Teaching materials

1. Voice Inflection
ALE146 國際行銷簡報技巧
Michelle Li
2017

2. What is voice inflection?
 Changing the voice in order to emphasize
key words
 Native speakers use many ways to
emphasize key words.

3. Three kinds of vocal emphasis
 Inflecting the voice effectively is very
challenging for non-native speakers, so….
We only introduce and practice three kinds of
vocal emphasis
 Stressing a word
 Stretching a word
 Pausing before a key word
 Listen to these three examples.

4. Why is voice inflection important?
 Using inflection is like using gestures.
 Without gestures, your physical message is flat.
Without inflection, your verbal message is flat.
 Inflection emphasizes key words to add interest and
help the listener understand your speech.

5. Listening task 1
 Listen to the two radio advertisements.
Which announcer uses voice inflection?

6. Listening task 2
 Listen to the advertisement with inflection
again and pick out some of the key words
that the speaker emphasizes? What kind of
words does the speaker inflect?

7. Listening task 3
 Listen to 6 people, and check the type of
inflection each person uses.
 Listen to the 6 sentences again and underline
the words the speaker emphasizes. Can you
make any guess about what kinds of words to
inflect?

8.  Group work

9. How to use voice inflection
 Divide yourselves into groups of 5.
 Number 1 students perform sentence 1-2.
Number 2 students perform sentence 3-4.
Number 3 students perform sentence 5-6.
Number 4 students perform sentence 7-8.
Number 5 students perform sentence 9-10.
 You could have 30 seconds to prepare, the
present your sentences to the group.

10. Practice
 For this practice, you have to integrate what
you’ve learned (the physical skills) in your
performance. So you have to …
 Stand straight
 Look at everyone
 Keep your upper body stable
 Don’t look at the ceiling
 Use gestures
 Don’t forget to speak loudly and inflect key words

11. Round 1
 Student A p.32
 Student B p.34

12. Round 2
 Student A p.33
 Student B p.35

13. Demonstration speech
 Read the passages on p.36, and answer the
following questions.
 What is the speech type?
 What is the speech skill?
 What is the speech preparation for this
performance?

14. Look at the steps illustrated in the storyboard next
tot eh speech preparation text.
 What do you think is being made?
 How many steps are there?
 What is being done in each step?
First,
Second,
Third,
Fourth,
Fifth,
Finally,

15. First viewing
 Close your book.
 What is she demonstrating?
 How many steps are there?

16. Second viewing
 Complete the evaluation form on p.37. Write
the steps and the warnings.

17. Prepare a demonstration speech on how
to make a favorite dish.
 Make a poster and do the presentation next
week.