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Knowledge wiki

The teaching knowledge wiki is a collection definitions of ELT terminology. Each entry includes a definition, an example illustrating the concept and information about how the concept can be applied in the classroom context.

Here are the latest words added to the teaching knowledge wiki. You can see all the words in the index and search the knowledge wiki here.If you want to suggest a new word to add please contact us.

We are currrently working towards making the Knowledge Wiki fully accessible so that registered users can add, edit and discuss new words, depending upon the results of pilot testing. In the meantime, please use the Add new comment at the bottom of each entry to discuss or give feedback on the definitions provided.

	Guided writing
Guided writing involves a teacher working with a group of learners on a writing task. The aims of the task are based on what they have previously been learning about the writing process. Read more

	CBT
Computer-based testing, or CBT, is testing using a computer for all or part of the test Computer-based testing is cheaper, more accessible and easier to administer than manual forms of testing but the Go back \| Read more

	Generative grammar
A generative grammar is a set of rules that tries to include all examples of correct language and predict how these will be formed. Go back \| Read more

	ESOL
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	Self-correction
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	Approach
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	Curriculum
A curriculum is a set of subjects for an educational institution, or a set of subjects within a course. Go back \| Read more

	Higher order questions
Higher-order questions require answers that go beyond simple information and as such both the language and thinking behind them is more complex. Go back \| Read more

	Scheme of work
A scheme of work is a plan that defines work to be done in the classroom. Go back \| Read more

	Received pronunciation - RP
Received pronunciation, or RP, refers to an accent in English regarded by many people as a ‘standard' accent. It has also been called ‘the Queen's English' or ‘BBC English'. Go back \| Read more