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Exercise 1-16: Paragraph Intonation Practice CD 1 Track 25 V From your color-marked copy, read each sentence of the paragraph in Exercise 1-15 after me. Use your rubber band, give a clear pitch change to the highlighted words, and think about the me

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Exercise 1.15 application of stress Mark every word or syllable with an accent marker where you think that the sound is stressed. Use the first sentence as your example. Check the anwer key beginning on page 193. pause the CD. Listen and remark the

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Application of Intonation CD 1 Track 22 There is always at least one stressed word in a sentence and frequently you can have quite a few if you are introducing a lot of new information or if you want to contrast several things. Look at the paragraph

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Exercise 1 -14: Make a Variable Stress Sentence CD 1 Track 21 Now you decide which words should be emphasized. Write a normal, everyday sentence with at least seven words and put it through as many changes as possible. Try to make a pitch change for

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Execise 1-13 variable stress Notice that the meaning of the following sentence changes each time we change the stress pattern. You should be starting to feel in control of your sentences now. 1. what would you like? This is the most version of the s

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Exercise 1-20; Sound/Meaning Shifts CD 1 Track 29 Intonation is powerful. It can change meaning and pronunciation. Here you will get the chance to play with the sounds. Remember, in the beginning, the meaning isn't that importantjust work on getting

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Exercise 1-19: Spelling and Numbers CD 1 Track 28 Just as there is stress in words or phrases, there is intonation in spelling and numbers. Americans seem to spell things out much more than other people. In any bureaucratic situation, you'll be aske

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Exercise 1-18: Reading with Staircase Intonation CD 1 Track 27 Read the following with clear intonation where marked. Hello, my name is__________________. I'm taking American Accent Training. There's a lot to learn, but I hope to make it as enjoyabl

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How you talk indicates to people how you are. Be aware of revealing your personality that you dont have. There is no absolute right or wrong in regard to intonation, because a case can be made for stressing just about any word of syllable. But you a

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Exercise 1-22: Syllable Patterns CD 1 Track 32 In order to practice accurate pitch change, repeat the following column. Each syllable will count as one musical note. Remember that words that end in a vowel or a voiced consonant will be longer than o

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Exercise 1-21: Squeezed-Out Syllables CD 1 Track 30 Intonation can also completely get rid of certain entire syllables. Some longer words that are stressed on the first syllable squeeze weak syllables right out. Cover up the regular columns and read

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Exercise 1-23; Syllable Count Test CD 1 Track 33 Put the following words into the proper category based on the syllable count intonation. Write the pattern number in the space provided. Check Answer Key, beginning on p. 193. Single Words l. stop __

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Syllable Stress CD 1 Track 31 Syllable Count Intonation Patterns In spoken English, if you stress the wrong syllable, you can totally lose the meaning of a word: MA-sheen is hardly recognizable as ma-SHEEN or machine. At this point, we won't be conc