Microsoft Word Glossary March 2011 doc

 
Sentence level 
Looking at the language features of a text which are produced in sentences. Examples include use of imperative 
forms, use of cause and effect clauses or examples in a sentence. See word level and text level. 
 
Sentence starter, sentence stem 
The beginning of a sentence which learners then complete orally or in writing. A type of scaffolding strategy,
e.g. I like ….., I love…..
 
Sentence stress: see stress. 
 
Sentence transformation 
A task-type in which learners are given a sentence and a prompt, and have to make a second sentence using the 
prompt so that it means the same as the first, e.g. 
It’s too cold to play tennis. 
It ____________ to play tennis. (enough) 
It isn’t warm enough to play tennis. 
 
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Separable phrasal verb 
A phrasal verb in which the particle can be separated from the verb, e.g. He looked up a word. / He looked a 
word up. See phrasal verb. 
 

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Sequence 
noun + verb 
A sequence is a series of things, which follow each other in a logical order. Learners can sequence pictures in a 
story, i.e. put them in order.
 
Set a question, task, test 
To give learners a question to answer or a task or test to do. 
 
Set the scene, the context 
To explain or present the context of something learners will read, hear, talk or write about, to make the situation clear 
for them, e.g. before playing a recording a teacher might tell learners who the people are on the recording and where 
they are.