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ELT terminology

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    Using Terminology for EFL Classrooms
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  • TRUE or FALSE? "Accuracy" is the use of correct forms of grammar, vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation.
    TRUE
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  • What's the name of the theory that claims that it is possible to learn a language without formally studying it, just by hearing and/or reading it and then using it.
    Language acquisition theory
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  • NOUN - The name given to what the teacher wants to achieve in the lesson or in the course
    aim
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  • A particular way or a system for doing something is called a(n)...
    method / approach
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  • The mental processes involved in thinking, understanding and learning
    Cognitive process
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  • The focus on communicating meaning and ideas (or the content and ideas of the text), rather than trying to be correct
    fluency
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  • The different ways learners and the teacher work together in class, e.g. learner to learner in pairs or groups
    Interaction patterns
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  • happens when the learner’s mother tongue affects performance in the target language, especially in pronunciation, lexis or grammar
    L1 interference
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  • The support given to learners to enable them to perform tasks beyond their capacity
    Scaffolding
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  • The organisation of related words and expressions which showstheir relationship to one another
    Lexical set / Lexical field
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  • Learning driven by outside factors, e.g. parental pressure
    Extrinsic motivation
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  • A technique where an utterance is divided into parts and learners repeat the last part, then the last two parts, building up to the whole utterance
    Backchaining
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  • An approach where students are given rules and information about the language and then apply these when they use the language
    Deductive learning/approach
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  • An approach where the learner works out rules for themselves from context or examples
    Inductive approach/learning
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