Tone makes the music [3]
Short description | Awareness of sentence melody and pauses | ||
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Group size | SOLO PAIRS SMALL GROUPS CLASS | ||
Duration | 5 minutes | Level | 3️⃣ |
Goal of this exercise is improving
the expression of prosodic signs in speech
A strong emphasis in this exercise is the effect of stress on nouns and pause on the listener. Children recognise the need for punctuation marks in order to interpret texts correctly
Instructions
The teacher writes the following sentence on the board and asks the question:
How many possible statements can we find?
Example: I am sorry I love you
I am sorry, I love you.
I am sorry I love you
I love you, I am sorry
I love you. I am sorry
Background information for further reading
Controlled and automated processes