Microsoft Word Glossary March 2011 doc

 
Cohesive device 
A feature in a text which provides cohesion, e.g. use of topic-related vocabulary throughout a text, of sequencing 
words (then, next, after that etc.), of referencing words (pronouns – he, him, etc.), of conjunctions (however, although 
etc.). 
 
Collaborate
verb, 
collaborative 
adjective 
To work together. Learners often collaborate in class when carrying out tasks, which typically involves planning, 
creating, discussing, evaluating etc. 
 
 
Collective noun: see noun. 
 
Collocation 
noun, 
collocate 
verb,
 
Words which are regularly used together. The relation between the words may be grammatical, for example when 
certain verbs/adjectives collocate with particular prepositions, e.g. depend on, good at or when a verb like make or do 
collocates with a noun, e.g. do the shopping, make a plan. Collocations may also be lexical when two content words 
are regularly used together, e.g. We went the wrong way NOT We went the incorrect way. 
 
Colloquial 
Language normally used in informal conversation but not in formal speech or writing, e.g. Give Gran a ring, OK?
 

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Comma: see punctuation. 
 
Common noun: see noun. 
 
Communicative activity 
A classroom activity in which learners need to talk or write to one another to complete the activity.