Microsoft Word Glossary March 2011 doc

 
Thesaurus: see dictionary. 
 
Third conditional: see conditional (forms). 
 
Third person: see person. 
 
Time expression 
A word or phrase that indicates time, such as after, last weekend, e.g. I will meet you after the lesson. 
 
Timeline 
A diagram that shows learners the relationship between tense and time. It is often used in language teaching to 
present the use of a new tense or to correct learners when they use tenses wrongly, e.g. 
Past Now Future 
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Present perfect tense
See tense. 
 
Timetable fit 
How a lesson fits logically into a sequence of lessons; how what goes before a particular lesson links to, and helps 
learners with, the following lesson. 
 
Timing 
The likely time different activities or stages in a lesson plan should take. When teachers plan lessons, they think 
about how long each activity will take and they usually write this on their plan. 
 
Topic 
The subject of a text or lesson. 
 
Topic sentence 
A sentence that gives the main point or subject of a paragraph. This is usually the opening sentence in a paragraph. 
 

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Total Physical Response (TPR) 
A way of teaching in which the teacher presents language items in instructions and the learners have to do exactly 
what the teacher tells them, e.g. Open the window. Stand up.