Using activities which help learners understand how they learn and help them to become more autonomous, independent learners.
English-medium school
A school in a non-English-speaking country, in which all subjects are taught using English.
Structural Approach
A way of teaching which uses a syllabus based on grammatical structures, e.g. present simple, present continuous, past simple.
Functional approach
An approach to teaching which uses a syllabus based on functions.
Pace
The speed of the lesson. A teacher can vary the pace in a lesson by planning different activities in order to keep the learners’ attention.
Interaction pattern
The different ways learners and the teacher work together in class.
Content Based Learning
An approach to teaching, traditionally associated with the US and Canada, in which non-native speakers learn about a topic or a subject through the target lang.
Auditory learner
A learner who remembers things more easily when they hear them spoken.
Total Physical Response (TPR)
A method or approach to teaching in which the teacher presents language items in instructions and the learners have to do exactly what the teacher tells them.
Kinaesthetic learner
A learner who learns more easily by doing things physically. This type of learner may like to move around or move objects while learning.
Task Based Learning (TBL)
An approach to teaching in which the teacher asks learners to do a task which has an achievable result.
Authentic material
Written or spoken texts which a first language speaker might read or listen to. The language in the texts is not adapted or made easier for learners.
Learning strategies
The techniques which learners consciously use to help them when learning or using language.
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.
Mingle
A mingle is an activity which involves learners walking round the classroom talking to other learners to complete a task.
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
An approach in which learners are taught a non-language subject such as science or geography through a target languag
Visual learner
A learner who finds it easier to learn when they can see things written down or in a picture.
Learning style
The way in which an individual learner naturally prefers to learn something.
Feedback
To tell someone how well they are doing. Learners can give feedback to teachers, and teacher trainers give feedback to trainee teachers.
Lexical Approach
An approach to teaching language based on the idea that language is made up of lexical units rather than grammatical structures.
Needs(learner needs)
Language skills or learning strategies a learner still has to learn in order to reach their goals.
Attention span
How long a learner is able to concentrate at any one time.Some learners have a short attention span and they cannot concentrate for as long as other learners do
Communicative activity
A classroom activity in which learners need to talk or write to other learners to complete the activity, e.g. a role play.
Grammar Translation
A way of teaching in which learners study grammar and translate words and texts into their own language or the target language.
Maturity
Fully grown or developed. If a learner is mature in attitude, they behave in an adult way.
Input
To provide new information about something. Teachers input new language by providing examples and giving learners information about it.
Guided discovery
An approach to teaching in which a teacher provides examples of the target language and then guides the learners to work out the language rules for themselves.
Autonomous
The learner likes to decide what he/she learns and how to learn.
Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)
An approach to teaching new language in which the teacher presents the language using a situation, gets learners to practise it in exercises etc.
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