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ECHO GAMES• Teacher conduct an “Echo Game” by giving

question and answer; pupil repeat the teacher like an echo:

Teacher : are you in college?Pupils: are you in college?Teacher: Who is you teacher?Pupils: who is your teacher?

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Cora and Mario met at the corridor. Listen to their conversation

Cora and Mario met at the corridor. Listen to their conversation

Mario: hello Cora!How are you today?

Cora: hi!.I’m fine. Do you want to join me and Lita in the park this afternoon ?

Cora: hi!.I’m fine. Do you want to join me and Lita in the park this afternoon ?

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Mario: Yes! Of course. I’d love to. Can I bring food for us?

Cora: yes! You can bring food there.

Okay, please bring a garbage bag for all of us. We should keep the park

clean.

Sure! good idea. See you later. goodbye!

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Answer the following question

1. Who are the characters you heard in this dialogue?

2. Where did they meet?3. When will they go to the park?4. What Cora should bring to stay the park clean?5. Who will join them?

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1. What is intonation? Intonation is variation of spoken pitch that is not used to distinguish

words; instead it is used for a range of functions such as indicating the attitudes and emotions of the speaker, signaling the difference between statements and questions, and between different types of question, focusing attention on important elements of the spoken message and also helping to regulate conversational interaction. It contrasts with tone, in which pitch variation in some languages does distinguish words, either lexically or grammatically.

2. When do we use the rising and falling intonation? Rising intonation when the sentence is answerable by yes or no. It

can express various emotions, such as non-finality, incompleteness, question, surprise, doubt, hesitation, interest, request and suggestion, politeness, readiness to continue the conversation, lack of confidence, and even insecurity. Falling intonation  is the most common type of intonation in English. It is used in statements (declarative sentences), special questions, commands (imperative sentences), exclamatory sentences, in the first part of disjunctive questions and in the last part of alternative questions.

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Write R if rising intonation and F if its falling intonation:

_____1. What is the date to day?_____2. Why did you do it?_____3. Aren’t they good in doing their role?_____4. Why are you late?_____5. That’s nice with you!