accuracy : The ability to produce language in a
grammatically correct
way .Compare fluency .
activity : A short task which
is part of a lesson .
aims : The
behavioural objectives of a lesson .
authentic material : Texts from real life sources originally
intended for native
speakers
.
brainstorm : To collect together ideas very quickly,
without judging whether
the ideas are good or not .
classroom management : The way a teacher organizes her
classroom and
learners .
communicative language teaching : The goal of this teaching
method is
communication,
both in the classroom and in real life . It generally
encourages
more learner talk for real communicative purposes
and a faculative role of the teacher .
content based : Focusing on a content area , so that
learners will acquire
language through a meaningful study of a content area .
evaluation : Gathering information about a class or an
individual in order to
form judgement ( e.g. about English level or about a trainers's
teaching ).
extensive reading : Reading a long text ( e.g. a book
) or a lot of text on a
variety
of topics to obtain an overall understanding of it .
Compare intensive reading .
feedback : Information that is given to learners about
their spoken or written
performance, or to trainees or to teachers about their teaching .
fluency : The ability to produce language easily, to
communicate quickly but
not necessarily
with grammatical correctness .Compare accuracy .
information gap : An activity in which a learner does
not know, so has to
communicate
to 'close the gap' . Information gaps are used a lot in
communicative
language teaching .
integrated skills : All of the language skills together
. Integrated skills
activities bring together different language skills (e.g. learners
discuss a writing assignment, thus practising listening, speaking
and
writing ) .
intensive reading : Careful reading to abtain specific
information from a text
( usually
a short text ) . Compare externsive reading .
interaction : Patterns of communication ( verbal and
non-verbal ) between
people .
language skills : There are four principal language skills
: listening, speaking,
reading
and writing . The skills also involve grammar and
vocabulary .
learner-based activity : An activity in which learners
supply personally
relevant
information or help create materials .
learner-centered teaching : Learning situation where
information and ideas
are
brought to the class by learners and used as learning material
and
which are concerned with the interests, needs, learning styles,
feelings,
lives and / or values of learning .
method : The procedures and techniques charecteristic
of teaching .
microteaching : A teaching situatution
which has been reduced in some way
( e.g.
the teacher's task is simplified, the lesson is very short, the
class
size is small ) ; often used in a training situation to concentrate
on
one particular aspect of a trainee's teaching . Usually one trainee
teaches
a short activity to her classroom .
pre-teach : To prepare learners for an activity , by
introducing new language
or a tape
.
productive skills : Speaking and writing . Learners are
required to produce
the language
by speaking and writing . Compare receptive skills .
receptive skills : Listening and reading : Learners are
receiving language and
processing
it , without producing it . Compare productive skills .
role-play : A communicative activity in which learners
talk to each other in
different charecter
.
scanning : Reading quickly to find specific infoermation
from a text .
Compare skimming
.
simulation : A role-play where you play yourself
in a given situation .
skimming : Reading quickly to find the main ideas of
a text . Compare
scanning .
task : Another word for a short classroom activity .
