. As an Indian speaker, you may notice that you tend to have a different “song” or melody when you speak American English. Your pitch tends to be flatter, and you tend to end words going up in pitch. Because your stressing and intonation patterns are so different, Americans may have difficulty understanding your speech. A very important part of your program may be learning how to make your pitch go up and down in the correct way so that you can “sing” in English.