Skills building 1: listening for emotions expressed by tones
This part teaches you how to find out the speakers’ feelings, which are expressed by the tones
of their voices.
1. Listen to a recording of some abstracts of plays and try to analyze how the characters feel in the play.
2. Look at the following dialogues. Try to role-play the dialogues and pay attention to the tones.
Why do you think he or she is excited/afraid/ashamed/angry/happy?
This part teaches you how to find out the speakers’ feelings, which are expressed by the tones
of their voices.
1. Listen to a recording of some abstracts of plays and try to analyze how the characters feel in the play.
2. Look at the following dialogues. Try to role-play the dialogues and pay attention to the tones.
Why do you think he or she is excited/afraid/ashamed/angry/happy?

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