Guided discovery
A way of teaching in which teachers provide examples of the target language and then guide the students to work out
the language rules for themselves.
Ice-breaker
An introductory activity that a teacher uses at the start of a new course so that students can get to know each other.
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Illustrate meaning
To show what something means, e.g. I was nervous when I got on the plane because I hate flying.
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Introductory activity
An activity which takes place at the beginning of a lesson. Introductory activities often include warmers and lead-ins.
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Lexical Approach
A way of analysing language that is based on lexical items such as words, multi-word units, collocations and fixed expressions rather than grammatical structures. Some ELT books and materials organise their syllabuses around the Lexical Approach.
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Meaningful
something which shows the meaning of language.
something which has a value for students in the real world.
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Mime noun + verb
Body movements used to convey meaning without using words.
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Presentation noun, present verb
To introduce new language.
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Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)
A way of teaching new language in which the teacher presents the language, gets students to practise it in exercises or other controlled practice activities and then asks students to use the same language in a communicative way in their practice.
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