Microsoft Word Glossary March 2011 doc

 
Listen for gist, global understanding: see gist. 
 
Listen for mood: see mood. 
 
Literacy 
The ability to read and write. 
 

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Literal: see meaning, denotation. 
 
Logical 
Based on reason. A lesson is logical if the stages follow an order which makes sense and if one stage leads clearly 
and obviously to another. 
 
Lower-order thinking skills (LOTS) 
These are skills such as remembering information and defining objects. They are often used in the classroom to 
check understanding and to review learning. They usually involve closed answers. See higher-order thinking skills 
HOTS. 
 
Lyrics 
The words of a song. 
 
Main aim: see aim. 
 
Main clause: see clause. 
 
Main stress: see stress. 
 
Management: see classroom management. 
 
Manager: see teacher role. 
 
Mask 
Something that you wear to cover your face. Children may wear different masks when they are acting as different 
characters in a class activity. See prop. 
 
Matching task 
A task-type in which learners are asked to pair related things together, e.g. match two halves of a sentence, or a word 
with a picture. 
 
Maturity
noun,