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Reference
noun,
refer to
verb
To mention something or someone. Also, similar in meaning to comment. Learners can refer to someone or to
reference materials (e.g. a dictionary) to get advice or information.
Reference materials
The materials which teachers and learners can use to find or check information, e.g. grammar books, dictionaries or
CD-Roms.
Reflect on teaching, learning
To think about a lesson after teaching it or to think about learning in order to decide what worked, what did not work
and how to improve teaching/learning in the future.
Reflective (teachers)
Teachers who look back on the lessons they have taught and think about what worked and what did not work in order
to improve their teaching.
Reflector: see teacher role.
Reflexive pronoun: see pronoun.
Reformulation
noun,
reformulate
verb
When a teacher corrects what a learner has said by repeating the sentence correctly, but without drawing the
learners’ attention to their mistake. This is usually the way parents ‘correct’ their young children’s language mistakes.
Compare with Recast.
Refuse an invitation: see decline an invitation.
Register
The formality or informality of the language used in a particular situation. Formal register or language is that used in
serious or important situations, e.g. in a job application. Informal register or language is that used in relaxed or
friendly situations, e.g. with family or friends. Register may also refer to language which is specific to a particular
group, e.g. technical register, scientific register.
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