Knowledge wiki

The teaching knowledge wiki is a collection definitions of ELT terminology. Each entry includes a definition, an example illustrating the concept and information about how the concept can be applied in the classroom context.

Here are the latest words added to the teaching knowledge wiki. You can see all the words in the index and search the knowledge wiki here.If you want to suggest a new word to add please contact us.

We are currrently working towards making the Knowledge Wiki fully accessible so that registered users can add, edit and discuss new words, depending upon the results of pilot testing. In the meantime, please use the Add new comment at the bottom of each entry to discuss or give feedback on the definitions provided.

Appropriacy  
Appropriacy
Appropriacy refers to whether a word is suitable for the context it is being used in. Read more
Summative assessment  

Summative assessment evaluates a learner's progress up to that point and provides a summary of where they are. Go back | Read more

ICT  

Information and Communication Technology, or ICT, refers to technological tools that are used to communicate and to manage information.

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Eclectic approach  

In the move away from teachers following one specific methodology, the eclectic approach is the label given to a teacher's use of techniques and activities from a range of language teaching appro Go back | Read more

Content validity  

If a test has content validity then it has been shown to test what it sets out to test. Go back | Read more

Direct method  

The direct method of teaching was developed as a response to the Grammar-Translation method. It sought to immerse the learner in the same way as when a first language is learnt. Go back | Read more

Interactive White Blackboard - IWB  

The Interactive White Blackboard, or IWB, is a large interactive display attached to a computer and a projector. The teacher and learners control the computer through the display.

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Thinking frames  

Mario Rinvolucri uses the term ‘thinking frames' to describe useful ways of thinking about what he does in the classroom. Go back | Read more

Applied linguistics  
Applied linguistics is a field of study that looks at how linguistics can help understand real life problems in areas such as psychology, sociology and education. Go back | Read more
Intensifier  

Intensifiers are words that make the meaning of other words stronger.

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