Stress Rhyme Rhythm Intonation

T.Pr in a secondary school is centered on the idea of approximation, which means

reducing the amount of phonetic material (6 types of English intonation are not studied);

admittance of some deterioration of pronouncing particular sounds (t,d,l,n,th,r), which does not disrupt communication between speakers.

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In its syntactical function intonation serves:

1. to differentiate between the communicative types of sentences;

2. in its emotional function – it contributes to conveying the speaker’s conversation, to the interlocutor;

3. in the function of separation it can promote differentiation of essential information from insignificant one.

The criteria to the selection of minimum pronunciation for a secondary school:

v adequateness to the needs of communication: The minimum intonation comprises 4 types of intonation patterns corresponding to 4 communicative types of sentences: statements, imperatives, questions, exclamations.

v Styles of speech.

v Normal/standard pronunciation: it means excluding jargonisms, elliptical forms (‘cause, gimme, it aint gonna happen, wanna).

Groups of English phonemes

vowels (long and short)consonants,