Microsoft Word Glossary March 2011 doc

 
DVD clip: see clip. 
 
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Dynamic verbs 
Verbs referring to actions, events or bodily sensations and that express some kind of action. They can be used 
in the progressive/continuous form e.g. His leg is hurting him; They’re eating their supper; It’s changing shape. 
 
Dynamics: see group dynamics. 
 
Echo correct: see correction.

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Eclectic 
adjective
 
An approach to language teaching in which the teacher uses techniques and activities taken from different methods. 
 
Edit 
verb
 
To shorten or change or correct the words or content of some parts of a written text to make it clearer or easier to 
understand. See process writing. 
 
Effective 
adjective 
Having the intended or desired result. 
 
Elicit 
verb 
When a teacher thinks that some learners will know a piece of language or other information, s/he asks targeted 
questions or gives clues to get, or prompt learners to give the target language or information rather than simply 
providing it to the class her/himself.
 
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Elision 
When a sound is left out in connected speech because it is followed by a similar sound e.g. in ‘he gave up 
politics’ the /p/ in ‘up’ is likely to be elided /higeˆv√pÅlˆtˆks/ 
 
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Ellipsis 
When a word, phrase or clause is left out in discourse because it is unnecessary for conveying meaning e.g. in 
the sentence ‘ They made a big effort and ended up winning the prize,’ ‘they’ is left out before ‘ended up’ 
because it is clear what the subject of this verb is.