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This unit is amazing! I am one of those people who have never been properly trained to speak with the correct intonations, stresses and pronunciations. Coming from Singapore, we usually read without any emphasis on intonations or stresses, which translates into our 'national language', Singlish, which is not only littered with local colloquial terms, but also a spoken language that is mostly monotonous. Sometimes, people in our country are mocked at if they speak with proper intonations and stresses, but in my opinion, it is a reaction from a person's inability to speak with more expression that has driven them to try to silence those who have made the effort to speak well and are doing well with expressing themselves effectively.
The content of this unit - from the practical section with definitions about intonation and stress, to the rather physiological section about which organs are involved in articulation - is extremely enlightening. The suggested activities to help students (and myself) have a better grasp of how to produce certain sounds, and how to 'feel' the differences are excellent. The section about the phonemic alphabet is useful as it gives me a more heightened awareness of the alphabet - I never actually sat down to learn the phonemic alphabet, but have always been referring to it instinctively. The recommended resources are very helpful too.
