Basic Prosody

Elements

• High Pitch

  The raising of your voice to focus the listener on the key word.
  

• I first met Sam last year Go! send
• did you arrive early Go! send

• Pausing

  The use of pauses to separate ideas so the listener can follow more easily. In written form we would use punctuation, in spoken form we use pauses.
  

• the children were playing outside it was raining Go! send
• my sister who lives in Spain is married Go! send
• I wore a leather jacket and trousers Go! send

• Chunking

  Chunking is the formal term for separating ideas (pausing) and clarifying ideas (raised pitch) combined. In each 'Chunk' there is normally only one core message/idea stressed [via 1 element].
  

• I can help you with anything you need Go! send
• how are you going to fix this problem Go! send

Principles

Useful Theory