Module 1 – Grammar

presenting these words. 
 
Class profile 
A description of all the students in a class, including their age, ability etc. 
 
Components (of a lesson plan) 
The main parts of a lesson plan, e.g. aims, procedure, timing, aids, interaction patterns, anticipated problems, 
assumptions. 
Consolidate 
To return to something to understand and remember it more completely. For example, students can consolidate a 
grammar point by doing extra practice. 
 
Enable 
To make someone able to do something. A teacher can enable students to become independent learners by teaching 
them how to study by themselves. 
 
Encouragement 
noun, 
encourage 
verb 
When a teacher helps students to succeed by giving them confidence, e.g. ‘Of course you can do it! You are doing 
very well’.’ See confidence.
 
Feedback 
noun + verb
, conduct, elicit or give feedback
1. To tell students how well they are doing. This could be at a certain point in the course, or after an exercise that 
students have just completed.
2. To communicate to a speaker that you understand (or not) what they are saying. 
Peer feedback 
Feedback given to a student by another student in the class.

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Focus on 
To direct someone’s attention to something. To make someone notice something. 
Highlight 
1. To mark words on paper or on a computer screen using a colour so that they are easier to notice. 
2. To focus on something so that students realise it is important, e.g. to highlight a mistake by underlining it.