2018
DOI: 10.24815/siele.v5i2.10476
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Perception of the attitudinal function of intonation in responding to Yes/No questions: A study of non-native English language teachers

Abstract: This study highlights the importance of intonation and its function for intelligibility in communication, particularly amongst teachers in ESL classrooms. It was carried out to ascertain non-native English language teachers’ awareness of the attitudinal functions that intonation carries in responding to yes/no questions. Thirty Malay English language teachers working in a language centre were taken as the sample. Two different tasks, a listening test and an open-ended questionnaire, were provided to test their… Show more

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“…Therefore, it is undeniably that intonation learning is necessary for everybody in variety of purposes and needs. However, intonation skill is problematic at the most of students in the aspect of ability or motivation (Madzlan & Mahmud, 2018;Purwanti et al, 2022). In this research will discuss about analysis intonation in reading newspaper.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Therefore, it is undeniably that intonation learning is necessary for everybody in variety of purposes and needs. However, intonation skill is problematic at the most of students in the aspect of ability or motivation (Madzlan & Mahmud, 2018;Purwanti et al, 2022). In this research will discuss about analysis intonation in reading newspaper.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Falling intonations generally denote finality. They are accordingly used in commands, of complete statements not implying any continuation known to the speaker, of questions containing a specific interrogative word, and of the last alternative in alternative questions (Madzlan & Mahmud, 2018;Purwanti et al, 2022). Falling intonation is tune consist of a fall in the voice from a fairly high pitch to very low.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To be able to improve English speaking skills, interaction is needed regularly to use English because the interaction is the heart of communication (Brown, 1994;Canale, 2014). Interaction can occur anywhere as long as people communicate with each other and give each other actions and receive reactions, including in classroom settings (Asrial et al, 2019;Madzlan & Mahmud, 2018). Classroom interaction occurs because of a two-way process between teachers and students in which both influence each other (Ryve et al, 2013;Susilawati et al, 2019).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Language is a means of communication and it involves all species but only human beings are the ones that have mastered cognitive language communication (Rao, 2019;Sadiku, 2015;Syakur et al, 2020). Linguists have identified five basic components of language: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics (Madzlan & Mahmud, 2018;Sharma & Puri, 2020;Yoandita, 2019). These components are found across languages.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%