Section 1: Introducing rhythm and intonation.

1. General introduction. Intonation: definition and use.
2. Word stress in simple words, compounds and phrases.
3. Stress and rhythm. Stress versus accent.
4. Intonation Phrases (tonality).
5. Key and register.

Section 2: The structure of intonation.

6. Pitch accents. Nuclear pitch accent placement (tonicity). Focus.
7. Nuclear pitch accent types (tone). Sentence type and utterance meaning.
8. Pre-nuclear pitch accents.
9. Making and hearing whole tunes.

Section 3: Specific issues on intonation.

10. The intonation of other varieties of English.