Some tactics to improve students’ intonation in grade 8 at Thiệu Phú secondary school 1 TABLE OF CONTENT Sections Page PART A INTRODUCTION 2 PART B DEVELOPMENT 2 I RATIONALE 2 1 An overview of phonetics and phonology 2 2 An overview of English intonation 3 3 Function of intonation 4 4 Types of English intonation 5 5 Factors affecting English major’s intonation 7 II SITUATION 9 1 Difficulties in using correct English intonation that English majors face with 9 2 Learning environment 10 III SOME SU[.]