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Pronunciation/Unit 1: The Tone Unit

Vocabulary

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Tone

//təʊn//

"Sound quality."

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Pitch

//pɪtʃ//

"Level."

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Tonic

//ˈtɒn.ɪk//

"Main stress."

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Focus

//ˈfəʊ.kəs//

"Center."

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Unit

//ˈjuː.nɪt//

"Part."

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Melody

//ˈmel.ə.di//

"Tune."

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Sentence

//ˈsen.təns//

"Grammar unit."

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Emphasis

//ˈem.fə.sɪs//

"Stress."

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Movement

//ˈmuːv.mənt//

"Motion."

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Meaning

//ˈmiː.nɪŋ//

"Sense."

Article

One Breath, One Tune 🎵

We speak in Tone Units. Each unit has ONE main musical movement (The Tonic Syllable).

  • "I went to the STORE." (Focus on Store).
  • "I WENT to the store." (Correcting: I didn't drive, I went).

The Tonic Syllable is the loudest and has the pitch change.

Practice

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A Tone Unit has how many Tonic (Main) Syllables?

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The Tonic Syllable carries the...

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Can you change meaning by moving the Tonic?

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"I LOVE you" vs "I love YOU". Same meaning?

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"DAVID did it." Who did it?

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"David DID it." What is emphasized?

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Intonation works on...

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Is English a Tonal language (Like Chinese)?

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We usually pause between...

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The 'Nucleus' is another name for...

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