Hi ChatterFoxes. in this video you're
going to learn how to speak English even
better than a native using intonation
before we get started make sure you're
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miss out on any of our American English
pronunciation videos okay. so in this
video you're going to learn how to make
a list of things using intonation. so in
English there are two types of
intonation, rising and falling. rising
intonation is like this and falling
intonation is like this. do you hear the
difference? if not, don't worry by the end
of this video I'm sure you'll be able to
hear the difference so I'm gonna say an
example sentence and I want you to
listen to the sentence and see if you
can hear the difference of intonation
that I'm using in this list of words so
the question I'm going to answer is, have
you traveled anywhere else in the United
States? have you traveled anywhere else
in the United States? and the answer to
this question that you may give is, yeah
I've been to Chicago and New York and
Boston and Los Angeles and this summer
I'm going to visit Washington DC. alright
let me say that again and this time I'll
show the intonation with my hands so you
can hear it. have you traveled anywhere
else in the United States? yeah I've been
to Chicago and New York and Boston and
Los Angeles and this summer I'm going to
Washington DC. could you hear the
difference?? so when you're making a list
of things in English your intonation
will keep going up until you're finished
with the list
then your intonation should go down. this
is important because if you keep using a
rising intonation when you're making a
list then the person you're talking to
will be waiting to hear what else you
have to say. so if I say for example I've
been to Boston and Chicago and Los
Angeles and that's it the person will be
looking at you like where else have you
been
are you finished speaking? so when you're
finished with your list use a falling
intonation to indicate that. now let's
try another sentence to practice the
rising and falling intonation. this time
I'm going to answer the question: what do
I need to do to learn English? well you
need to learn grammar and vocabulary and
pronunciation and of course intonation.
you need to learn grammar and vocabulary
and pronunciation and of course
intonation. great
let's try one final example and I want
you to stay this one with me. how was the
buffet? oh the buffet was amazing there
was chicken and steak and ice cream and
even a chocolate fountain. okay let's
practice that again. how was the buffet?
oh the buffet was awesome there was
steak and chicken and ice cream and even
a chocolate fountain. great job so
speaking of buffets I have a question
for you some people think that buffets
are awesome because you can get a lot of
food and you don't have to pay very much
money. other people think
buffets are super unhealthy because you
almost always overeat there and a lot of
the times the quality of the food is not
very good so I want to know what you
think about buffets. do you think
buffets are awesome? or do you think
buffets are a little bit unhealthy? tell
us your opinion in the comments section
below.
can't wait to hear from you. great job
now you're already on your way to
speaking English better than a native
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than using these American expressions???
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