2.7. Auditory Test

• Delimit the message. Mark the pauses

• Single out the rhythmic groups of the syntagmas schematically

F ocus on the relations of the adjoing contours of the combined tunes. Identify them as either a) coordinative (c) or b) subordinative (preposition, postposition) (s). S(←); S(→)

• Single out expressive melodic contours (compound tunes - EC). Use the set of symbols.

E.g. Britain has put forward the suggestion | that a reasonable contribution would be | 'thirteen to ˙fifteen per cent | 'built up on a series of equal yearly steps ˉover a period of five years ||.

EC EC

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Analyse these combined tunes:

1. The other two sectors are long life milk and milk drinks.

2. It’s interesting to see that the long life sector has risen from five per cent to thirteen per cent – a significant rise considering initial consumer resistance to this type of milk.

3. So the two big winners of the decade are skimmed and long life milk, and the big loser, the full milk sector.

4. Moving on to non-financial compensation, I’d like to look at life insurance, pensions and holidays.

5. Alternatively, employees can of course, make their own arrangements and we are happy to advise on the best scheme, for example, a private personal pension plan.

6. Now what’s really important is the likely trends over the next ten years, in these four sectors.

7. Beyond this line we’ve noted the anticipated trends over the next ten years.

8. Turning first to pay, our goal is to be in the top ten per cent in terms of salary paid.

9. But those who do join us are assured of individual attention, as well as a good pay package.

10. Secondly, our voluntary pension fund is open to all staff after they’ve been with us for three months.

11. Thirdly, holidays, which I should say are well earned, are fixed at twenty five days, rising to thirty days after five years.

12. We all know, that there have been some major changes in our market over the last ten years and we can expect further changes over the next ten years.

Score level criteria

Excellent: relevant to assigned model

Good: relevant number of intonation groups but lack of melodic contour accuracy

Fair: limited knowledge, inadequate delimitation at times, inadequate melodic contours

(compound tunes)

Poor: not enough to evaluate

Score Mark

12–11 – 5

10–8 – 4

7–5 – 3

4–… – 2

2.8. Reading Technique

1. Listen to the text ‘Public Ownership’. Delimit the message into intonation groups, utterances, phonopassages. Use the set of symbols to mark the pauses.

2. Try and consider the accentuation relief of the intonation groups (syntagmas). Beat out the time while trying the rhythmic groups.

3. Concentrate on the pitch patterns and rhythmic structure of the intonation groups.

4. Observe the tone sequences of the combined tunes. Single out pairs of the intonation groups to concentrate on the relations either of coordination or subordination (preposition and post-position).

5. Consider the number of expressive contours (compound tunes, their tonal structure). Practise them over in isolation.

6. Be careful to properly make breaks while reading. Observe the specifics of timing.

7. Get ready to present the message to the best advantage.