On Patterns of English
Intonation
Advisor:鍾榮富
Presenter:王雅慧
Number:M98C0207
Data Collection
Software Praat
Native Speaker: Why do people usually
have an accent when they speak a
second language?
Kaohsiung Senior High School Students’
pitch
The pitch
Data collection
Sentence: Why do people usually have an
accent when they speak a second
language?
Syllables:19(vowels)
Analyze pitch value from each syllabus
Pitch Listing Information: Why
Pitch: beginning point, the curving point,
and the ending point
Pitch Value
Native speaker V.S. Taiwan student
Sources
 Robert Lado.(1957).Linguistics Across Cultures: University of
Michigan
 Ching Kang Liu(2006).MAE_ToBI Reflects Where EFL Students Fail
In Acquisition of English. An International Journal, Vol.3,6984.Languages, Literary Studies and International Studies.
 http://www.slideshare.net/cupidlucid/intonation-presentation
 Ranalli, J. M. Discourse Intonation: To Teach or not to Teach?
Birmingham: University of
 Birmingham. Retrieved May 14, 2004, from
http://www.cels.bham.ac.uk/resources/essays/
 Rannali4.pdf
 Mahmmoud Saleh (2004). Intonation: A Suprasegmental Aspect of
the English Language.