A good way to present vocabulary for kitchen items.
What is using realia?
100
I love pizza!
What is simple present?
100
A language user who can understand familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases of the concrete type. Can interact in a simple way.
What is a basic user?
100
Grammatical words which are essential to English, but have little meaning on their own.
What are structure words?
100
The traditional/historical way of teaching language primarily through reading and writing.
What is the Grammar-Translation method?
200
A good way to present vocabulary for actions such as walking, strolling, pacing, etc.
What is mime/gesture?
200
I'm having a great day!
What is present continuous?
200
A user who can understand virtually everything heard or read and can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently, and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning in complex situations.
What is a proficient/fluent user?
200
Words that refer to things, notions, qualities, state, or actions and are usually classified as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. They carry meaning on their own.
What are lexical words?
200
An influential method on modern language teaching that was based on behaviorist learning theories and advocated drilling language patterns and dialogues.
What is the Audiolingual Method?
300
A presentation method we should avoid except for giving directions or helping students grasp abstract vocabulary.
What is translation?
300
I forgot to do my homework last night.
What is simple past tense?
300
This user can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc, and can produce simple connected text on familiar topics.
What is an independent user?
300
The reason for using language - its communicative purpose.
What is a function?
300
The approach that claims the best way to learn the grammar of a new language is through experience, practice and observation.
What is the inductive approach?
400
Concepts that have to do with a word item and what it means.
What are lexical concepts?
400
We've had an exciting diploma course!
What is present perfect?
400
A learner defined by Lindsay as someone who "cannot produce either spoken or written language, [and] cannot understand the language in either spoken or written form."
What is a zero beginner/true beginner/newcomer?
400
The verb form used in the perfect tenses with the auxiliary "have."
What is a past participle?
400
The approach to language teaching that argues for making grammar rules and structures explicit before students are asked to use them in class.
What is the deductive approach?
500
Concepts that have to do with grammatical form and uses.
What are structural concepts?
500
She was swimming in the ocean when she saw her first dolphin.
What are past continuous and simple past?
500
The term for someone who has major holes in their language use ability, but continues to progress through the established institutional leveled system.
What is a false beginner?
500
Two kinds of verbs used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs.
What are primary and modal auxiliary verbs?
500
The approach to language teaching considered to be "best practice" today with the goal of enabling learners to become competent in the process of communication.