Delta - Term quiz 1

A letter or letters added to the beginning or end of a word to make a new word, which can be a different part of speech from the original word, e.g. interview, interviewer

• Affix

• Suffix

• Root

• Prefix

A type of assessment aimed at finding out what language and skills weaknesses or strengths learners have. Teachers use this information to inform their future lesson planning

• Formal assessment

• Formative assessment

• Testing

• Diagnostic assessment

The things teachers do to organise the classroom, the learning and the learners, such as organising seating arrangements, organising different types of activities, and managing interaction patterns.

• Teaching skills

• Teaching moments

• Classroom management

• Institutional management

A question which leads to a yes/no answer or another very short response, e.g. Did you come to school by bus? Yes.

• Real question

• Question tag

• Closed question

• Information question

Spoken language in which the words join to form a new stream of sounds. e.g. Is he busy • /ɪzibɪzi/

• Prominence

• Connected speech

• Suprasegmental pronunciation

• Tonic syllable

An approach to teaching, traditionally associated with the US and Canada, in which non-native speakers, often from minority language groups, learn about a topic or a subject through the target language. For example, migrant children in the US studying science using English only in class and using English material. The children develop their English and learn about science at the same time.

• Content-Based Instruction

• Community Language Learning

• Desuggestopedia

• The Silent Way

A technique teachers use to provide learners with practice of language. It involves guided repetition of words or sentences.

• Choral repetition

• The Onion Ring

• 4-3-2

• Drilling

An example of a functional set, e.g. Making requests - Can you open the window, please?

• Exponent

• Cognate

• Word family

• Lexical chunk

A word in the target language which looks or sounds similar to a word in the learners’ first language but does not have the same meaning in both languages. For example, in French, ‘librairie’ is a place where people can buy books. In English, a library is a place you may go to borrow books rather than somewhere where you buy books

• Homonym

• Homophone

• False cognate

• True cognate

A word whose meaning is explained in a dictionary. It usually appears in bold at the top of a dictionary entry, e.g. run verb: to move using your legs, going faster than you can walk

• Core word

• Compound noun

• Headword

• Word class