Prof.

Francisco Zabala 2011

Dictations: Sounds and Tones

Dictation Fifteen: Fall, Rise , Fall-Rise, Level & Rise-Fall

You will hear each tone unit three times. Transcribe them into phonemic script and mark the
onsets ( ! ) or ( ) and the nuclei ( ), ( ), ( > ), ( ) or ( ; ) before each corresponding accented
syllable.

.? !vds m`Hs{{

kdHs Hm Ch @9es? ;mt9m{ !qPm rsh9u ?m >qHjh{ !oTs Cd? sdms Uo{ Hm C? !lHck ?u C? eh9kc{{ ?y !rt9m
?y CHr v?y cUm{ CdHj !jTjs ? lh9k{ ?Tu? Ch !?To?m e`H?{{ CdH v?q !N9k rs@9uHM{{ ;@9es? C?
/lh9k{ CdH !s?Tkc gPq? /rsN9qhy{ ?m !rzM rPMy{ a`H C? e`H?{{ a?s !rUl s`Hl kdHs?{ Hs !aHfzm
s? cqHyk{{ C? !aNHy v? vN9m `Ts{ r?T CdH !oTs >`Ts C? e`H?{ ?m !jqdos Hms? Cd? sdms{{ !vPs
jUles?ak rkh9oHM /azfy CdH /gzc{{ Hm C? !lHck ?u C? >m`Hs{ !st9 ?u C?l v?Tj Uo{ ?m CdH
!rs@9sHc s? R`Ts Cd? kUMy `Ts{{ C? !sdms v?y eTk ?u vN9s?{{ CdH N9k kdos `Ts ?u Cd? r?Tjs
;rkh9oHM /azfy{ ?m !gUqhc `Ts r`Hc{{ Hs v?y !aUj?sHM c`Tm{{ ? rsqh9l v?y /eN9lc Hm C? /eh9kc{{
Hs !v`Tmc Hsr vdH ?jqPr C? eh9kc{ ?m !ek?Tc q`Hs Umc? Cd? /sdms.

Text adapted from:

Alexander, L. G. (1967) Practice and Progress. London: Longman.