Billie English - the YouTube channel to help you improve your English pronunciation, speaking and fluency! Billie is a certified CELTA English teacher trainer and has over 17 years of teaching experience. Learn more about tone units and tonic syllables in English intonation in this video. After publishing it, I realised that it might sound in the video that all tone units have a falling intonation - that is not the case! I will go over this specific topic in a following video to clarify any doubts and explain intonation patterns in tonic syllables in greater detail.


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0:00 - What are tone units?
6:15 - Linking within tone units
9:33 Prominent syllables in tone units
10:51 What are tonic syllables?
13:09 Tone units with 2 prominent syllables
16:09 Summary & Tips

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★★ WHAT THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT★★

In this video we are going to have a look at tone units and tonic syllables in the English intonation system. Spoken English is organised into small parcels called tone units. I know, we often think of English in terms of words and sentences but this is more accurate when we look at written English. In spoken English, we have tone units. These are the basic building blocks. Within each tone unit we have one, or sometimes two prominent syllables. The last prominent syllable in a tone unit is the tonic syllable. It introduces the start of a new intonation pattern. Sounds all a bit technical? Don’t worry! In the video I will show you many examples to make this topic clear. If you would like to improve your pronunciation, I would encourage you to start listening to HOW people speak. Usually we pay attention to WHAT is said - and this is important too! - but it won’t help you to improve your own pronunciation. Start listening well and pay attention to the HOW. Notice tone units and tonic syllables in spoken English when you listen to someone speak. This will help you to apply the same principles and as a result it will be easier for others to understand you.


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Billie is a pronunciation coach and content creator based in Barcelona, Spain. Her main focus is English pronunciation, phonology and helping learners speak more fluently. Billie has a degree in Communication Research & Phonology, a PGCE in Primary Education, a Trinity College Cert & DiplomaTESOL and over 17 years of teaching experience. She also works as a CELTA teacher trainer, Cambridge examiner and educational advisor. Her videos have been featured in the Google funded AI app ELSA speak.