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A type of rapid reading when the reader wants to get the main idea(s) from a text.
skim (skim-read)
A reading technique used when the reader wants to find a particular piece of information without reading or understanding the whole text.
scan
A description of the contents of a course and the order in which they are to be taught/learned.
syllabus
TTT
teacher talking time
STT
student talking time
Where the "doing" of an activity is considered to be as important as or more important than the final result or end-product.
process vs. product
The introduction of new items, when their meanings are illustrated, explained, demonstrated, etc and other necessary information given.
presentation
Classroom teaching in which one student (or trainee) teaches another, or others.
peer teaching
To call upon an individual student by name
nominate
Used to describe any item/aspect of language given to the class as an example. This is also referred to as the "target language" or "target structure"
model sentence/structure
A technique used in the training of teachers, in which individual teaching skills are practiced under carefully controlled conditions. Often one trainee teacher teaches a part of a lesson to a small group of his or her classmates.
microteaching
Two-way communication between language users.
interaction
The arrangement of the content of a course or coursebook so that it is presented in a helpful way. It affects the order in which words, word meanings, tenses, structures, topics, functions, skills, etc are presented.
grading
A technique commonly used in language teaching for practising sounds or sentence patterns in a language, based on guided repetition.
drill
Practice in which the teacher guides or limits the students' use of language -such as by providing questions to be answered, sentences to be completed, or words or pictures to follow.
controlled practice
When a teacher asks a whole group or class to repeat an example together.
choral repetion or chorus repetition
CALL
Computer-assisted language learning
The ability to produce grammatically correct sentences.
accuracy