This is a presentation about different definitions regarding the teaching of language.

1. EnglishGLOSSARY
By: María and Cristina2ndChilDhood Education

2. Total Physical Response (TPR)
Itisateachingtechniquethatmixesspeechandactiontoteachlanguagethroughphysicalactivity.
Thismethodhas3phases:
1.Pre-teachingkeywords.
2.Listen,watchanddo.
3.Listenanddo(jumpledorder).
Forexample,aclassroomactivitywouldbe:"SimonSays“.
J. ASHER

3. Acquisition Vs Learning
Therearetwoindependentwaysofdevelopingabilityinsecondlanguages.
Acquisition:itisasubconsciousprocess,identicalinmostimportantwaystotheprocesschildrenutilizeinacquiringtheirfirstlanguage.Itdoesnotrequireextensiveuseofconsciousgrammaticalrules.
Learning:itisaconsciousprocessthatconsistsoflearninggrammarrulesofaforeignlanguage.

4. Silent Period
Itistheintervaloftimewhenstudentsfeelunabletocommunicateorallyinaforeignlanguage.Itisbettertowaitforstudentstospeaknaturallywhentheyfeelcomfortablebeforeforcingthemtotalk.

5. Itisthelanguagethatapersonhaslearnedfrombirthorwithinthecriticallearningperiod,orthatapersonspeaksthebestandsoisoftenthebasisforsociolinguisticidentity.
Mother Tongue

6. English as a Foreign Language (E.F.L)
ItisatermappliedfortheuseorstudyoftheEnglishlanguagebynon-nativespeakersincountrieswhereEnglishisgenerallynotusedasawayofcommunication.

7. English as a Second Language (E.S.L)
ItisatraditionaltermfortheuseorstudyoftheEnglishlanguagebynon-nativespeakersinanEnglish-speakingenvironment.ThatenvironmentmaybeacountrywhereEnglishisthemothertongueorhasanestablishedrole.
EnglishasaSecondLanguagealsoreferstospecializedapproachestolanguageteaching,designedforthosewhoseprimarylanguageisnotEnglish.

8. Drills
Itisawayofpatternpracticewhichinvolvestherepetitionbylearnersofteachermodelsofrestrictedamountsoforallanguageinput.

9. Approach
Itisamethodusedbyteacherstoteachalanguage.
Forexample,multi-sensorialapproach: Childrenneedtousemorethanonesense.

10. Phonics
Itisamethodofteaching,readingandwritingtheEnglishlanguagethatallowsbeginningreaderstodecodenewwrittenwords.

11. Digital Literacy
Itistheabilitytounderstandanduseinformationinmultipleformatsfromawiderangeofsourceswhenitispresentedviacomputers.
Theconceptofliteracygoesbeyondjustbeingabletoread;ithasalwaysmeanttheabilitytoreadwithmeaning=itimpliestheabilityofunderstandingthemeaning.

12. Multiple Intelligences
Itisatheorythatidentifiesvarioustypesofintelligenceandnotonlyone.
ItwasdevelopedbyGardner.Accordingtothistheory,studentscanhavemanydifferentlearningstylesdependingontheirkindofintelligence.

13. Target language
Itisthelanguagethatlearnersarestudying,andalsotheindividualitemsofthelanguagethattheywanttolearn,ortheteacherwantsthemtolearn.