Microsoft Word Glossary March 2011 doc

Informal assessment:
 
see assessment.
 

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Informal language 
Language used in informal conversations or writing, e.g. Hi John. See formal language and register. 
 
Informality (level of): see register. 
 
Information-gap activity 
A classroom activity in which learners work in pairs or groups. Learners are given a task, but they are given different 
information and, to complete the task, they have to find out the missing information from each other. 
 
Information transfer 
An activity in which learners move information from one source to another, e.g. reading an explanation then 
completing a diagram with key words from the explanation.  
 
-ing /-ed adjective: see adjective. 
 
-ing form: see gerund. 
 
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Initialism 
A set of letters representing the first letters of two or more words where the letters are pronounced as letters,
such as BBC,  DVD . See: acronym.
 
Input 
noun + verb 
Information which is given to learners by the teacher, e.g. through a text or via electronic means. 
 
Instruct 
verb
 
To order or tell someone to do something, e.g. Please turn to page 12 and do exercise 1.  
 
Integrated skills 
An integrated skills lesson combines work on more than one language skill. For example reading and then writing or
listening and speaking.