Glossary

The ability to write or speak a foreign language without making grammatical, vocabulary, spelling or pronunciation mistakes.

The way in which languages are learnt unconsciously

Is made up of attitudes or feelings which control and select the input learners absorb from their environment.

The learning potential of a text, a context or a situation which provides the learner with the opportunity acquire – or learn – new language

Separate grades are awarded to different typical features of a performance,

Set of beliefs on which teaching is based. (what language is, how it is used and learnt.)

Refers to degree of suitability between a piece of language and the social context.

Method focussed on drilling key language structures orally

Material not created to be used in classroom

Task carried out in the classroom that has all the characteristics of a real-life task carried out outside the classroom