Gameplan "Playing With Intonation"

PLAY WITH INTONATION

Objectives:

1.      To role-play the situation provided suitable to the context

2.      To use appropriate intonation according to the situations provided.

Language Skills:

Speaking skill (intonation)

Level: Intermediate to high

Duration: 30 minutes

Materials: Paper and pencil

Procedures:

Briefing (5 minutes)

1.      Teacher writes on one phrase or sentence followed by five different situations as in a, b, c, d and e.

2.      Teacher demonstrates on how the game works:

a)      Teacher picks out one phrase. For example, 'Where are you going?"

b)      Teacher writes down five different situations:

·         how a father talks to his daughter who get out of their house during midnight time;

·         a sister talks to her little brother who pour the milk on floor;

·         asking foreigner who seems lost in big city;

·         a mother talks and her son left away intended and ;

·         a girl asks her boyfriend.

c)      Teacher prepares five pieces of written paper as a, b, c, d and e respectively. Teacher asks students to draw lots the paper.

d)     Teacher asks student to look at their paper, and think of suitable intonation according to written situation in their draw lot's paper.

e)      Students need to speak out their intonation using phrase stated and other members need to guess which situation that suitable with that particular intonation.

Demonstrate (5 minutes)

1)      The teacher demonstrates the game once in front of the class.

2)      Playing the game (15 minutes)

3)      Teacher divide the class into few groups-5person for each group

4)      Each group needs to prepare their own phrase and five different situations that appropriate with phrase written.

5)      After finish writing phrase and situations, each group need to change the phrase with the other group.

6)      Each group need to draw lots and figure out the appropriate intonation according to their draw lots paper.

Debriefing (5 minute)

1.      The teacher asks the students on what they have learned from the game.

Variations:

1.      The teacher could make a competition between two groups as if they are playing the ‘charade’ game.

Prepared by:

Noor Hafifah Bt. Nordin (A11PP0030)

Mohd Nazrin Bin Matnor (A11PP0012)