CLASSROOM Educator
要幫助子女撇除港式英語口音，其中一個方法是，教導他們說英文時，要有適當的intonation (聲調)。
不少人習慣用說廣東話的方式去說英文，所以，他們說英文時欠缺洽當的聲調。說廣東話時，每個字有特定的聲調，例如「家」是一聲。然而，英文字沒有特定的聲調，例如讀「me」一字時，我們可以用不同的聲調去說。若 「me」是重點字眼(keyword)，那麼我們就把它說得高音些 (例如，在 「Peter loves me.」，我們想強調Peter 喜歡的人是自己，就用較高音去讀「me」)。
以下這類親子練習，可以幫助子女了解何謂重點字眼(keyword)，並練習說出來：
練習：
就以下這幅圖畫，問子女問題，要他們回答時要用較高音去說重點字眼 (keyword)：
| Questions | Answers (有底線的為keyword，是答案的重心） |
|
| 第一組 | What is Ken doing? | Ken is singing. |
| Who is singing? | Ken is singing. | |
| 第二組 | What is John doing? | Jonn is eating sushi. |
| Who is eating sushi? | John is eating sushi. | |
| What is John eating? | John is eating sushi. | |
| 第三組 | What are the children doing? | The children are having a picnic. |
| Who are having a picnic? | The children are having a picnic. | |
| What are the children eating? | The children are eating Japanese food. |
(家長可繼續問其他有關圖畫的問題)
