a clause that adds additional information to an already-described person, thing, or other subject
introduced by a relative pronoun. For instance, the sentence's second clause reads as follows:
"They stayed on until about 1am, which didn't please me much." a computer program that can
search for specific words and expressions in a corpus of text. - ANS-concordancer a consonant
sound made by allowing air to pass down the sides of the tongue while partially blocking the
airflow (the only example in English is /l/). A grammatical category which deals with how an
event is viewed - whether it is habitual, on-going, complete etc. - ANS-aspect
A lexical relationship in which one word describes a category and other words the members of
that category - eg vehicle / car, bus, truck, etc - ANS-hyponymy
A lexical relationship in which words are in a whole-part relationship - eg body - head, arm, leg.
- ANS-meronymy
A pair of "opposites" with an either-or relationship, such as a child and an adult; you can't be
both a child and an adult at the same time. - ANS-Complementary antonyms ANS-scanning is a
reading technique in which you scan a section of text for a particular word or phrase that you
know or assume to be in the text, such as looking up a name in a phone book. A sound made
by producing a plosive and then a fricative in the same place in the mouth - in English /ʧ/ and
/ʤ/ - ANS-affricate
A test given at the end of a course to test whether the learners have assimilated what has been
taught and are ready to go on to the next level. - ANS-achievement test
a type of assessment carried out during a course in order to
Explain to the student and the teacher how the student is faring and what they need to do.
focus on during the rest of the course - ANS-formative assessment
a kind of reference in which one thing links up with another thing that has already happened in
the text. For instance, "It" with "a new car" added: I just bought a new car. It was a real bargain.
- ANS-anaphoric reference
A variation of a phoneme which has no effect on meaning in the language- eg in "pin" the /p/ is
aspirated, in "spin" it is not, but thsi difference is never used in the language to change meaning.
- ANS-allophone
A verb form end in -ing used as a noun. Eg "swimming" in "I like swimming" or "Swimming is
my favourite sport" - ANS-gerund
aims to determine an individual's level of language proficiency independently of a specific field
of study - the ANS proficiency test aims to determine the amount of a particular course
someone has learnt (and therefore how well the course aims have been met). - ANS-summative
test
An activity in which learners have to use more than one skill in order to complete a task - eg to
interview people (speaking/listening) in order to produce a report (writing). - ANS-integrated
skills activity
An approach in which learners are exposed to the language and encouraged to