• It is not expected that each student will intone the text in the same way.

• Listen to your fellow-students reading the texts. Be ready to analyse his/her reproduction according to the following parameters.

Characteristic features	Informational Style
Manner of presentation	a) the speaker sounds dispassionate; b) the speaker sounds passionate.
Intonation patterns	Low/High Descending Falling Scale Low/ High Fall Pre-Head Descending Stepping Scale Low/High Rise Descending Sliding Scale Fall-Rise Descending Scandent Scale Rise-Fall Ascending Gradually Scale Rise-Fall-Rise Ascending Scandent Scale Low/Mid/High Level Ascending Sliding Scale Level (High, Mid, Low) Scale
The Size of intonation group	a) short; b) long.
Duration of pauses	a) at the end of the sense-groups: short/long; b) at the end of the sentence: short/long

9. Act out the situations.

• You are news coverage announcer. In a few minutes you'll broadcast over the radio. Get acquainted with the text in order to present it according to the peculiarities of informational style.

For decades the truth about the tens of thousands of political prisoners buried in Bykivnya forest was covered up. On Oct. the 15th archeologists began excavating the site five kilometers east of Kyiv to remove the remains of the men and women who were executed by the Soviet secret police and buried there 60 years ago. Teams from Ukraine, Poland and Russia plan to work at the location until November the 3-rd they expect to complete their investigation next summer, and then a monument will be erected at the site.

• You are at BBC radio office at the interview for a job. You're asked to present the following clipping to demonstrate your professional skills of a news performer.

The USA may remove Ukraine and six other former Soviet nations from a list of countries for which the US links normal trade with emigration policies. Under a Cold War-era law, the Soviet Union could not have normal trade relations with the United States unless it could show that it did not restrict emigration. The requirement to pass the annual test has been a regular irritant in trade relations. In practice the US has certified in recent years that the countries have open emigration policies.

10. TEST

Test your knowledge of the theory.

Informational style

Choose the right answer.

1. The task of the sender of the message is to give information without any … evaluation.

a) unemotional b) emotional c) personal

2. The informational style is used on radio and TV and in various… situations.

a) informal b) solemn c) formal

2. Radio and TV announcers need … verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

a) exceptional b) ordinary c) appropriate

2. Radio and TV announcers must be ready at any time to speak...

a) immediately b) properly c) extemporaneously

2. There is no immediate… to help them see their effectiveness and influence on the audience.

a) playback b) feedback c) drawback