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Key Words and Terms from the Delta Module 1

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First Language Acquisition (FLA)   show
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show How additional languages are acquired. How are processes of SLA the same as FLA. Why do some learn faster/better than others? Might be affected by age, aptitude, motivation, learning style.  
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Methodology   show
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show Theory that all languages share certain fundamental principles. Noam Chomsky. Genetically programmed with an innate language learning faculty. Accounts for fact that FLA is 100% successful despite vast differences in exposure that children have.  
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show Non-conscious and natural process of internalizing the rules of a language. Picking up a language.  
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Input   show
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Eclecticism   show
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Learning Tasks   show
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show Makes communicative competence the goal of language teaching and by acknowledging the interdependence of language and communication.  
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Personalization   show
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show Consolidates the previous Learning Task with the aim of promoting exchange of information within the group. Teacher-led with responses elicited from the group.  
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show Errors that have arisen in the previous Learning Task are corrected - anonymous. Focus on MFP (Meaning, Form, Pronunciation).  
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Interactive/Communicative Practice   show
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Information Gap Activities   show
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show Students read passages of text aloud. Allows focus on pronunciation and increases exposure to non-native accents.  
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Running Dictation   show
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show Students hear complete text then reconstruct from memory, write down only key words, first and last letters. Their efforts are then compared to the original.  
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Scaffolding   show
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show Any connected piece of speaking or writing. Language at a sentence-level not word-by-word.  
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show An interactive task in which learners jointly resolve a communication problem. May involve rephrasing questions/answers to help aid meaning.  
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Accuracy   show
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Fluency   show
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show a fundamental method of solving problems. It is characterized by repeated, varied attempts which are continued until success or until the agent stops trying.  
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Register   show
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show Each member of the group has different information, eg, a bus timetable, a map, list of hotels. Using all this information they plan a weekend break together.  
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Phonology   show
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show General term for the part of language classes that deal with phonology - the individual sounds (phonemes), sounds in connected speech, word and sentence stress, rhythm and intonation.  
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Vowel   show
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Consonant   show
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show Parts of the mouth, throat, nose that are used to produce (articulate) speech. Flow of air from the lungs passes through the larynx, into the vocal tract - the shape is modified to produce the 44 phonemes of Standard English.  
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Intonation   show
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Stress   show
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show The way that some words are emphasized so as to give the effect of regular beats / The regular repetition of stress in time.  
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Voiced sound   show
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Connected speech   show
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