Gesture
noun + verb
A movement with part of the body, e.g. hand, head, which is used to convey meaning.
Get learners’ attention
To make learners listen to the teacher after they have been doing group or pairwork or at the start of the lesson.
Gist, global understanding, listening/reading for gist, listening/reading for global understanding
To read or listen to a text and understand the general meaning of it, without paying attention to specific details. See
detail, read for detail, listen for detail.
Give feedback: see feedback.
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Glottal (stop)
A plosive sound produced at the back of the mouth and represented by the phonemic symbol / ÷ /. In English it
sometimes replaces other sounds, especially / t /, e.g. / wÅ÷ / (what), / lˆ÷l / (little).
Glue
noun + verb
Glue is used to fix or join things together. For example, children cut out pictures from a magazine and then glue them
onto a poster they are making in class.
Goal, target
An aim that a learner or teacher may have.
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Gradable/ungradable
A gradable adjective or adverb can be measured in degrees. Non-gradable adjectives or adverbs cannot be.
Examples of gradable adjectives are ‘exciting, solid, interesting’. They can be qualified by words such as more,
rather, quite which show degree. Examples of ungradable adjectives are ‘perfect, alive, salaried’.
Grade (language)
To use language that is at the correct level for the learners and is not too easy or difficult. See graded reader.
Graded reader
A book where the language has been made easier for learners. These are often books with stories or novels where
the language has been simplified.
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