@article{oai:uuair.repo.nii.ac.jp:00013654,
 author = {湯澤, 伸夫 and YUZAWA, Nobuo},
 issue = {54},
 journal = {宇都宮大学国際学部研究論集, Journal of the School of International Studies, Utsunomiya University},
 month = {Sep},
 note = {text, 紀要論文 / Departmental Bulletin Paper, At the end of the academic year of 2022, elementary school students who are now learning English as an official school subject in Japan are going to graduate for the first time. To begin an investigation of how English is taught in elementary school and to determine whether there are any problems with teaching English sounds, Yuzawa (2022) examined sound features recorded on accompanying CDs of two selected English textbooks targeted at Japanese 5th graders and found various features including problems. This paper, as a continuation of this study, examined sound features, focusing on intonation, under the following items: (1) tonality, (2) tonicity, (3) stress pattern, (4) tone for listing and (5) others. Data were collected from accompanying CDs of three English textbooks which are targeted at 6th graders. Eight problems were found, and suggestions were made to each of them. One of the problems is that utterances are divided into more tone-units than are necessary. This may be because of the slow speech rate. The slow speech rate may be helpful for students to comprehend recorded spoken English better, but it makes the recording sound patchy and fragmented. Recordings that are a little more challenging for the students are recommended.},
 pages = {115--123},
 title = {A Study of Intonation Used in the Audio Materials for Three English Textbooks Aimed at Japanese 6th Graders},
 year = {2022},
 yomi = {ユザワ, ノブオ}
}