INTONATION

Nguyen Ngoc Nhat Minh, FE, UFLS-UD, 2020

Intonation (pp. 39-41 for details)
4 basic tune shapes:
■ The Glide Down (falling tune)
■ The Glide Up (high rising tune)
■ The Take Off (low rising tune)
■ The Dive (fall-rise)

Nguyen Ngoc Nhat Minh, FE, UFLS-UD, 2020

Typical representation of the basic tune shapes
The tune Example Typical representation
in use
The Glide Down I’m from Canada.
(falling tune)
The Glide Up Are you a student?
(high rising tune)
The Take Off (low You are Chinese, aren’t you?
rising tune)
The Dive (fall- They sell milk, sugar, biscuit…
rise)
Activity: Watch a video of intonation in English and note down
how many types of intonation that have been mentioned and
how they should be used in real life.
The tune Typical representation in use