the
speaker is certain. Now listen to example two.
This is jazz.
So, what about the speaker? Is he certain or
uncertain? Uncertain. Because this is question.
So, this is jazz. This is called tune question.
So, it must be two, three, three. Okay? Two, mid,
high, high. This is jazz. Rising intonation tells
you that the speaker is uncertain.
Let's begin. Number one, Alice Fitzgerald was a
singer?
Yes. This is a question. It is tune question. Is
it certain or uncertain? Uncertain. Uncertain. So,
the last word singer must be three, three. High,
high. Two, John Williams composes music. John
Williams composes music, so it is certain. It must
be two, three, one. Two, three, one.
Three, I like soft rock, folk music, jazz,
classical.
Is it certain or uncertain? She speaks about
herself, her favorite music. This is certain,
okay? The last item is pronounced with rise-fall
intonation because this is called listing.
Four. Turn up the radio. I like the song.
Turn on the radio. I like the song. Certain. Okay?
Turn on the radio. This is two, three, one. Okay?
I like the song. Now we have turn on the radio, I
like the song. So this means that you have to
pronounce it in two, three, two, three, one. If
you have two sentences joined together, then the
pronunciation comes by mid, high, mid, high, low.
Turn on the radio. I like this music. Okay? Turn
on the radio. I like this music. Okay?
Exercise eight. Listening task. Watch the final
video clip. Observe the use of falling and rising
intonation.
Do you perform? I do. I perform on flute mostly
these days. Who do you perform for or who do you
perform with? I play with a group. What did you
see? This means that you need him to repeat. Okay?
C is here we have 3, 1. 3, 1 at C. Okay?
Also for making... I say, once you need to ask
about a question, you need some explanation, more
explanation. I studied in London. I studied my PhD
in London. You say, London? London, this means
that you don't know about London and you need more
explanation, okay? Yesterday, our teacher
explained the geography of Papua New Guinea. Papua
New Guinea, this means that you don't understand
anything about this state, so you need more
explanation, okay?
Once you express agreement, this is an intact
question. You know him, do you? You know him, do
you? When I say high rise, this means that it is
two, three, three. You know him, do you? So, do
you is two, you, three, three. You know him, do
you? Okay.
We have number three, the low fall. The low fall
intonation, where the voice starts at a medium
pitch and falls to the low pitch. This is to
express cold and reserved speech.
When I say, for example,
I have taken my timetable and I found that Dr.
Amir is going to teach us comparative linguistics.
Who? Who? This is reserved reaction. Okay. Who?
Okay. I went yesterday for making shopping with my
daughter and bought here a very nice Islamic
uniform. You say good. Good. This means that you
don't mind. Okay? Good. Okay? So, this is called
reserved speech pronounced in the lawful
intonation. Also, once you describe or you show
someone how you guide someone, to a certain place,
for example. You describe the way for him. Go down
the street, turn left, turn right, leave the first
three exits, then turn left. Okay? Go for about
ten minutes until reaching the first traffic
light, then turn left again. Turn left again.
Okay? So, we have lots of types here we have six
types we only explained three and now we run out
of time so next time we are going to continue
thank you for listening