TKT Module 1 – Language & Background to Language Learning and Teaching | Full Glossary
with Examples and Explanations
Progress test Used during a course in order to assess the learning up to a particular points in
the course
Proofhead To read a text in order to check whether there are any mistakes in spelling,
grammar, punctuation
Receptive skills Reading and listening
Read/listen for specific information Scan
Silent period The time when learners who are beginning to learn a first or second language
prefer to listen or read before producing the language
Speculate (v) To guess smth based on information you have
Subjective test The examiner's opinion and judgement is used to decide on the quality of
answer; types: written stories, compositions, interviews, conversations
collective noun Собирательное существительное (совокупность лиц как одно
неделимое целое)
Possessive Pronoun Притяжательное местоимение (mine, yours...)
Chunk Группа слов, обычно исп.вместе (фраз.гл., идиомы, коллокация, фиксированные
выражения)
, lexical set Слова одного топика
Layout План, расположение текста
Product writing Анализ, воспроизведение моделей текста
Proofread Correct mistakes in text before it is printed or put online
Fossilisation When incorrect language becomes a habit & cannot easily be corrected
Interference When the learner's mother tongue affects performance in L2
elicitation Выявление, извлечение
Jigsaw reading Студенты по очереди рассказывают свои части
Summative Assessment Grade, rather than feedback, at the end of the course
Demonstarive adjectives Указательные прилагательные (this, that...)
object pronoun Объектное местоимение (кому?кем?..)
Summative Assessment Итоговая оценка
Formative Assessment Feedback, formal and informal assessment
with Examples and Explanations
Progress test Used during a course in order to assess the learning up to a particular points in
the course
Proofhead To read a text in order to check whether there are any mistakes in spelling,
grammar, punctuation
Receptive skills Reading and listening
Read/listen for specific information Scan
Silent period The time when learners who are beginning to learn a first or second language
prefer to listen or read before producing the language
Speculate (v) To guess smth based on information you have
Subjective test The examiner's opinion and judgement is used to decide on the quality of
answer; types: written stories, compositions, interviews, conversations
collective noun Собирательное существительное (совокупность лиц как одно
неделимое целое)
Possessive Pronoun Притяжательное местоимение (mine, yours...)
Chunk Группа слов, обычно исп.вместе (фраз.гл., идиомы, коллокация, фиксированные
выражения)
, lexical set Слова одного топика
Layout План, расположение текста
Product writing Анализ, воспроизведение моделей текста
Proofread Correct mistakes in text before it is printed or put online
Fossilisation When incorrect language becomes a habit & cannot easily be corrected
Interference When the learner's mother tongue affects performance in L2
elicitation Выявление, извлечение
Jigsaw reading Студенты по очереди рассказывают свои части
Summative Assessment Grade, rather than feedback, at the end of the course
Demonstarive adjectives Указательные прилагательные (this, that...)
object pronoun Объектное местоимение (кому?кем?..)
Summative Assessment Итоговая оценка
Formative Assessment Feedback, formal and informal assessment
