Resource centre - TEFL A-Z
An A-Z of terms, terminology, ideas and issues in English language teaching.
a
Affricate consonant
Anaphoric reference
Anticipating student problems (in a lesson)
Aspect
Assimilation
Authentic practice (in a lesson)
b
Back channelling
Bottom-up processing
c
Cataphoric reference
Catenation
Checking understanding
Concept questions
Connected speech
Consonant
Controlled practice (in a lesson)
d
Delayed plosion
Diphthong
Drilling
e
Elision
Exophoric reference
f
Free practice (in a lesson)
Fricative consonant
g
Genre
h
i
Intrusion
Irregular verbs
j
k
l
Lead in (as a lesson stage)
Lesson planning
m
n
Nasal consonant
o
p
Phoneme
Phonemic chart
Plosive consonant
PPP lessons
q
r
Referencing
Restricted practice (in a lesson)
s
Schema (activating in a lesson)
Schema theory
Stages of a lesson
t
Target language
Teaching techniques - checking understanding
Teaching techniques - concept questions
Teaching techniques - Drilling
Tense
Timing (in a lesson)
Top-down processing
u
v
Vowel
w
x
y
z