TESOL Terms
Acronyms
Micro-stages Hamburger
IPA
Lessons
100

What you ask after going over new vocabulary or new material, to make sure students understand.

What are concept checking questions (CCQs)?

100

ICQ

What is Instruction Checking Question?

100

The Top Bun

What are Instructions?

100

It's written /æ/.

What is the sound /æ/?

100

The first step in a lesson plan.

What is a Lead in?
200

The way you try to get information from someone, by the use of pictures, stories, or other creative methods.

What is eliciting?

200

TESOL

What is Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages?

200

The Cheese

What are Instruction Checking Questions?

200

It's written /sʌɱθɪŋ/. 

What is the word something?

200

The two productive skills.

What are Speaking and Writing?

300

What we do after every activity, to clarify answers and give students a chance to process what they've learned.

What is feedback?
300

IPA

What is the International Phonetic Alphabet?

300

The Burger

What is the Task (plus Monitoring)?

300

It's written /t͡ʃeɪnɗʒ/.

What is the word change?

300

The two receptive skills.

What are Listening and Reading?

400
Moving around the room to check that students are on task.
What is monitoring?​​​​
400

MPF

What is Meaning, Form, Pronunciation?

400

The Lettuce

What is Paircheck?

400

It's written /sɑɪˈkɒləɗʒɪ/.

What is the word psychology?

400

What the "Clarification" stage is meant to clarify in a lesson.

What is MPF?

500

Indicating the student you want to respond to a question with a word or gesture. 

What is nominating?

500

ECDW

What is Elicit, CCQs, Drill, Written Record?

500

The Bottom Bun

What is Feedback?

500

It's written /duː jʊ spiːk ˈɪŋglɪʃ/.

It means Do you speak English?

500

The three types of lessons under the umbrella of Systems (one of the three is Functional language).

What are Vocabulary and Grammar lessons?

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