Everything? Flashcards
TEFL
Teaching english as a foreign language
ESOL
English as a second or other language
ESP
English for specific purposes
EAL
English as an additional language
EAP
English for academic purposes
EFL
English as a foreign language
ESL
English as a second language
ELT
English language teaching
Meta-language
A language related to the teaching of english/specialist language specific to a certain area/topic
Lexical set
A group of words from the same topic area
Lexical item
A word in isolation, part of a word, or a sequence of words with one whole meaning. Examples include nouns, verbs..
IPA
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
L1
L1 is synonymous w ‘native language’. It refers to the language spoken by the student
Mother tongue
Synonymous with native language and L1
L1 interference
When the student’s first language interferes with their english in some way
E.g. grammatical differences, mistranslations or incorrect sounds being used
L2
A second language
E.g. a tunisian student may speak both arabic and french
Functional language
Language used to focus on a particular function - agreeing, disagreeing, complaining
Elicit
Drawing out info from students
Strategies include the use of images and realia. Eliciting info increases student talk time and participation
Realia
A teaching resource
Use of props or objects in the classroom
Particularly useful for visual learners, tactile and kinaesthetic learners and young learners
Authentic materials
Items such as news reports, articles, TV clips or youtube videos
Used to steer away from worksheets and course books
Talk-based learning
Students do a task to create a specific language outcome
PPP
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
Teaching practice
Learning how lessons are planned/delivered
Useful for trainees/trainers to learn/offer constructive advice
Concept checking
Checking students understand content delivered - an essential teaching tool. Ask questions that elicit answers, ensuring comprehension
Fillers
Mini classroom activities to consolidate a language point, create an atmosphere or just for fun (word association game with a ball)
Free practice
Stage in lesson where students can use language in question freely
Drilling
Repetition - students need to hear/see something in several ways for it to become active learning
Choral drilling
Repeating something in a class - this should be done first
Individual drilling
Done after choral drilling
A safe learning environment
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
Error correction
Important but dont overcorrect
Communicative approach
Focuses on speaking skills. A good way to encourage student to student participation and talk time
STT
Student talk time
TTT
Teacher talk time
