Everything?

Question 1

TEFL

Answer 1

Teaching english as a foreign language

Question 2

ESOL

Answer 2

English as a second or other language

Question 3

ESP

Answer 3

English for specific purposes

Question 4

EAL

Answer 4

English as an additional language

Question 5

EAP

Answer 5

English for academic purposes

Question 6

EFL

Answer 6

English as a foreign language

Question 7

ESL

Answer 7

English as a second language

Question 8

ELT

Answer 8

English language teaching

Question 9

Meta-language

Answer 9

A language related to the teaching of english/specialist language specific to a certain area/topic

Question 10

Lexical set

Answer 10

A group of words from the same topic area

Question 11

Lexical item

Answer 11

A word in isolation, part of a word, or a sequence of words with one whole meaning. Examples include nouns, verbs..

Question 12

IPA

Answer 12

The international phonetic alphabet. Reference to all sounds in the english language. There are forty four sounds in the phonetic alphabet separated into three sections - consonants, vowels and diphthongs

Question 13

L1

Answer 13

L1 is synonymous w ‘native language’. It refers to the language spoken by the student

Question 14

Mother tongue

Answer 14

Synonymous with native language and L1

Question 15

L1 interference

Answer 15

When the student’s first language interferes with their english in some way
E.g. grammatical differences, mistranslations or incorrect sounds being used

Question 16

L2

Answer 16

A second language
E.g. a tunisian student may speak both arabic and french

Question 17

Functional language

Answer 17

Language used to focus on a particular function - agreeing, disagreeing, complaining

Question 18

Elicit

Answer 18

Drawing out info from students
Strategies include the use of images and realia. Eliciting info increases student talk time and participation

Question 19

Realia

Answer 19

A teaching resource
Use of props or objects in the classroom
Particularly useful for visual learners, tactile and kinaesthetic learners and young learners

Question 20

Authentic materials

Answer 20

Items such as news reports, articles, TV clips or youtube videos
Used to steer away from worksheets and course books

Question 21

Talk-based learning

Answer 21

Students do a task to create a specific language outcome

Question 22

PPP

Answer 22

Presentation, practice and production
The teacher presents a language/grammar point to the students, they practice it with guidance from the teacher and then produce something with the language/grammar point learnt

Question 23

Teaching practice

Answer 23

Learning how lessons are planned/delivered
Useful for trainees/trainers to learn/offer constructive advice

Question 24

Concept checking

Answer 24

Checking students understand content delivered - an essential teaching tool. Ask questions that elicit answers, ensuring comprehension

Question 25

Fillers

Answer 25

Mini classroom activities to consolidate a language point, create an atmosphere or just for fun (word association game with a ball)

Question 26

Free practice

Answer 26

Stage in lesson where students can use language in question freely

Question 27

Drilling

Answer 27

Repetition - students need to hear/see something in several ways for it to become active learning

Question 28

Choral drilling

Answer 28

Repeating something in a class - this should be done first

Question 29

Individual drilling

Answer 29

Done after choral drilling

Question 30

A safe learning environment

Answer 30

Being constructive in a positive but not critical way, always smiling and engaging and motivating students with interesting lesson material creates a safe learning environment

Question 31

Error correction

Answer 31

Important but dont overcorrect

Question 32

Communicative approach

Answer 32

Focuses on speaking skills. A good way to encourage student to student participation and talk time

Question 33

STT

Answer 33

Student talk time

Question 34

TTT

Answer 34

Teacher talk time