SummaryDiscourse Intonation (DI) (Brazil 1997; Chun 2002) seems to be particularly well suited for use in the EFL classroom, much more so than the rather complex traditional models (e.g. O'Connor and Arnold 1973) or some recent phonological theories. Yet if L2 teachers are to be provided with clear guidelines on how to incorporate DI into communicative language teaching, much more empirical research is needed with L2 students of different L1 backgrounds to uncover the specific problems they face. e small-scale study presented here examines how 15 second-year students of the English Department in Niš manage intonation in a reading task. e analysis focuses on the components singled out by Chun (2002) as crucial for language learners: sentence stress (nuclear tone placement), terminal contour (direction of pitch change) and key (pitch range at transition points).
Key words: discourse functions of intonation, Serbian EFL students, teaching intonation PovzetekModel besedilne intonacije (BI) (Brazil 1997; Chun 2002) se je pri pouku angleščine kot tujega jezika izkazal primernejši od nekaterih tradicionalnih in kompleksnejših modelov (npr. O'Connor and Arnold 1973) oziroma najnovejših fonoloških teorij. Vendar pa je za to, da bi učiteljem angleščine lahko ponudili smernice, kako uporabiti BI v razredu, treba izvesti več empiričnih raziskav med študenti angleščine, ki govorijo različne materne jezike. Tako bi ugotovili, katere so njihove specifične težave. Članek predstavlja rezultate študije, v kateri je sodelovalo 15 študentov angleščine z Univerze v Nišu. Analiza njihove bralne intonacije se je osredinila na tiste komponente, ki jih Chunova (2000) navaja kot najbolj pomembne za učence angleščine: stavčni naglas (mesto intonacijskega jedra), končni potek intonacije in glasovna višina.Ključne besede: besedilne funkcije intonacije, srbski študenti angleščine kot tujega jezika, pouk intonacije
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