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1、--------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------TeachingEnglishIntonationtoEFLESLStudentsTeachingEnglishIntonationtoEFL/ESLStudentsMehmetCelikmcelik@hacettepe.edu.trHacettepeUniversity,TurkeyThisart
2、icleproposesaworkable,teachable,generalisableaswellascommunicativelyefficientframeworkfortheteachingoftheintonationofEnglishtonon-nativespeakersofEnglish.ItisproposedthataframeworkofEnglishintonationshouldincludefourmajorintonationalfeatures:intonationunits
3、,stress,tones,andpitchrange.Consequently,thephenomenaofintonationinEnglishshouldhaveapieceofutterance,intonationunit,asitsbasistostudyallkindsofvoicemovementsandfeatures.Everyintonationunithasatypeoftonicstress:(unmarked)utterance-finaltonicstress,oremphati
4、c,orcontrastive,ornewinformationstress,thelastofwhichismorefrequentlyusedinutterancesgiventowh-questions.Further,intonationunitshavetypicallyoneofthesetones;fall,low-rise,high-rise,andfall-rise.Tonesareassignedtointonationunitsinrelationtothetypeofvoicemove
5、mentonthetonicsyllable.Finally,allintonationunitshavetobespokeninoneofthethreepitchlevels(keys):high,mid,andlow.IntroductionAtatimewhenthelanguagelearningtaskisgearedtoinstantinterpersonalcommunicationwithefficiencyandprecision,theintonationphenomenacouldno
6、thavegone12----------------------------------------------------精品文档值得收藏-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------unnoticedintheprepar
7、ationofEnglishteachingsyllabusesinthethresholdofanewmillennium.WhattoincludeandwhatnottointheteachingofintonationtolearnersofEnglishasasecond/foreignlanguage(ESL/EFL)hascauseduncertaintyandlackofconfidence,andconsequentlyignoringoftheintonationinsyllabusest
8、oagreatextent,whichis,asUnderhill(1994:75)rightlynotes,because‘...wearenotincontrolofapractical,workableandtrustworthysystemthroughwhichwecanmakeintonationcomprehensible.’Amajorfeatureofcommunication,s
