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a test that is given at the end of a course to see how much the learners have learned. start learning
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collecting information in order to gauge a learner’s progress; assessment may be formal, as in testing, or informal, as in simply observing learners doing tasks. start learning
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a phrase of two or more words that is stored and used as a single unit, such as by the way, head over heels, see you later. start learning
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a test consisting of a text in which every word has been replaced by a space start learning
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the way that certain words regularly occur together, such as good clean fun but not bad dirty fun start learning
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a classroom speaking or writing task in which the learners have to interact in order to solve a problem or complete a task. start learning
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language teaching methods whose goal is meaningful communication rather than knowledge of language rules, for example. start learning
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the teaching, through English, of a subject, such as geography, natural science or history, to learners whose first language is not English. start learning
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Content-based learning (also content and language integrated learning or CLIL)
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they way English is now used by many non-native speakers to communicate with other non-native speakers; also called English as a Lingual Franca (ELF) start learning
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English as an International Language (EIL)
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a general term for the content of courses that are targeted at group of learners, such as business people or university students, whose particular vocational or academic need have been identified; ESP contrasts with general English. start learning
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English for Special Purposes (also English for Specific Purposes; ESP)
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the use of fingers to represent the elements of a word or phrase in order to display its form or to identify an error. start learning
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finger-coding, finger correction
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a stage in teaching where the learner’s attention is directed to the form of a language item, e. g. when the teacher points out the –ed ending on regular past tense verb. start learning
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an exercise that requires learners to complete a sentence or text in which certain items have been removed. start learning
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an extended reading text whose level of language has been controlled so as be more easily intelligible for learners. start learning
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the grammatical system that a learner creates in the course of learning another language start learning
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the capacity of the learner to learn independently of teachers, and one of the goals of learner training. start learning
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an activity in which learners supply personally relevant information (e.g. their favourite hobbies) or help create materials. start learning
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an approach to language teaching that foregrounds the importance of vocabulary acquisition, including the learning of chunks. start learning
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a group of related words, a word family (e.g. a lexical set of furniture might be chair, table, television, sofa). start learning
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the ability to read and write in a language in order to achieve one’s functional goals. start learning
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the language that is used to talk about language, such as grammatical terminology start learning
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the procedures and techniques characteristic of teaching. start learning
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the effort that learners put into language learning as a result of their desire of need to learn the language. start learning
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test items that give candidates a number of possible answers from which they must choose the correct one start learning
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multiple-choice questions
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person who has acquired a language as a child and therefore has an intuitive understanding of its grammar, as contrasted with a non-native speaker, for whom the language is an L2. start learning
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the process of determining the purposes for which a learner is learning a language and for designing a course (typically an ESP course) that is appropriate. start learning
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a teaching situation where there is one teacher and one learner start learning
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a learning style related to the senses (e.g. an auditory learning style, a visual learning style). start learning
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perceptual learning style
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a way of organising language learning around a syllabus of tasks rather than grammar structures. start learning
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a guide for the teacher that usually accompanies most coursebooks. start learning
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the area that a teacher uses in the classroom while teaching. start learning
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a way of describing lessons that begin with some productive task which is followed by instruction that targets areas diagnosed as needing teaching, which is in turn followed by a repeat of the initial task or a similar task. start learning
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assessing learners' level or progress, either at the outset of a course (placement testing, diagnostic testing) or at the end of a course (achievement testing) start learning
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a straight line representing the passage of time, often used in teaching verb tenses start learning
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a language teaching method in which learners' respond to sequences of commands, based on the principle that language is best acquired through comprehension, not production. start learning
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a written record of what happens in a classroom start learning
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comprehension-checking questions which require the learner to decide if a statement is true or false. start learning
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an activity done at the beginning of the lesson to ease the transition into the lesson itself. start learning
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