Chapter 2 : Making a Conversation Video

Reflection for Week 3, 23rd January 2013

Using rising intonation sounds as if you are more interested. Intonation that is going down indicates rhetorical question. But this is not necessarily true because sometimes it depends on the person’s expression and body language.

An interesting English word for me today is ‘brother’. I just knew that it can have three different meanings: it can be a flesh-and-blood family member; it can be used to call your friends whom have no family relation with you; and if you say it as a phrase “Oh brother!” it means you are bored and disappointed with what you see or hear

I learn that in English, the last consonant is important. You have to say the last consonant letter of a word clearly so that people can understand what you mean. For example if you do not said the letter “t” clearly in the word “feet”, it might sound like “feed” to someone else.