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Facilitator
noun
, facilitate
verb
To make something possible. Teachers facilitate learning by planning and delivering lessons and maintaining
discipline in the classroom. See teacher role.
Factor
A fact or situation which influences the result of something, e.g. the factors which influence whether someone learns a
language successfully or not.
Fairy story
A traditional story written for children which usually involves imaginary creatures and magic.
False friend
A word in the target language which looks or sounds as if it has the same meaning as a similar word in the learners’
first language but does not, e.g. In French, ‘librairie’ is a place where people can buy books. In English, a library is
where you may go to borrow books rather than somewhere where you go to buy books (a bookshop).
Feature
A feature of something is an interesting or important part or characteristic of it. Take, for example, the sentence I can
play tennis. In connected speech, can is pronounced / kWn / – the weak form / W / is a feature of this sentence.
Feedback
noun + verb,
give, provide feedback.
1. To tell someone how well they are doing. Teachers might give learners feedback at a certain point in the course,
or after an exercise that learners have just completed. In addition, learners can give feedback to teachers and
teacher trainers give feedback to trainee teachers.
2. To communicate to a speaker that you understand (or not) what they are saying.
Peer feedback
Feedback given to a learner by another learner in the class.
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Figurative: see meaning.
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