The research is part of a larger comparative study in seven countries belgium, bulgaria, greece, poland, mexico, spain, and sweden. The sample of the study consisted of forty female students who are studying english language and literature at the university of jordanaqaba. Discourse intonation and systemic functional phonology article pdf available in the open applied linguistics journal 2. The communicative value of intonation in english book david. Teaching languages to deaf students in brazil at the. The communicative value of intonation in english, originally published in 1985 by the english language research unit in birmingham and revised in 1992, sets out david brazil s description of the system of intonation in english. Jan 01, 2007 brazil s work helps to organize and demystify the teaching of intonation, but incorporating discourse intonation into the efl classroom remains challenging for teachers and students.
The british model of english intonation the model of intonation usually adopted for the description of british english oconnor and arnold 1973, brazil 1985, cruttenden 1986, couperkuhlen 1986 involves the division of speech into intonation groups, each of which usually has one kinetic tone, or characteristic pitch movement. Aug 26, 2014 proceedings of the 3rd pronunciation in second language learning and teaching conference, iowa state university, 1617 september 2011, 1117. Part 2 examines applied linguistic research, looking at intonation in l2. It has been thought variously as a system, as a skill and as a means of communication. If the intonation falls, the speaker is not asking a question, but just asking the. Communicative language teaching originated in britain in the 1960s as a replacement to the earlier structural method. Wong, rita a discussion of pronunciation instruction in english as a second language begins with comments on preparing for pronunciation work in the classroom and goes on to examine the rhythm of english and the characteristics of intonation. Discourse intonation phonetics brazil function part ii free download as powerpoint presentation. The communicative value of intonation in english book. Hendrichsen 11 brazil july 2011 rob jenkins presenter. Thus, while pronunciation instruction for brazilians. The intonation of singapore english faculty of arts.
Language has been viewed differently at different times by linguists and applied linguists. Discourse intonation and language teaching applied. David brazils publications david brazils principal. A discussion of pronunciation instruction in english as a second language begins with comments on preparing for pronunciation work in the classroom and goes on to examine the rhythm of english and the characteristics of intonation. It is feared that such limitedstructural intonation teaching may pose learners to a serious communication breakdown when talking to 3. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. His theory is the most consistent and elaborate of the three prereformers. David brazil s publications 1985a the communicative value of intonation in english. However, in order to better understand where these differences could be coming from, a parallel needs to be established between the two types of institutions. Review of developments in research into english as a lingua franca volume 44 issue 3 jennifer jenkins, alessia cogo, martin dewey skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a. The relationship between lexical stress and intonation in brazilian portuguese spoken in the north of brazil.
The intonation of wh questions normally goes down at the end remember to start high so that it is easier to come down at the end. It attempts to take account of how intonation contributes to the communicative value of an act of speech. The article describes how teachers perceive of cultureandlanguage teaching, their students perceptions and attitudes towards the foreign. Students book can be regarded as a classroom activity or a selfstudy book, pronunciation instruction for brazilians. English teaching and learning in brazilian regular schools. Linguistics this study investigates yesnoquestion intonation as used by three english native speaking teaching assistants nstas and three international teaching assistants itas. Pdf discourse intonation and systemic functional phonology.
Significantly the impulse to look at intonation in discourse. Policies for english language teacher education in brazil today. Following the references section 6, there is an appendix. Transcription of intonation of the spanish language. The intonation of standard and northern european portuguese. Since then, the community of teachers has been divided. Discourse intonation in eltin order to attain total mastery of english language, esl students should undoubtedly be taught theintonation of english. This book presents a new description developed to account for the interactive significance of intonation, relates it to an existing description of discourse structure and goes on to discuss both the general question of the place of intonation in language teaching and how this particular description might be taught. English language in regular schools and language schools in brazil. For this purpose, it proposes an analysis of a set of materials produced by the brazilian ministry of education aimed at situating means through which to act, represent and identify the deaf, as well as practices of teaching brazilian sign language and portuguese.
They are far more complex in english than was realised until a relatively short time ago, and even more comprehensive accounts now published are only partial and in some areas, doubtful description. Discourse intonation and systemic functional phonology from the phonology to the semantics. In this paper, we aim at identifying the efficiency of teaching english intonation at the university level. Japanese learners, as well as students from other asian countries with a confucianbased educational system, have been disciplined all their lives to find the answer to a question made in a classroom setting. Its two chapters provide a historical account of the development of research agendas in l2 intonation and of approaches to teaching intonation in l2. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The teaching of english as a foreign language in the context.
At the heart of many crosscultural misunderstandings lie problems associated with intonation features of learner english. Therefore, i will use the expression foreign language teaching instead of. An introductory chapter provides a short discussion of. The teaching of english as a foreign language in the. Review of developments in research into english as a.
It begins by considering structuralism and the first attempts at teaching intonation ch. The communicative value of intonation in english, originally published in 1985 by the english language research unit in birmingham and revised in 1992, sets out david brazils description of the system of intonation in english. Brazils work helps to organize and demystify the teaching of intonation, but incorporating discourse intonation into the efl classroom remains challenging for teachers and students. Failure to make use of the appropriate pragmatic discourse features of english intonation may result in serious communication breakdown between native and nonnative speakers of even advanced levels of proficiency. Eric ed202248 discourse intonation and language teaching. Microsoft powerpoint three standards for good teaching brazil pleanary. Discourse intonation phonetics brazil function part ii tone. Defense language institute english language school, lackland air force base, texas under contract f4160970c0033, and delivered in 1970 to staff members of the dliels. This work aims to discuss multilingual issues involving teaching languages to the deaf in brazilian schools.
Meyers and holt 2001 point out that when you are in an international environment, for instance an airport, it is easy to differentiate your native language from the many others being spoken in the area. Teaching intonation using discourse linkedin slideshare. Intonation rules in elt textbooks richard cauldwell and. In order to characterize english teaching in brazilian public schools, coelho 2005 mentions three periods. Developed in the early 1980s by david brazil,discourse intonation looks at the act of speaking in a broader way, where the speakers can either signalthe listener the. This model of english intonation takes a discoursebased approach and attempts to assign meaning or a communicative value to the different aspects. Accompanied by a cassette containing two transcribed recordings and excercise material. David brazils publications 1985a the communicative value of intonation in english. Nov 17, 2011 teaching intonation using discourse 1. Cueing agreement and disagreement in spoken english discourse and implications for elt. This account of the intonation of english is part of ongoing research at the university of birmingham, england. A synthesis of 15 quasiexperimental intervention studies. Native speakers and international teaching assistants in academic discourse by jason j.
The communicative value of intonation in english, originally published in 1985 by the english language research unit in. Sociolinguistic perspective on teaching english intonation. Teaching and learning english as an additional language. Proceedings of the 3rd pronunciation in second language learning and teaching conference, iowa state university, 1617 september 2011, 1117. Discourse intonation requires intensive listening for changes in intonation patterns, which can be demanding even for native speakers. Buy discourse intonation and language teaching applied linguistics and language study by david brazil isbn. However, they were assigned to experimental and control. The movement towards a more meaningful approach to the teaching of english as a foreign language in brazilian regular schools 1 reached its climax in the 20 th century with the publication of the brazilian national curricular parameters pcn for the teaching of foreign languages 2 at basic education level. Communication thought transfer, english second language, grammar, intonation, language instruction. The final chapter intonation and language teaching, twice as long as any of the others, has as its main theme that the omission of instruction on intonation, and indeed other aspects of the sound system of english, is a striking characteristic of general course books and esp materials.
Brief history of language teaching up to the 20 th century the study of language has always been of great importance from the very first stages of the human race. The university of birmingham, english language research. Theory and practice of teaching discourse intonation elt. Cristina becker lopes perna karina veronica molsing editorial teaching and learning english as an additional language. Stress and intonation with language and linguistics. Discourse intonation and language teaching david brazil. Discourse intonation and systemic functional phonology. The final chapter on intonation and language teaching considers critically the view of intonation that existing teaching materials present. Halliday and greaves raise the question of the risk of doing this and explain that the lexicogrammar is the theoretical construct that enables us to explain the semogenic meaningmaking power of language as a whole provided that we present it. We compare these rules with examples from authentic speech. Even in contexts where we prepare teachers of two languages, as in brazil, for example, in univ ersities that pr ovide a dual licensur e in p or tuguese and another language, a teacher candidate may identify more as being a teacher of one language than another. Discourse intonation phonetics brazil function part ii. The study examines the mses intonation using brazils 4 discourse intonation di approach as the main method of analysis, with a view to modifying di for this variety in view of how meaning is conveyed and understood. In communicative language teaching clt, language teaching is based on a view of language as communication, that is, language is seen as a social.
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