3. a) Practise this brier conversation: Student A expresses either annoyance at Walter Streeter or criticizes him. He suggests irritability and sounds reprovingly critical. Remember what rate of utterance may be associated with negative emotions.
Student B defends Walter Streeter. Mind that expressing disagreement you might sound challenging, persuasively reassuring, be reluctantly or defensively dissenting; for the purpose make use of the intonation patterns "Fall-Rise" and "Rise-Fall". Student C asks for reasons and expresses his own personal verdict. Be aware of the change in attitudes.
Page 81 b) Now in pairs talk about the pros and cons of judging a person by his/her handwriting. Impart your own attitude. Use proper intonation patterns which the argument or discussion require.
4. Substitute one of the speech patterns (p. 77) for the parts of the sentence in bold type.
