Tom drank five cups of coffee this morning. Tom drank five cups of coffee this morning. Students inductively learn the importance of intonation in this exercise. This can be followed by a discussion of the importance of intonation and the difference it can make in understanding. As a follow up to this exercise, students can be given a standard response and a variety of questions to be asked for that response.
Students can practice responding with the correct intonation.
The teacher can walk about the room controlling the students' responses. This exercise can be further improved by adding the recording element provided by the computer. By recording the voice students can compare their pronunciation with a target pronunciation. I hope this short discussion can lead to further discussion of the effective use of a computer in an ESL learning situation in our forum. A review of Vocabulary Navigator power tools software for writers and students of English.