Pitch and stress, along with volume and speed, helps you to read with proper intonation. Download all sample worksheets from Learning Guide 16 at www.languagelab.sg/books or ALL 10 worksheets by sharing about this topic on our FB Page!

1. Languagelab 16.1
Prosody

3. Why?
Why…
WHY!

9. The storyteller is key.

10. We use our body language.
And our facial features

12. Varying our Pitches
Are you ready?
I am ready…
I am ready.
I am ready!

13. Varying our Pitches
Are you ready? - High for emphasis
I am ready… - Low to end
I am ready. - Neutral to start
I am ready! - High for emphasis

14. Stresses
This is really easy. We can do this.
This is not easy. We need more time.

15. Volume
You have got the wrong number
I don’t know any John!
Please just hang up -
Leave me alone!
Oh, you want Don, not John. Yes, that’s me.

16. Pace
Faster and faster, the h a r e ran, but it was
t o o late; the tortoise had won the race.

17. Prosody
Pitch
Stress
Volume
Pace
Professionals speak vigorously please

18. Learning Activity
Express the following sentences as a
Statement, Question or Surprise:
1. You are from Singapore? ( )
2. You are from Singapore. ( )
3. You are from Singapore! ( )

19. Learning Activity Answers
1. Statement - You are from Singapore.
2. Question - You are from Singapore?
3. Surprise - You are from Singapore!

20. Learning Milestones Check
Prosody is a study of speech patterns.
By using pitch, stress, volume and pace in our
speech, we express more with less.