University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations Teaching Knowledge Test Glossary ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 © UCLES 2009 TKT GLOSSARY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT) TERMINOLOGY The words in this glossary are entered into categories to help the reader. Some entries fall into more than one category. However‚ to economise on space they have only been entered once. Candidates preparing for specific modules should‚ therefore
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English Grammar in Use A self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English Fourth Edition with answers Raymond Murphy CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge‚ New York‚ Melbourne‚ Madrid‚ Cape Town‚ Singapore‚ São Paulo‚ Delhi‚ Mexico City Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building‚ Cambridge CB2 8RU‚ UK www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/englishgrammarinuse Fourth Edition © Cambridge University Press 2012 This publication is
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Stative Verb & Action Verb All verbs in English are classified as either stative or action verbs (also referred to as ’dynamic verbs’). Action verbs describe actions we take (things we do) or things that happen. Stative verbs refer to the way things ’are’ - their appearance‚ state of being‚ smell‚ etc. The most important difference between stative and action verbs is that action verbs can be used in continuous tenses and stative verbs can not be used in continuous tenses. Action Verbs She’s
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OK. Today‚ we will discuss grammar teaching. This chapter includes 5 titles. The first one is: A) Introducing Grammar This part of the chapter gives us examples and principles on how to introduce a grammatical function or a grammatical structure. Examples given here are actually based on inductive methods of grammar teaching. First I want to give you a brief comparison of inductive and traditional methods of grammar teaching. Traditional Method: 1- It defines rules and exceptions at the first
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Rhetorical Devices Style is part of classical rhetoric and a number of rhetorical devices are worth considering in any analysis of style. For the analysis of literature a knowledge of rhetorical devices is indispensable‚ since there is often a considerable density of rhetorical figures and tropes which are important generators and qualifiers of meaning and effect. This is particularly the case in poetry. Especially the analysis of the use of imagery is important for any kind of literary text. (For
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Connected speech activities I remember reading somewhere that there are three ways to deal with pronunciation in the classroom: integrating it into other activities‚ dealing with it discretely‚ and completely ignoring it. ;) Let’s assume we aren’t going to do the latter‚ and look at the other two approaches. Integrated activities I strongly believe that students should be made aware of the basics of connected speech right from the start. I don’t mean that you should be teaching your beginners
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Intransitive Verbs Verbs can be tricky things‚ and the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs often confounds even the best grammar students and writers. An intransitive verb is simple defined as a verb that does not take a direct object. There’s no word in the sentence that tells who or what received the action. While there may be a word or phrase following an intransitive verb‚ such words and phrases typically answer the question “how”. Most intransitive verbs are complete without
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1. i. The opening lines of this passage sets the scene ─ focusing on the distance of the described setting. This is further highlighted by lexical parallelism ─ the use of prepositions: ‘about’‚ ‘between’ and ‘beside’‚ as well as by the vocabulary associated with the ways of transport: ‘motor road’ and ‘railroad’. Also the writer has used semantic deviation ─ the use of the adverb ‘hastily’ and the verb ‘runs’ indicates movement. It is used here as personification to show the reader that the road
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Critique: Passage from The Stranger by Albert Camus: At the same instant the sweat in my eyebrows dripped down over my eyelids all at once and covered them with a warm‚ thick film. My eyes were blinded behind the curtain of tears and salt. All I could feel were the cymbals of sunlight crashing on my forehead and‚ indistinctly‚ the dazzling spear flying up from the knife in front of me. The scorching blade slashed at my eyelashes and stabbed at my stinging eyes. That’s when everything began to reel
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Nermina Abdulahović 10.03.2013 Language learning in early childhood SUMMARY When we assume that language is nothing more than a means of communicating‚ then it can be said that language acquisition is nothing more or less than learning how to communicate. Although how children learn to speak is not perfectly understood
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