The teaching of intonation in the Integral Practice of English Language

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Leandro Alberto Rodríguez Flores
Sede Pedagógica Municipal de Los Palacios. Pinar del Río.
Juan Carlos Martínez Díaz
Sede Pedagógica Municipal de Los Palacios. Pinar del Río.

Abstract

The present article calls for a communicative teaching of intonation in the subject Integrated English Practice, based on its features and functions related to the role it plays to convey new information within a text, and provides some theoretical references to support this position. It is based on linguistic studies in the area of pronunciation carried out by Morley, Brazil, Cruttenden, Ohala, Gussenhoven y Tench.

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Rodríguez Flores, L. A., & Martínez Díaz, J. C. (2008). The teaching of intonation in the Integral Practice of English Language. Mendive. Journal on Education, 6(3), 172–176. Retrieved from https://mendive.upr.edu.cu/index.php/MendiveUPR/article/view/296
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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2008): April-june
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ARTICLES

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