● Task Presenting a dialogue

Skills building 1: understanding tones in spoken English

In this part you will read about how to express different feelings in different tones. By listening to one short sentence in different tones and reading the explanation after each sentence, you'll learn people speak in different tones to express different feelings. Listen to another sentence in different tones to decide which emotional meaning each tone shows.

1.Read the guidelines in Skills building 1 on page 32 before listening to the five versions of the same sentence in different tones. You will see that there are four main points to determine how the speaker is feeling. (Write down the four points on the blackboard.)

*the volume *the tones *stressed words *the pause 2. Listen to the example sentence in five different tones one by one. After you listen to one of them, tell what you think about the speaker's emotion. Is she happy, or angry? Is she in high spirits or in low spirits? Then read the explanation for each sentence.

3. Read the sentence 'He will come here tomorrow.'in different emotions.

If someone is happy about his coming,

If someone doesn't want him to come, how will he speak it? In what tone?

If someone is excited about his coming,

If someone is frustrated or questioning,

Then let's listen to the tape and finish Part A on page 32.

Tapescript

(1) He told me the test had been put off?

(Questioning, as if she does not believe that the test could have been put off.)

(2) He told me the test had been put off!

(Frustrated, as if she had gone to the test room before remembering that she had been told about the cancellation.)

(3) He told me the test had been put off!

(Excited, as though he is glad not to have to take the test.)

(4)He told me the test had been put off.

(Sad, as if she was looking forward to taking the test.)