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Test-Teach-Test A lesson design in which learners first perform
a task, which the teacher uses to assess
learners' specific needs. They are then taught
whatever they need in order to re-do the
task more effectively.
modality The lexical and grammatical ways used by
speakers to express their attitude to what
they're saying. For example: Maybe Sarah is a
chef. (lexical
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adverb)
cohesion The use of grammatical and lexical means to
achieve connected text, either spoken or
written.
induction The process of working out rules on the basis
, of examples. Also called discovery learning.
priming The process by which a word gathers
particular associations through repeated
encounters.
process writing An approach to writing where learners are
encouraged to brainstorm, plan, draft, re-
draft, review, and "publish" their written work.
word family A group of words which share the same root
but have different affixes, as in care, careful,
careless, carefree, uncaring, carer.
sentence The largest purely grammatical unit in a
language.
silent period This refers to the fact that children learning
their first language go through a lengthy
period simply listening before they say
their first words.
uptake What learners report to have learnt from a
language lesson. Typically this does not
match what the teacher intended to
teach.
, notional syllabus A syllabus that is organised according to
general areas of meaning that are used in
most grammars, such as frequency, location,
duration and possibility.
deixis The way language points to spatial, temporal
and personal features of the
context. For example, I have been here three
weeks now, the referents of I, here and now
cannot be identified without knowing the
context.
phatic language Language whose purpose is to smooth the
conduct of social relations. It has an
interpersonal function.
phoneme One of the distinctive sounds of a particular
language. It cannot be replaced with another
sound without causing a change in meaning.
phonology The study of a sound system of a
particular language, which describes the
abstract system that allows the speakers of
a language to distinguish meaning from