Suprasegmentals and Paralanguage: Another idea for relearning

What: imitating with reading

How: the language consultant reads aloud, one phrase at a time.  The learner rereads each phrase aloud imitating the consultant's intonation. 

Choose a text which:

• is below your silent reading level - very few new vocabulary because this activity focuses on intonation rather than pronunciation nor vocabulary acquisition
• is full of expressive dialogue - this sort of text will provide opportunity for your language consultant to express a variety of intonational patterns
• has varying phrasal lengths and structures - lists, "run-on" sentences, parentheses, etc. could all represent different intonational patterns

Recording: recording this sort of exercise and reviewing it is a humbling task but can be extremely helpful for self-observation of both pronunciation and suprasegmentals