Pronunciation: Intonation in invitations, suggestions and polite requests
Would you like to join our workshop? ↘↗ Why don’t we practise together? ↘↗ Could you show me the timetable? ↘↗ The printed focus is a friendly fall-rise contour. Other natural polite contours can be valid in context. Practise a fall then rise without stretching every syllable; meaning, tone and wording work together.