Module 1 (TEFL World section 1) Flashcards
English (latín) alphabet
26 letters
Regular verbs only have _________ forms
4
Look, looks, looked, looking
Heterogeneousness
Mixed form or lack of purity
Receptiveness
Takes words from other languages
Most used generally fixed word order
Sov
Subject comes before the verb, which comes before the object.
(Subject) I (verb) bought a new (object) computer.
Why did (subject) you (verb) do that(object) ?
Pronunciation problems for learners who don’t use the tip of their tongue in their native language
This, thin, clothes, thirteenth, months
Other words
Yesterday, tomorrow
Continuous tense
It expresses an unfinished or incomplete action in the past.
I was having a bath when the phone rang.
He is reading various kinds of books.
Articles
A, an, the
Phrasal verbs
A idiomatic phase containing a verb and another element typically adverb (ex: break down) or preposition (ex: see to) or both (ex: look down on)
Verb
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence
Ex: hear, become, happen
What is Global business, working language, bridge language, vehicular language?
Lingua Franca
TEFL world filled with
Acronyms
TEFL
Teaching English as a foreign language
EFL
English as a foreign language
ETEF ???? Double check
Everything in the English teaching field
TESOL
Teaching English to speakers of other languages
(Umbrella term EIT ???. U.S Canada and Australia terms TESL and TESOL
TESL
Teaching English as a second language
Teaching immigrants in English speaking countries also referred to as
ESOL
CLT
Communicative language teaching.
Communicative approach
Authentic language acquisition principles that inform the most widely practiced language teaching approach, used in second language learning classrooms today.
CALL
Computer Assisted Language Learning.
Language through the use of technology.
DOS
Director of Studies
Usually in charge of tutors, classroom management, curriculum (private language school)
EAP
English for Academic Purpose
Students studying or who intend to study in higher education in a English speaking country. (Preparing for exams)
ESP
English for specific purposes
Specific needs and objectives and usually refers to teaching professionals in specific fields