the receptive language skill involved in responding to a text, not producing it
Reading
Refers to individual words or set of words
Lexis
We use it to describe language in its form.
Grammar
the study of the sounds features used in a language
phonology
The reason why we communicate (purpose)
Function
the meaning that describes the thing or idea of a word
denotative meaning
group of words that belong to the same topic area
lexical set
to describe or give more info about a noun
adjective
to show an action, state or experience
verbs
the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to meaning in a language
phoneme
spoken language in which all words join to make a connected stream of sounds
connected speech
the basic word or part of words which other words can be made
base word
adding letters at the end or beggining of words
affixation
A way the speaker changes the level of their voice to show meaning
intonation
the language we use to express a function
exponent
Choosing the right level of formallity to speak in a situation
appropriacy
pattern of stress
rhythm
Language that reflects the situation in which it is used
register
Grammatical links between sentences
Cohesion
A subskill readers use when they sense the writer's opinion or feeling on the topic they are writing about
inferring
Vocabulary students recognize before they are able to use.
receptive vocabulary
Connected text
discourse
to make clear which noun is reffered to
determiner
name the parts of speech (grammar)
verbs, adjectives, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, determiners, prepositions, conjunctions and exclamations
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