. contain new information. Referring tones indicate that no new information is being exchanged. The use of a referring tone may also indicate that the speaker is emphasizing that a dominant speaker. into two main categories interactive and transactional. Interactive purpose convey social reasons of communication such as chatting at a party whereas transactional is used to express exchange. in collecting data for the study. The data was gathered by means of listening exercises and practice readings. The results of the study showed stress, intonation and rhythm were the major listening