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Key Words and Terms from the Delta Module 1

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show How people acquire their first language - how does this affect SLA? Happens quickly (5000 words by 5yo) Systematically staged (pre-linguistic/one word/ two-three words/grammar) Occurs via contact and interaction.  
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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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Universal Grammar   show
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Language Acquisition   show
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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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show Learners communicate with each other, the teacher, speakers of target language. Learner to learner communication is key feature of communicative approach.  
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show Communicative activity in which the information necessary to complete the task is in possession of just participant or distributed among them. To achieve the goal of the task the learners have to share the information they have  
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Student-centred Dictation   show
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show Text is posted on a far wall/outside the classroom. Students work in pairs to reconstruct it. One of the pair runs to the text, remembers as much as possible and relates it back to the other who writes it down.  
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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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show Temporary Interactional support given to help learners while they are learning a language. Enables learners to perform a task at a level beyond their competence.  
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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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Negotiation of Meaning   show
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show The extent to which a learner's use of second language conforms to the rules of the language. Measured in terms of Grammar, Vocab, Pronunciation.  
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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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show The study of a sound system of a particular language and how this system is used by its speakers to express meaning.  
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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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show A speech sound of English, produced without any significant obstruction or constriction of the airflow from the lungs to the lips and beyond. Sound is shaped by the position of the tongue and the shape of the lips.  
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show Speech sound made when the airflow is obstructed by the articulators. Classified in terms of place (where the obstruction occurs), manner (type of ob.), whether or not the sound is voiced.  
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Articulator   show
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Intonation   show
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show Effect of emphasizing certain syllables by increasing loudness, length, pitch.  
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Rhythm   show
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Voiced sound   show
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Connected speech   show
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