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classroom language
academic discourse typical of linguistic exchanges in classrooms between teacher and students and among students
classroom management
the process to run classroom lessons smoothly; the physical arrangement of a classroom, teaching styles, philosophy to classroom energy
extent
the rank of linguistic unit(morpheme, word, phrase, clause level) that sould be repaired in an erroneous sentence
kinesics
physical features of nonverbal communication, e.g., body language, gesture
pacing
the comfort level of a lesson in terms of rhythm (flow, transition) and speed
stimulus-response learning
acquiring a precise response to a discriminated stimulus
mechanical drill
a technique with a predicted or limited set of possible responses relating to some form
rejoinder
a reply, especially a quick or witty reply to something someone has said
cue-response drill
giving learners a verbal or visual cue, and requiring them to produce an immediate, fixed response
analogy
recognizing similarities with familiar sentence patterns and applying them to new contexts
comprehensible input
language input that contains linguistic items that are slightly beyond the lerner's present linguistic competence
affective filter
resistance towards the language that interfere with language learning
stabilization
suspension of developing of a learner's interlanguage system before it achieves target-like accuracy
overgeneralization
generalizaing a partucular rule or item beyond conventional rules or boundaries
hypercorrection
overusing language rules in contexts where they do not apply, often combined with a desire to appear formal or educated
explicit correction
an indication to a student that a form is incorrect and providing a corrected form
recast
an implicit type of corrective feedback that reformulates or expands an ill-formed or incomplete utterance in an unobstrusive way
elicitation
a corrective technique that prompts the learner to self-correct
noticing
the learner's paying attention to specific linguistic features in input
salience
the degreee to which a linguistic element stands out from its environment
personalization
to talk about one's own knowledge, experience, and feelings
inquiry-based learning
a student-centered learning driven by students' questions and their innate curiosity; learners investigate the topic to find answers to the question
episode hypothesis
the theory which states that more episodically organized texts can be stored and recalled more easily
cohesion
the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence
coherence
the relationship among the meanings expressed in the text; the appearance of naturally belonging together
adjacency pair
a sequence of two related utterances by two different speakers where the second one is a predictable or required response to the first
gambit
phrases or remarks to initiate, maintain, or navigate conversations; signals to introduce topics, indicate readiness to listen, guide the conversational flow
modified output
learner's reformulation of his/her previous utterances and result in a more accurate form in response to an interlocutor's corrective feedback
pushed output
the type of output that reflects what learners can produce when they are pushed to use target language accurately and concisely
prompt
hints or cues, rather than explicit answers, that elicits a learner's responses
attrition
the loss or forgetting of language skills
immersion model
learners study academic content(e.g., math, science, history) in the target language
sheltered-language instruction
separate L2 learners from native speakers and provide language assistance; pre-teaching vocabulary, strategies, grammar with form-focused feedback
adjunct model
link subject-matter teachers and language teachers in content-based courses
audio-monitor unit
provide a sequence of commands about a topic and demonstrate the appropriate responses to the commands; students comply with the commands
self-esteem
self-appraisal, self-confidence, knowledge of oneself
inhibition
the apprehension over one's self-identity, leading to building protective self-defense
agency
the ability to make choices, take control, self-regulate, and pursue goals
anomie
feelings of social uncertainty, dissastisfaction, or homeless as individuals lose some of the bonds of a native culture
culture capsule
brief description of some aspect of the target culture followed by activities contrasting with students' native culture
culture island
an area in the classroom where visual materials and objects of people, lifestyles, or customs of other cultures are displayed
culture assimilator
provide a misunderstanding caused by cultural differences and students choose the most likely explanation, then discuss the reason
culture cluster
consist of illustrated culture capsules, which develop a topic in a classroom simulation, with the information contained in the capsule
investment
commitment and motivation to accomplish major goals
phatic communion
communication used primarily to establish, maintain, or reinforce social relationships rather than to convey information; interpersonal conversation
affordance
the degree to which a situation leads to a meaningful action
structural syllabus
a language course that attends primarily to forms
functional syllabus
a language course that attends primarily to functions
situational syllabus
a language course that contains a collection of authentic situations in which language is used
process-oriented syllabus
a language course that focuses on the skills and processes involved in learning language
product-oriented syllabus
a language course that focuses on things learned at the end of the learning process
like-ability grouping
forming groups with students of similar levels
cross-ability grouping
forming groups with students of different ability levels
tiered task
level-appropriate task; designing tasks at different levels of difficulty to match students' varying ability
differentiated instruction
an instruction that takes account of significant differences among students in order to adopt the way the curriculum and learning activities are presented
digital literacy
the ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide variety of sources when it is presented via computers
computer-mediated communication
communication through the use of two or more electronic devices
asynchronous form
communication where participants do not need to be online at the same time
synchronous form
real-time communication where participants interact at the same time
key-pal
pen pals who use email to communicate with each other
concordancer
a software tool used to search collections of texts and generate a list of occurrences of a particular word or phrase along with its immediate context
personalizing
adapting textbook content to match students' individual interests, experiences, or needs
localizing
modifying textbook content to reflect the local context of the learners
modernizing
updating textbook content to inlcude current topics, contemporary language use, or up-to-date cultural references
external evaluation
a kind of textbook evaluation that obtains a general and superficial impression of the material
internal evaluation
a kind of textbook evaluation that deeply analyzes the publisher's and author's claims
suitability
the degree to which a material interests the students and is relevant to their needs
exploitability
the degree to which a text can be used to develop the students' reading competence
readability
the combination of the structural and lexical difficulty of a text, as well as the amount of new vocabulary and new grammatical forms
self observation
the process in which a teacher systematically reflects on and analyzes his/her own teaching practices by recording, taking notes, or using checklists
peer observation
the process in which teachers observe each other's classes to provide constructive feedback and share effective strategies
terminal objective
final learning outcome
enabling objective
interim steps within a lesson that build upon each other and ultimately lead to a terminal objective
content schemata
background knowledge of the content area of the text
formal schemata
background knowledge of the formal, rhetorical organizational structures of different types of texts
linguistic schemata
background knowledge about vocabulary and grammar
inferential comprehension
the ability to make read between the lines by making inferences based on context, clues, and background knowledge
critical comprehension
the ability to evaluate and analyze the text, assess the credibility of information, detect bias, and form their own judgements about the material
appreciative comprehension
the ability to interpret and value the language, style, and creative use of language; emotional or aesthetic response to a text
applied comprehension
the ability to apply what is learned from a text to real-word situations or new contexts
redundancy
rephrasings, repetitions, elaboratoins, and little insertions of "I mean" and "you know"
liaison
a process in continuous speech which connects the final sound of one word or syllable to the initial sound of the next; linking/intrusive r, glide insertion
pictorial activity
an activity using pictures or visual materials to activate learners' background knowledge before listening
dictogloss
students take notes while listening to a passage, then reconstruct the passage with peers; meaningful context+FonF+reconstruction+peer feedback
information transfer
put spoken or written texts into another form, such as chart, picture, table, or diagram - or vice versa
interactive processing
reading that involves the accurate understanding of a text (words, sentences) as well as the experiences, background information, and predictions
clustering
semantic mapping; grouping ideas into meaningful clusters
annotating
underlining or highlighting key ideas, new vocabulary, or important information while reading
reciprocal teaching
students take turns being the teacher and guiding the reading discussion
advance organizer
an introductory material presented in advance in any format of text, graphics, or hypermedia; related with students' background knowledge
graphic organizer
a pedagogical tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge and concepts through relationships between them
graded reader
an easy reading book that supports the extensive reading, written at a less demanding language level
basal reader
a textbook used to teach reading and associated skills
freewriting
writing simply to start the flow of writing, with little thought to grammaticality, spelling, logical thinking, or organization
guided writing
a writing task that gives students some of the content and form of the sentence they will use
dialogue journal
a written conversation in which a learner and teacher (or a partner) communicate regularly over a course; various topics, genres, and styles
word family
a base word and all its derived and inflected forms
paradigmatic relation
the relationship between linguistic units that can substitute for each other in the same context or position within a sentence
syntagmatic relation
the relationship between linguistic units that co-occur together in a sequence or linear order to form a syntactic structure
concordance
a list of words presented with every immediacte context they occur; KWIC (key word in context) in corpus