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2007-01-01

Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*

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Intonation system, formal pronunciation teaching, oral/aural interaction (en)

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  • Nilton Hitotuzi PROFILE Journal Editorial Review Board,Secretaria de Educação do Estado do Amazonas SEDUC, Brazil
This paper is an attempt to provide evidence that the semantics of utterances can also be offered by intonation, and thus to point out some important aspects of the English intonation system for formal pronunciation teaching. Furthermore, on the assumption that this system plays a major role in aural/oral communication, it argues for the necessity of long-term experiments on the applicability of David Brazil’s Discourse Intonation approach with beginners. It nonetheless recognises that applying it to students in a foreign-language learning environment may pose a serious challenge for teachers whose mother tongue differs from the target language. Key words: Intonation system, formal pronunciation teaching, oral/aural interaction Este artículo pretende evidenciar que la semántica de los enunciados también puede estar dada por la entonación, y de esa manera señalar algunos aspectos importantes del sistema de entonación del inglés para la enseñanza formal de la pronunciación. Además, partiendo del supuesto de que este sistema juega un papel importante en la comunicación oral, este artículo clama por la necesidad de experimentos a largo plazo sobre la aplicabilidad con principiantes del enfoque de entonación del discurso, de David Brazil. Sin embargo, se reconoce que la aplicación del mismo a estudiantes en un contexto de aprendizaje de lengua extranjera puede resultar un gran reto para profesores cuya lengua materna difiere de la lengua objeto. Palabras clave: Sistema de entonación, enseñanza formal de la pronunciación, interacción oral

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Hitotuzi, N. (2007). Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 8(1), 165–178. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11000

ACM

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Hitotuzi, N. 2007. Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 8, 1 (Jan. 2007), 165–178.

ACS

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Hitotuzi, N. Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2007, 8, 165-178.

ABNT

HITOTUZI, N. Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 8, n. 1, p. 165–178, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11000. Acesso em: 28 mar. 2024.

Chicago

Hitotuzi, Nilton. 2007. “Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 8 (1):165-78. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11000.

Harvard

Hitotuzi, N. (2007) “Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 8(1), pp. 165–178. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11000 (Accessed: 28 March 2024).

IEEE

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N. Hitotuzi, “Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 165–178, Jan. 2007.

MLA

Hitotuzi, N. “Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 2007, pp. 165-78, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11000.

Turabian

Hitotuzi, Nilton. “Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2007): 165–178. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11000.

Vancouver

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Hitotuzi N. Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching*. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2007 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];8(1):165-78. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11000

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