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Appropriacy

admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:29:32 +0100

Appropriacy refers to whether a word is suitable for the context it is being used in.

Summative assessment

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:29:25 +0100

Summative assessment evaluates a learner's progress up to that point and provides a summary of where they are.

ICT

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:29:23 +0100

Information and Communication Technology, or ICT, refers to technological tools that are used to communicate and to manage information.

Eclectic approach

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:29:21 +0100

In the move away from teachers following one specific methodology, the eclectic approach is the label given to a teacher's use of techniques and activities from a range of language teaching appro

Content validity

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:29:19 +0100

If a test has content validity then it has been shown to test what it sets out to test.

Direct method

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:20:58 +0100

The direct method of teaching was developed as a response to the Grammar-Translation method. It sought to immerse the learner in the same way as when a first language is learnt.

Interactive White Blackboard - IWB

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:20:33 +0100

The Interactive White Blackboard, or IWB, is a large interactive display attached to a computer and a projector. The teacher and learners control the computer through the display.

Thinking frames

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:20:09 +0100

Mario Rinvolucri uses the term ‘thinking frames' to describe useful ways of thinking about what he does in the classroom.

Applied linguistics

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:19:36 +0100

Applied linguistics is a field of study that looks at how linguistics can help understand real life problems in areas such as psychology, sociology and education.

Intensifier

admin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:22:04 +0100

Intensifiers are words that make the meaning of other words stronger.