Microsoft Word Glossary March 2011 doc

teacher role. 
 
Monolingual dictionary: see dictionary. 
 
Mood, listen for mood, read for mood 
To read or listen to a text in order to identify the feelings of the writer or speaker. See infer attitude, feeling, mood. 
 
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Morpheme 
The smallest unit that has meaning in a language. A morpheme is a base word or an affix, e.g. carefully 
contains three morphemes: care, -ful, -ly; walked contains two: walk, -ed. 
 
Mother tongue 
The very first language that you learn as a baby, which is usually the language spoken to you by your parents.
Also called L1 or first language. See L1/L2. 
 
Motivation 
noun,
 motivate 
verb 
Motivation is the thoughts and feelings which make us want to do something and help us continue doing it.
 
Demotivate, 
verb 
demotivated 
adjective
To make someone lose motivation. 
 
Unmotivated
adjective 
Without motivation; having no motivation.
 
 
Multiple-choice questions 
A task-type in which learners are given a question and three or four possible answers or options. They choose the 
correct answer from the options they are given. 
 
Multiword verb: see verb. 

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Narrative 
noun
+ adjective, 
narrate
 verb
1. A narrative is another word for a story. 
2. To tell a story or talk about something that has happened. Teachers often narrate stories to young learners.