Discourse Intonation: A Discourse-Pragmatic Approach to Teaching the Pronunciation of English - Softcover

Pickering, Lucy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0472030183 ISBN 13: 9780472030187

Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT, 2018

Synopsis

This textbook is an accessible introduction to discourse intonation for ESL/EFL instructors, whether practicing or in pre-service graduate programs. Because intonation is used to form impressions about a speaker’s attitude, it is crucial that instructors understand the details of the underlying linguistic system so that they can help students avoid the more common intonation-related pitfalls they experience when communicating in an academic setting.
 
This textbook relies heavily on the Brazil model; chapters are organized around different parts of that model and how they can be most effectively taught.  Readers will learn the conventions underlying, for example, how we group words in prosodic units, how we understand turn-taking cues in conversation, and how we assess whether someone is feeling angry or sad.
 
This text features Check Your Learning sections, discussion questions, and hands-on activities at the end of every chapter. Chapters 3-9 also include a section on pedagogical implications. Some of the example sentences that illustrate intonation have accompanying short audio (MP3) files, which can be found online at www.press.umich.edu/elt/compsite/DI.


 

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0472030183
• ISBN 13: 9780472030187
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160