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AELIC Terms
Vocabulary from AELIC
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| entrenched | Firmly established and difficult to change. |
| confirmation bias | The tendency to notice and believe information that supports what you already think. |
| exacerbate | To make a problem or situation worse. |
| echo chamber | An environment where people mainly hear ideas that match their own beliefs. |
| aggravate | To make something worse or more serious. |
| multi-modal | Using more than one way of communicating or learning, such as text, images, audio, or movement. |
| verbatim | Using the exact same words as the original. |
| grumble | To complain in a quiet or unhappy way. |
| apocalypse | A catastrophic event or the end of the world; often used to describe a complete disaster. |
| cognitive load | The amount of mental effort needed to complete a learning task. |
| receptive skills | The language skills of listening and reading, where learners receive information. |
| productive skills | The language skills of speaking and writing, where learners produce language. |
| affective filter | The emotional barrier (such as anxiety or low confidence) that can make language learning harder. |
| ICQ | Questions a teacher asks to make sure students understand instructions before starting a task. |
| NNEST | A teacher of English whose first language is not English. |
| ALM | A teaching method that uses repetition, drills, and pattern practice to build language habits. |
| MCQ | A question with several answer options where only one (or sometimes more) is correct. |
| feedback | Comments or information given to help learners improve their performance. |
| pedagogy | The theory and practice of teaching. |
| methodology | The overall system of teaching methods and techniques used in a course or classroom. |
| approach | A set of beliefs or principles about how languages are learned and should be taught. |
| inductive | A teaching method where learners discover rules from examples. |
| deductive | A teaching method where the teacher explains the rules before learners practice them. |
| EIL (English as an International Language) | The use of English as a global language for communication between people from different language backgrounds. |
| communicative | A teaching style that focuses on using language to communicate meaning in real-life situations. |
| task-based | A teaching approach where learners use language to complete meaningful tasks rather than only study grammar. |
| CCQ (Concept Checking Question) | A question designed to check whether learners have understood the meaning of a new language item. |
| TTT (Teacher Talk Time) | The total time a teacher spends talking during a lesson, which instructors aim to optimize or minimize to increase STT. |
| STT (Student Talk Time) | The amount of time students speak during a lesson. |
| TBLT (Task-Based Language Teaching) | A framework focusing on having students complete authentic, meaningful tasks using the target language. |
| PPP (Presentation, Practice, Production) | A traditional lesson structure where language is introduced, practiced in a controlled way, and then used freely. |
| Dogme ELT | A materials-light, conversation-driven teaching approach focused on emergent language rather than textbooks. |
| scaffolding | Temporary support provided by the teacher to help learners perform a task beyond their unassisted capability. |
| emergent language | Unplanned language that arises naturally from student interaction during a lesson. |
| TPR (Total Physical Response) | A method that coordinates language with physical movement to reinforce comprehension. |
| ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) | The distance between what a learner can do independently and what they can achieve with guidance. |
| interlanguage | The evolving linguistic system created by a second language learner on their path to target language proficiency. |
| CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) | An approach where a subject is taught through the medium of a non-native language. |
| fossilization | The process where non-standard language forms become permanently fixed in a learner's interlanguage. |
| authentic text | Real-world reading or listening material created for native speakers, not modified for language learners. |
| washback (backwash) | The direct effect that testing and assessment have on classroom teaching and learning practices. |
| guided discovery | An inductive teaching technique where learners are prompted with questions to notice and deduce language rules themselves. |
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