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| A recording and dynamic pitch trace of repeated rising intonation, sometimes described as "mall speak," by a young Honduran ESL speaker in Florida. (Click image to view.) |
How important is teacher intonation in the language classroom?
Rising and falling intonation not only alters meaning in English, it can also give different impressions of speaker attitude and emotion, says Dr. Lucy Pickering, assistant professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL.
Dr. Pickering's work has focused on intonation, intelligibility in spoken discourse, and cross-cultural communication.