Delta module 1 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Activating schemata - Answer-Prepares for top down processing / More receptive / Lowers the affective filter Receptive - productive - Answer-Mirrors natural acquisition / Exposure to content Gist - detail - Answer-Lowers the affective filter / Stops the Ss getting stuck on details Personalisation - Answer-More motivating / Leads to greater cognitive depth and better memorisation Contextualising with topic - Answer-Exemplifies natural use / Noticing in context before use / Aids comprehensi...

Test-Teach-Test - Answer-A lesson design in which learners first perform a task, which the teacher uses to assess learners' specific needs. They are then taught whatever they need in order to re-do the task more effectively. modality - Answer-The lexical and grammatical ways used by speakers to express their attitude to what they're saying. For example: Maybe Sarah is a chef. (lexical _______: adverb) cohesion - Answer-The use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve connected text, ei...

Test-Teach-Test - Answer-A lesson design in which learners first perform a task, which the teacher uses to assess learners' specific needs. They are then taught whatever they need in order to re-do the task more effectively. modality - Answer-The lexical and grammatical ways used by speakers to express their attitude to what they're saying. For example: Maybe Sarah is a chef. (lexical _______: adverb) cohesion - Answer-The use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve connected text, ei...

cohesion - Answer-The use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve connected text, either spoken or written. These include: reference words e.g. this, the, it; linkers, e.g. However and topicrelated lexis. tense - Answer-A grammatical category which is used to indicate the time at which an action happens by changing the form of the finite verb. English has two: past and present, e.g. he walked and he walks. direct test - Answer-A test employing tasks which replicate real-life activities,...

acculturation - Answer-SLA The process by which a person integrates into a particular culture. One of the first theories of SLA that attempted to prioritize social factors over purely cognitive ones. It has been partly rehabilitated under the name socialization. accuracy - Answer-SLA The extent to which a learner's use of a second language conforms to the rules of the language. Once thought to be a precondition for fluency. achievement test - Answer-TESTING Designed to test what learners h...

acculturation - Answer SLA The process by which a person integrates into a particular culture. One of the first theories of SLA that attempted to prioritize social factors over purely cognitive ones. It has been partly rehabilitated under the name socialization. accuracy - Answer SLA The extent to which a learner's use of a second language conforms to the rules of the language. Once thought to be a precondition for fluency. achievement test - Answer TESTING Designed to t...

Learning Styles - Answer Definition: the mode in which learners best acquire information, knowledge, language, etc Multiple Intelligences - Answer Definition: definitions of learner styles/types divided into different 'intelligences' conforming to a different sphere of activity Learner Profile - Answer Definition: an overview of a learner's strengths and weaknesses in terms of what learner styles and intelligences they have Tolerance of Ambiguity - Answer Defi...

DELTA MODULE 1 (COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE)

Test-Teach-Test - ️️A lesson design in which learners first perform a task, which the teacher uses to assess learners' specific needs. They are then taught whatever they need in order to re-do the task more effectively. modality - ️️The lexical and grammatical ways used by speakers to express their attitude to what they're saying. For example: Maybe Sarah is a chef. (lexical _______: adverb) cohesion - ️️The use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve connected text, eith...

Learning Styles - Answer-Definition: the mode in which learners best acquire information, knowledge, language, etc Multiple Intelligences - Answer-Definition: definitions of learner styles/types divided into different 'intelligences' conforming to a different sphere of activity Learner Profile - Answer-Definition: an overview of a learner's strengths and weaknesses in terms of what learner styles and intelligences they have Tolerance of Ambiguity - Answer-Definition: a learner is happy ...