PARTS OF SPEECH
THEY SHOW AN ACTION, STATE OR EXPERIENCE. THEY CAN BE TRANSITIVE OR INTRANSITIVE
VERBS
IT IS THE SMALLEST UNIT OF SOUND THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO MEANING IN LANGUAGE
PHONEME
THE WAYS IN WHICH A LEARNER NATURALLY PREFERS TO TAKE IN, TO PROCESS AND TO REMEMBER INFORMATION AND SKILLS
LEARNING STYLES
THE ROLE THE TEACHER TAKES WHEN EVALUATING THE LANGUAGE LEVEL AND ATTITUDES OF THE LEARNERS
ASSESSOR
A PARTICULAR WAY OR SYSTEM FOR TEACHING
APPROACH OR METHOD
THEY ARE USED TO NAME PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS, QUALITIES, IDEAS, OR ACTIVITIES. THEY CAN ACT AS THE SUBJECT OR OBJECT OF THE VERB
NOUNS
IT'S THE WAY A SPEAKER CHANGES THE LEVEL OF THE VOICE TO SHOW MEANING
INTONATION
THE SKILLS THAT INVOLVE THE MENTAL PROCESSES IN THINKING, UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING
COGNITIVE SKILLS
A SET OF NOTES THAT HELPS US TO THINK THROUGH WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TEACH AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO TEACH
LESSON PLAN
TO CORRECT STUDENTS' MISTAKES BY REPEATING THE UTTERANCE CORRECTLY
REFORMULATING
THEY ARE USED TO REPLACE OR REFER TO A NOUN OR NOUN PHRASE MENTIONED EARLIER OR ABOUT TO BE MENTIONED
PRONOUN
PRONOUNCING PART OF A WORD OR PART OF A SENTENCE LOUDER AND LONGER THAN OTHER PARTS
STRESS
THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH LEARNERS USE LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM
FUNCTIONS
PROVIDING DIFFERENT TASKS, ACTIVITIES, TEXTS OR MATERIALS TO DEAL WITH MIXED ABILITIES OR MIXED LEVEL LEARNERS IN ONE CLASS
DIFFERENTIATION
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TEACHER AND THE LEARNERS
RAPPORT
THEY ARE USED TO SAY MORE ABOUT WHEN, WHERE, ETC. SOMETHING HAPPENS BY ADDING INFORMATION
ADVERBS
A WORD WHICH SOUNDS THE SAME AS ANOTHER WORD, BUT HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING AND MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT SPELLING. I.E. KNEW, NEW
HOMOPHONE
A COLLECTION OF LEARNERS' WORK DONE OVER A PERIOD WHICH SHOWS DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR LANGUAGE SKILLS
PORTFOLIO
THE RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO A TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM
AIDS
ALL THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT LANGUAGE AND ABOUT TEACHING THAT WE CAN REFER TO FOR HELP IN LESSON PREPARATION
REFERENCE RESOURCES
THEY ARE USED TO SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETEWEEN WORDS
PREPOSITIONS
A WORD WHICH IS SPELLED THE SAME AS ANOTHER BUT HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING. I.E. CLOSE
HOMOGRAPH
WHEN THE LEARNER'S MOTHER TONGUE AFFECTS PERFORMANCE IN THE TARGET LANGUAGE
L1 INTERFERENCE
AN APPROACH IN WHICH LEARNERS ARE TAUGHT A NON-LANGUAGE SUBJECT SUCH AS A SCIENCE OR GEOGRAPHY THROUGH A TARGET LANGUAGE
CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING (CLIL)
AN EXAMPLE OF A GRAMMAR POINT, FUNCTION OR LEXICAL SET
EXPONENT