Intonation in English - English Pronunciation Lesson
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- In this lesson, you can learn about intonation in English. How important is intonation? Let’s see. Look at a sentence: Do you need some help?
By changing the intonation of this question, you can sound polite, annoyed, sarcastic, surprised, or many other things.
You can see that intonation is a very powerful tool. Controlling your intonation is important for communication in spoken English.
Learn all about intonation in English in this lesson, and be sure to leave a comment and let us know how you use intonation!
Intonation can be difficult. If you still have questions, try asking a certified English teacher. They will help you understand how to hear and use intonation in your speaking: bit.ly/ooe-teac....
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Contents:
1. Different Patterns of Intonation 1:21
2. New Information vs. Old Information 4:39
3. Intonation in Questions 8:03
4. More Ways to Use Intonation in a Question 10:44
5. Using Intonation to Express Different Emotions 13:18
This lesson will help you:
Learn about the 7 possible patterns of intonation in English.
Understand how to use intonation to express something that is new information or old information.
See the different types of intonation used in English questions.
Hear how intonation in English is used to express different types of emotions.
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I learned a lot from this channel in one day, than I did all my life till date.
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me too!
What age children we can teach this method
Intonation is truly the trickiest one for non-native speakers.
Hello
Yeah. Agree.
and accent
Agree
Living in the country is the easiest way to learn it
I've been learning English for years and no one has taught me intonations, until this video did. Thank you so much! :D
It's taught at universities
I'm a native English speaker browsing the videos for fun and I think the most important thing about intonation in English is context. All of these examples sound very similar because it's the situation they're used in as well as body language that changes the meaning. If it's obvious that you're mad at someone and you offer help, it will be seen as hateful/sarcastic. If someone is struggling and you calmly say "do you need some help," it will be seen as you really offering.
Agree 100%. I'm a native English speaker and during the last part with the 5 'Did you' questions, it was impossible for me to differentiate them accurately without context.
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In many languages too…
thank you❤
hello, may i make friends with you? My speaking english and spoken english is very poor, i really want to change it. But i didn't konw how to do it for a long time, i really want to find native speaker to help me./cryyyy
1:22 PART ONE: Different Patterns of Intonation.
4:41 PART TWO: New Information vs. Old information.
8:04 PART THREE: Intonation in Questions.
13:19 PART FIVE: Using Intonation to Express Different Emotions.
Thank you very much
The last one is four not five
This helped me so much to study for an exam. In Spanish intonation is really important too, we express different feelings and show different opinions with the intonation of our voice and sarcasm is one of the most evidents.
Funny how many young people finish most of their sentences with a rising intonation thinking that it's cool. They sound as if they're not sure what they're saying. I hope this trend won't last long. Your video is excellent I recommended it to my sts. Another thing worth mentioning is that the more you increase the difference in pitch between the low and the high point of whichever combination of rising and falling tone, the more you sound posh.
I need to watch this video again and again several times until intonation is not a problem to me anymore. Thank you so much for the class!
Me too
try to watch a different video on intonation
@@hatehypocrisy1 I will try. Thank you for the tip!
8:43 let me add my two groats:
Falling tone = question for information (=wh questions)
Rising tone = question for confirmation (=yes/no questions)
Also,
2:36 rising
2:43 falling
2:51 rising-falling
2:57 falling-rising
@@Kriegerdammerung Hi! Her first "where" is said with a high fall actually.
@@MMLe2012 Thank you! I heard the same!!!! I was going to suggest this clip to my students and... crap.
You are right!!!
Hii Oxford English.. Lots of respect and support from me . In this Intonation class I didn't understand kae' s voice pitch, means at everytime I felt the same pitch tone in the whole class. I clearly understood the pich and variations of intonation by the other sir, who is co-host with kae.
Thank you.
For chinese, different intonation usually stands for completely differnet words, so intonation only changes the meanings for very short sentences in rare statuations.
Great, but we are learning English through this video not Chinese.
@@OrchestratedChicaneryDid you watch until the end of the video? (Falling-rising haha)
They: "We have a question for you: Is intonation in your language the same as English?
Let us know in the comments because we are curious."
I read this because I am also curious.
Try to feel it in 卧槽
A brief summary for everyone:
End of statement - falling
Unfinished statement - rising
New information - falling
Old information - rising
Questions:
1. You dont know the answer - falling
2. You think you know the answer - rising
3. Comment questions - falling
4. Criticizing questions - rising
5. Suggestions(falling/rising)
A. Rising - sounds like a real question(indirect and hesitant)
B. Falling - doesnt sound like a question(confident and direct)
Emotions:
1.Surprised - rising tone longer
2.Annoyed - lower tones
3. Excited - start to finish has higher tone
4. Doubt - rising tone
5. Sarcastic - falling tone
You're great!! thank you very much
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Thanks
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Thank you! What a great job to explain what I’ve never learned before!!! I didn’t learn how to speak English until I was 30 as a native Taiwanese, and when I said “You are welcome!” from genuine appreciation, my husband said I sounded sarcastic! 😖 He said I should have said “Welcome” in different intonation. Honestly, I still can’t tell the differences when you said the same word with five different emotions, but I’ll start to work on it. Thanks!
I’m a non-english speaker. We have a Filipino language. It is hard for me to adjust and learn this on my own. This is a huge help for me. ♥️
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Thanks for the comment, Leena! Good luck with your IELTS results!
I'm here as an native English speaker because my friend (language exchange partner) asked me what rising-falling intonation means in English. I tried to come up with some sort of explanation, but it didn't go well. I just use these tones subconsciously, I've never had to actually think about them before 😂😂
hello, may i make friends with you? My speaking english and spoken english is very poor, i really want to change it. But i didn't konw how to do it for a long time, i really want to find native speaker to help me./cryyyy
Thanks a bunch 👍
Intonation in Arabic is the same like in English. We use falling and rising tones in different situations to express surprise,anger, excitement....etc.
I'm happy to learn more English intonation.
I'm a teacher and when I was at thé university I love langages.
Thank you to much for this lesson . I 'll allow you in your RUclips chanel .
The girl is so dull like no emotions on the other hand I love the tone of the guy. He is the best example on how to use the correct intonation.
English teacher - this stuff is pretty fascinating and super high level - bravo to all the students to hung in there, and picked up on subtle things native speakers do to add personality or emotion to their speech :)
It's difficult for me to apply the intonation in my English speaking now, but I believe If I keep on practicing, I will be getting used to it! Thank you
Intonation is the most difficult part of English for me. I wish to learn it thoroughly to master it like the native English speakers.
Is there one-on-one intonation course?
Thanks for sharing your comment. Our certified English teachers can help you with online classes. You can book a trial lesson here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/book-first-class.
I think the trickiest is STRESSES and it's intricacies
Yes...iam from India and my mother tongue is Telugu. In my mother tongue too we have same intonation as in English language.
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Hello andi...Nadi telugu ee😄 s..koncham similar ga undi but still confusing ga undi..but naku British rp accent nerchukovali ani chala istam undi.. but total confusing
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Yeah I will try,, may be time padutundhemo natural ga ravataniki consistent ga try cheyali..Nd Nice to meet you too😊
I found that some intonation in English are similar to Vietnamese. We also use many Intonation in spoken in order to express different emotions.
This video is really helpful. Thank you so much for your lessons. Love from Viet Nam
Intonation is found in every language. No human being talks like a robot.
Vietnamese rises voice at the end of every sentence lmao.
As a native English speaker, I never realized English was a tonal language.
I use all of these tones every day, but never notice. It just comes naturally.
English is not a tonal language.
Every human carries attitude when speaking. This is normal no matter what language they are speaking.
Tonal language means different pitches change the meaning of a word. The pitch patterns in a sentence presented in this video indicate attitude. The meaning of the sentences remain the same.
Yes. It is similar to my language which is known as Amharic, It is widely spoken language in Ethiopia and it is the official language of the country. It is the only language that has its own alphabets in Africa. Unlike English language, the alphabets represents the uttered sounds. There are not such a thing as silent sounds in Amharic words. Hence writing in Amharic language is less difficult and tricky than in English language. Even Native speakers of English language make mistake in spelling some English words. Coming back to my point, it is interesting for me to know that the meaning of most intonation patterns of English are similar to those of Amharic.
Daniel and Kae are they nice brilliant teachers I've ever met. Thanks for great job.
Thanks for the support, Adim!
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1Kae is still teaching ? I would like to see more video lessons with her. Thanks for an eventual answer ! ❤
Thanks for the video. Just a tip, if you really want to hear the intention properly, then reduce the speed of the video to .75 you can clearly hear the difference.
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Thank you so much! This is very useful for me! I am struggling with English pronunciation. I hope I can improve my English!
Thank you for this very informative video. Intonation is quite different in Kenyan English. I'll soon do a paper on it. Dr. Itumo-Kenyatta University-Kenya
How interesting! Have you finished your paper? And is it published some place where I could read it?
Ok im very glad i found this channel now i can learn more about english and other rules in english sentences
Oh my gosh, I've been struggling to find a tutorial about intonation, and here I have it! Thank you a lot for the splendid work. I also like the fact that you constantly switch between GA and RP.
Do you try to speak a British-style English?
Didn't know I've been speaking so flatly until now. Cheers guys!
It's a great video! I'm from Brazil and here we use intonation a lot. Most of it is similar of the English.
I am from Burma, next to Thailand. It is very useful for us because our language is too flat. When we speak,we have no stress word or intonation.
Thanks 👍. Helpful for non native English speakers like many of us
Thanks for the audio video lessons. That's so helpfull
For us. Aurangabad Maharashtra India
Very praiseworthy. Respected Sir. Your voice is very clear & sweet.
Thanks for watching and sharing the comment, Vikasraj!
Great sir
Great contents, I thought there is no common rule for intonation in English, but now I know the basic pattern and how to differentiate new and old information using these patterns. In Chinese language, the intonation(s) of each word has been well defined in 4 tones (high/flat, rising, falling rising, falling), it is easier to follow the rule to pronounce each word. When putting words into sentence, the intonations might change a little according to different emotions.
Excellent teaching ❤both of you
I am watching from INDIA🇮🇳
This video is very instructive Thank you for uploading this kind of information
I admired received pronounciation and this one is a big help for me to become fluent in british english. :)
Today one of my students asked about pronunciation of a question and answer, but it was hard to explain to her the intonation of the answer. This is definitely one of those things that if you don't think about it, it is hard to explain to non-Native speakers.
I have been struggling a lot the intonation for a long time. Thank you so much!
Thank you . I guess I will watch it many times !
Thank you for making the video. In my language, there aren't such diversified intonations. And when we do, the intonation is normally very slightly.
It is really useful and thank you. I have never paid my attention for intonation when speaking English.
Thanks for watching, Lathika, and glad you found the lesson useful!
Thank you! Intonation is really a chanllenge for me! Your great video is helpful!
Thanks to my tutor Ms. Praizy for recommending this video. God Bless😇
Very informative video! Our language is Urdu , it is not stress timed language rather it is a syllable timed language. So to stress an idea we prolong the words instead of stressing them.
Yes they are the same.
Thanks, you are brilliant
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For example: I live in Madrid, but I was born in Canada.
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She’s a lawyer, although she isn’t working at the moment.
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We might be a bit late, because I don’t finish work until seven.
this is my first time here, and it is really important to my work
Great lession!
The intonation in Colombia is the same, in my opinion.
really, thank you, ♥
i'm from egypt and and while i was srurfing the internet i found this vedio by chance
Thank you for your information. I already knew British English intonation, but I didn't understand it before. Your expression is very clear, and it's helpful for me.
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Thanks a lot for your lesson, it's useful. It has helped me to know more about intonation.
How interesting! Because my mother tongue doesn't have clear and apparent intonation like English, it feels like I become an actor when I try to copy the intonation
In American English we have been told that in question tags when we already have a sense of the answer and we are checking our information, we have falling intonation and when we are really asking we have a rising intonation. Interestingly, the pattern there is just the opposite.
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Both teachers are excellent! Thank You
It is effective lesson for me and I'm a regular follower of ur lessons.
Glad you liked it, Sabia! Thanks for watching!
Thank you! It's helpful. In my language, there is intonation for various meaning but I can't tell whether it is similar to English or not now. I need more study.
I almost don't hear differences.
With Kae...I agree with you
I do, I watch English Tvseries a lot. The tone of the sentences are different.
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Dude. I'm a native english speaker and I hardly heard the difference.
It's been so useful. Unfortunately, I think that using intonation naturally would be possible if we set our native language apart for some time and go to an English speaking country so that we get used to using intonation without doing any effort, but it is worth practicing it on our own, though.
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You're welcome, Asia. Thanks for watching!
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It was helpful for me, thank you pretty much
It's surprising to me to hear this types of communication in English
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Thank you, Ram! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks!!! I have a final exam and this is exactly what I need to practice.
Good luck
That's very useful for me.Thanks❤️
Nice lession.
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My answer is Not, which you ask at last in your intonation lesson video.
I think Intonation is different from languages. Languages is just a text and intonation is a sound of scences. It's a words(text) pronounce Fluency. We are expresse sounds with words what our scence.
Thanks for your great help.😍👏
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Omg I watched a lot of videos and never commented before but this is truly what I need. Thank you so much for the helpful lesson. I should have found this video before
Glad you enjoyed the lesson! Thanks for watching!
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We're happy it was useful for you!
Thank you so much. Great video.
My phonetics teacher says that intonation used in Uruguay is exactly the same as is used in English. But I began to have my doubts about it. What I personally find so hard to do is to be aware of my own music when I speak L1 so as to compare it with L2. I don`t think that intonation is the same for both of them.
This video is helpful for teachers too.
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Daniel is WONDERFUL.THANK YOU
This has been very instructive. Thanks 😊
Excellent teaching, easy understand and practice method,thanks
My native language isn't English but I know easily, Thank you so muchhhh intonation
Thanks for the information.
I want to know the difference between expressive intonation, somewhat expressive intonation and flat intonation.
I searched for intonation just to figure out what specific thing is unpleasant in my android smartphone's Text-to-speech engine.
Though I think I get a productive and informative channel on RUclips to improve my spoken English with great learning and speaking practice as a bonus.
Intonation is one of my favorite things to explore! If you are still interested in understanding intonation, you might enjoy my channel! You are welcome to check it out! 🌞
@@DawnPeacock Okay, thanks.
Really helpful thank you! I realised communicate in England is more complicated than what I thought. :) In italian even if we use intonation patterns, we communicate a lot with our body language
You are life saver thanks . Tommorow is my exam ..
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It's really helpful. Thank you. I think in my language we've the same intonation!
Where are U from?
@@MehmetYlmaz-zh6px That's what I was wondering! But he didn't answer you...let's see if he answers me!
Where are you from? I'm curious!
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Thank you so much for this useful lesson .
Thanks for watching!