Microsoft Word Glossary March 2011 doc

 
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) 
An approach in which a foreign language is used as a tool in the learning of a non-language subject in which both 
language and the subject have a joint role.
 
Content-based instruction, content-based learning 
An approach to teaching, traditionally associated with the US, in which non-native speakers, often from minority 
language groups, are learning the target language to enable them to integrate into mainstream classes.
 

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► Content word 
A word which carries the main meaning; often contrasted with ‘function words’ which mainly perform a 
grammatical function and carry little meaning e.g. in the sentence ‘ The postman was carrying a very big bag.’ the 
content words are postman, carrying, very, big, bag. Content words are usually nouns, verbs, adjectives or 
adverbs. See function word. 
 
Context 
1. The situation in which language is used or presented, e.g. a story about a holiday experience could be used as 
the context to present and practise past tenses. Photographs can help to provide a context for a magazine 
article.
2. The words or phrases before or after a word in discourse which help someone to understand that word. 
See deduce meaning from context. 
 
Contextualise
To put new language into a situation that shows what it means. See set the scene, set the context.
 
Continuous assessment: see assessment.