Tag Archives: ELT jargon

The Complete Alternative Dictionary of ELT and Linguistics

Posted on 14/05/2011 by alexcase

Or at least I hope this is as complete as it ever gets seeing as there are already nearly 400 entries in it… ARELS – Association of Reasonably good English Language Schools Academic word list- A secret list of words … Continue reading →

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TEFL jargon from this month’s ETP

Posted on 22/07/2010 by alexcase

They do pretty well in English Teaching Professional with cutting down on jargon and explaining what they do use, but I found a few which I thought could do with some clearing up. Academic word list- A secret list of … Continue reading →

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TEFL and Applied Linguistics jargon June 09 Part Two

Posted on 25/06/2009 by alexcase

This time all from Rules, Patterns and Words by Mr Willis*, a book I will droning on a lot about (sometimes even seriously) for the next week or two academic discourse- learning how to slag off other researchers adjunct- a “bad … Continue reading →

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ELT Jargon June 2009

Posted on 13/06/2009 by alexcase

behaviourism- the idea that the kids not being naughty is about all you can expect from a kindergarten English lesson Communication Accommodation Theory- the discredited idea that host families in the UK actually speak to the students who are staying … Continue reading →

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The alternative ELT jargon dictionary Part 20

Posted on 27/12/2008 by alexcase

Affirmative (also “a firmative”) – Viagra Antonyms – trying to learn all the names of the swarms of tiny kids in a kindergarten you work at Appropriacy – only taking off your clothes in the right kinds of classes Authentic … Continue reading →

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The dream dictionary for TEFL teachers

Posted on 15/09/2008 by alexcase

What elements of your dreams tell you about your TEFLing future: Suddenly realising you have no clothes on – you will realise halfway through your next improvised grammar explanation that it doesn’t make any sense   Water – You will … Continue reading →

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English for Very Specific Purposes (EVSP)

Posted on 27/04/2008 by alexcase

Having found out from the book “English for Specific Purposes” by Keith Harding that ESP has spawned a whole raft of lovely acronyms such as EAP, EBP, EMP, EOP, EPP, EST, EVP* and also the disparaging one for General English … Continue reading →

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The Alternative EFL Jargon Dictionary Part One

Posted on 12/07/2007 by alexcase

accuracy– Not making mistakes in a foreign language. A student who is obsessed about having every mistake corrected, usually Swiss, is called an accurist advanced learner– a proficient user of a foreign language. One who can correct their teacher once or … Continue reading →

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