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- 1AcquisitionInternalizing of second language rules & vocabulary by USING them, rather than STUDYING them
- 2AffixationLetter(s) added to beginning or ends of words to change their meaning e.g. UN-happy & move-MENT
- 3AimWhat the teacher plans to achieve, either over a course or during a lesson
- 4AppropriacyHow language is (un)suitable for a particular situation
- 5Assessment CriteriaThe standards against which learner performance in a test is judged
- 6CircumlocutionSaying what you want to say in another way when you do not know the exact word or expression
- 7Class ProfileInformation about learners in the class, including AGE, NATIONALITY, PREVIOUS LEARNING EXPERIENCE etc
- 8CognateA word that has the same origin as another. For example 'house' in English / 'Haus' in German
- 9CohesionWays in which sentences and phrases are linked to create connected text
- 10ColloquialConversational, informal language
- 11Concept CheckingWays of checking that learners have understood the meaning of new language
- 12Connected SpeechSpoken language in which individual words sometimes link up and change their pronunciation
- 13ContextualizePutting new language into context so that the meaning is made clear
- 14Continuous AssessmentA system of giving a learner an overall grade based on work during a course of study rather than on one or more final exam(s)
- 15ElicitAsking learners questions with the positive aim of discovering and demonstrating what they already know e.g. "Does anyone remember what we did last week?"
- 16ExposureWhen learners hear or read language for communicative purposes, without consciously studying it
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