ELT terms - defined and referenced!
Accuracy
Accuracy describes the ability to write or speak a foreign language without making grammatical, vocabulary, spelling or pronunciation mistakes. It is often contrasted with fluency. Classroom activities are sometimes categorised into those that promote fluency and those that promote accuracy.
Example
"She makes lots of grammar and pronunciation mistakes – her speech isn’t very accurate; but she speaks so fluently and expressively that everyone understands her."
Acquisition
The way in which languages are learnt unconsciously or ‘picked up’ by exposure to comprehensible input. In this definition, the term acquisition is used in contrast to learning, which is seen as a deliberate and conscious process of rule learning and self-monitoring of language use. However the terms acquisition and learning are used interchangeably by some writers.
Example
"She learnt Portuguese simply through acquisition – hearing and reading it all around her and chatting with friends. She never studied it."
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21ST CENTURY SKILLS
Set of competencies believed to be important to develop in schools in order to help children thrive in today's world.
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Field of research and practice dealing with practical problems of language and communication that can be identified, analysed or solved by applying available theories, methods and results of Linguistics or by developing new theoretical and methodological frameworks in Linguistics to work on these problems.
BE
Bilingual Education
BILINGUALISM
speaking and understanding two different languages
CALL
Computer Assisted Language learning
CEFR
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. A comprehensive framework of language proficiency.
CELTA
Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
skills related to organization, student discipline, and planning which enable teachers to conduct their classes more easily and smoothly.
CLASSROOM OBSERVATION
practice in which a teacher trainer or senior educator observes specific asppects of another teacher's class and later provides the observee with some feedback.
CLIL
Content Language Integrated Learning - a term coined by David Marsh which refers to teachers others subjects through a foreign Language having then a dual focused aim.
COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH
approach that focuses primarily on teaching a language using real communication contexts and encouraging students to interact using real-life communication strategies.
CONTROLLED PRACTICE
teaching strategy used to practice chunks of language in a limited way, with focus on accuracy and repetition.
CPD
Continuing Professional Development - a must for all in the education Business . Never stop learning
DELTA
Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
DOS
Director of Studies
DRIVING QUESTION
it is the starting point of a project based class. It sets the tone and guides students and teachers through the whole project. They shoudl always be open ended questions with the intent of solving a problem
EAP
English for Academic Purposes
EFL
English as a Foreign Language
EGP
English for General Purposes
ELF
English as a Lingua Franca
ELL
English Language Learners
ELT
English Language Teaching
ESL
English as a Second Language
ESP
English for Specific Purposes
EXTENSIVE READING
Reading practice that consists of reading large amounts of materials having meaning as its aim and without the use of tests or fomal language work.
FLIPPED CLASSROOM
approach to teaching in which students study the content on their own and use classroom time to actively apply and discuss what they have studied with the teacher's help.
GRADED READERS
Books with language levels simplified to help second language readers.
IB
International Baccalaureate
ICT
Information and communication Technology
INTENSIVE READING
reading in detail with specific learning aims and tasks.
K12
Kindergarden until 12th grade
L1
First Language
L2
Second Language
LANGUAGE PROMPTS
prompts are input teachers give students to produce any chunk of language. They can be visual, oral or written.
LEARNING STATIONS
teacher prepares different activities disposed in different areas of the classroom (stations), through which students, in groups, rotate during the class.
LEXICAL APPROACH
analyses the language based on chunks of language instead grammatical structures. The units are words, chunks formed by collocations or fixed phrases.
NNEST
Non-Native English Speaking Teacher
NNS
Non Native Speaker
PBL - PROJECT BASED LEARNING
teaching approach in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge. (BIE - http://www.bie.org/about/what_pbl)
PEER OBSERVATION
practice in which one teacher observes another in order to have different ideas and insights, or to help each other with specific issues.
RUBRICS
set of guidelines that present descriptions of what is expected from each level during assessment.
SCAFFOLDING
strategies and techniques used by the teacher in order to help students move toward better understanding and internalization of certain a certain content.
SELF-ASSESSMENT
practice in which students analyze their own performance and design action plans to improve in the areas they need.
STT
Student talking Time
TEFL
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
TKT
Teacher Knowledge Test
TPR
Total Physical Response
TTT
Teacher Talking Time
YL
Young Learners
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