Como se dice....?

Objectives

Reinforcing the construction of questions in english.
Recognizing the intonation patterns of interrogative sentences.
Contrasting and identifying the differences between intonation of questions in Spanish and english.
Practicing intonation patterns by means of pronunciation and listening exercises


Activity

For starting the activity, students must develope beforehand the questions in "Como se dice...?" section of the newspaper. The teacher must check them and make the suitable corrections that allow the teacher to make students remember the right writing of the questions in english.
Once questions are properly structured, the teacher plays some audio files in order to make students identify the intonation patterns for " yes/no " questions and "Wh" questions.
After recognizing the intonation defferences the teacher hands in a number of questions in which the students will draw the intonation pattern for each case. At the end, students must read the sentences saying the right intonation.


Answer the following questions

1.Which are the most used types of questions in english?
2.What is the difference of intonation before asking questions in english and spanish?
3.What is the intonation pattern for "yes/no" and "wh" questions?