The teaching of intonation in the Integral Practice of English Language

Abstract

The present article calls for a communicative teaching of intonation in the subject Integrated English Practice, based on its features and functions related to the role it plays to convey new information within a text, and provides some theoretical references to support this position. It is based on linguistic studies in the area of pronunciation carried out by Morley, Brazil, Cruttenden, Ohala, Gussenhoven y Tench.