Term for a language that is by spoken all over the world and learnt by a large number of people as a foreign/second language.
What is a global language?
100
A simplified and standardised conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group.
What is a stereotype?
100
Psychologist who believes humans learn through positive and negative reinforcement, imitation & practice.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
100
A school that follows an international curriculum such as the International Baccalaureate or a national curriculum different from that of the country the school is located in.
What is an international school?
200
A word part placed before the root of a word to change the meaning or grammatical form or the word.
What is a prefix?
200
Phenomenon that can be described in terms of products, practices, persons, perspectives and communities.
What is culture?
200
American linguist whose model of second language acquisition focuses on the role of input and consists of five hypotheses.
Who is Stephen Krashen?
200
The opposite of formal language, which makes use of slang and colloquialisms and employs the conventions of spoken language
What is informal language?
300
An early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.
What is Old English?
300
Competence that is useful in intercultural meetings and involves skills, knowledge and attitudes according to Muchael Byram.
What is intercultural competence?
300
One of the most prominent linguists of the 20th century whose language acquisition theory suggests that certain properties of grammar are universal.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
300
One of the five basic language skills according to the Danish guidelines for English language teachers (the other skills are reading, writing, speaking and listening).
What is interaction?
400
The three concentric circles of English which illustrate the spread of English and the number of speakers.
What are the inner circle, the outer circle and the expanding circle?
400
Someone who has intercultural competences
What is an intercultural speaker?
400
Language acquisition theorist who argues that i+1 can be achieved through negotiation of meaning and modified interaction.
Who is Michael Long?
400
One of Krashen’s five language acquisition hypotheses which stresses the importance of target language exposure.
What is the input hypothesis?
500
A form of English spoken by Shakespeare.
What is Early Modern English
500
The opposite of culture-specific & didactic teaching.
What is culture-general & experiential teaching?
500
Theorist who argues that language learners should be pushed to produce 'comprehensible output'.
Who is Merrill Swain?
500
A unique language spoken by a language learner who is not yet fluent in English