BEGINNING THE

KNOWLEDGE QUEST
Lesson 1
Think, Pair, Share…

◦My initial thoughts

are..
Process Questions
1. What traditions and values of Afro Asians are revealed in the video
clip presented?
2. How much do you know about Africa‘s values and traditions?
3. How are your traditions and values similar and/or different from
them?
4. How important is understanding to your identity as an Asian?
◦ Many times the messages you want to convey are
not clearly received or understood because of
the manner you say them, especially so when
conversations are carried out in monologues. In
this activity, your quest for knowledge on
prosodic features of speech also known
assuprasegmentals - stress, intonation and pauses
among others, will help you get through this
difficulty.
Can you read the following without fear or
hesitation?

1.village
2.remember
3. international
4.unbearable
5.surprising
STRESS
Stress refers to the prominence given
to a syllable or word which makes the
word or syllable stand out above the
adjacent syllable or word. It can be
word stress or sentence stress.
1) When a noun or adjective stems from a one-syllable word, (for
example art, mind), the stress usually stays on the syllable of
the original word. 
art artist
break breakable
friend friendly
paint painter
come become
mind  remind
2) To differentiate between a noun and a verb with the same
spelling, stress position changes.
noun verb
a decrease to decrease
an insult to insult
an object to object
a protest to protest
a record to record
a rebel to rebel
a suspect to suspect
a transfer to transfer
3) In compound nouns (two words merged into one) the stress
is on the first part:

• bookshop
• football
• notebook
• toothbrush
4) The stress is generally at the end of
words ending in -eer.

• auctioneer
• engineer
• pioneer
• volunteer
5) Stress usually falls AFTER prefixes 

• demolish
• dismiss
• prepare
• untie
6) Stress usually falls on the syllable BEFORE the following letters:
 (The words below are just some examples - there are many more.)
Before  Before Before Before
-tion/-sion -ic/-ical -ity/-ety/-graphy/ -ient, -cient, -ience,
-ody/-ogy -ial, -ual - ious

Attention Automatic  Authority Convenient

Competition Democratic Majority Efficient
Demonstration Historic Paternity Experience
Explanation Fanatic Society Essential
Invitation Elastic Variety Official
Obsession Biological Geography Potential
Permission Illogical Custody Individual
Position Philosophical Rhapsody Intellectual
Quotation Political Morphology Conscientious
Repetition Radical Psychology Judicious
Try to read aloud the following highlighted words. Be sure
to raise your voice in the right syllable.

1. Have you seen an African child before?

2. Humm! I think I saw one when I went to
Tagaytay City last week.
3. You see, there is an international university
near the city.
INTONATION
 Intonation, also known as
inflection Intonation, also known
as inflection is the movement of the
voice up or down, along the line of
sound.
Rising Intonation
◦When the voice rises, it indicates a question
which is answerable by yes or no. That‘s rising
intonation. We use the rising intonation with
yes-no questions.
Examples
Have you read any African short story?
Did you understand that?
Do you have Dave's phone number?
Are you going on a vacation?
Falling Intonation
◦When the voice falls down, it indicates an
answer.
◦When a sentence is a plain statement or when
giving information.
Examples
◦I haven’t .
◦The progress of our country as well as the
progress of the world.
◦My mother kissed my hands.
◦ The youth is hope of our nation.
An incomplete thought ends in a rising
inflection.
◦I will save so that someday, I can visit South
Africa, Nigeria and Morocco…
◦My best friends are Carla, Jessa, Stephanie …
◦Mommy’s favorite colors are…
Circumflex Intonation comes in a
wavelike glide frequent in connected
speech. Voice moves upward and
downward, at other times, downward or
upward.
Example
◦Once upon a time, in a far -away
Africa…
Let’s practice!
1. Are you proud of the Filipino culture? How do
you find the native delicacies of Samar?
2. He ate five pieces of moron, drank a cup of buko
juice and ate a bowl of corn soup.
3. Did he finish them all?
4. It‘s more fun in the Philippines.
Rising vs. Falling
1. She is perfect.
2. Who is your rival for the first spot?
3. Wouldn’t it be nice if we go out?
4. Did you know that she isn’t coming?
5. Honesty is the best policy.
6. Please carry my bag for me.
7. Did I hurt you?
8. I heard you singing.
9. Do you like it?
10.Can I borrow your pen?