ESL - EFL GLOSSARY 2

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  1. 4. aids Teaching aids such as audio, video, overhead projection, posters,pictures and graphics.
  2. 5. input Language that is understandable to learners.
  3. 8. A learner’s ability to recover a word automatically, without straining to fetch it from memory.
  4. 11. test A test to measure what students have learned or achieved from a program of study;
  5. 14. Speaking together as a group; used in choral speaking and jazz chants.
  6. 15. The phase in a lesson where students have the opportunity to practice language forms. See “controlled practice”, “guided practice”, and “free practice”.
  7. 16. management The management of classroom processes such as how the teacher sets up the classroom and organizes teaching and learning to facilitate instruction. Includes classroom procedures, groupings, how instructions for activities are given, and management of student behaviour.
  8. 17. practice Language practise where the students are restricted in their choice of language, usually to a single answer, for example a gap fill. (see "Free practise" and "Guided practise")
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  1. 1. vocabulary Vocabulary that students actually use in speaking and writing.
  2. 2. A group activity where students freely contribute their ideas to a topic to generate ideas.
  3. 3. A type of gap fill where the gaps are regular, e.g. every 7th or 9th word. The technique can used to assess students’ reading comprehension or as a practice activity.
  4. 6. A technique in which the teacher reads a short passage out loud and students write down what the teacher reads; the teacher reads phrases slowly, giving students time to write what they hear.
  5. 7. competence is how well a person has learned that features and rules of the language. This includes vocabulary, pronunciation, and sentence formation. The main question is: How well does a person understand English grammar?
  6. 9. The way words are often used together. For example, “do the dishes” and “do homework”, but “make the bed” and “make noise”.
  7. 10. competence is how well a person can combine grammatical forms and meanings to achieve different types (genres) of speaking or writing. The main question is: How well does one properly combine all the languages elements to speak or write in English?
  8. 12. Producing language with few errors.
  9. 13. copying The teacher writes a short familiar sentence on the board, gives students time to look at it, erases it, and then they see if they can write it.