ELT Jargon June 2009
By Alex Case
behaviourism- the idea that the kids not being naughty is about all you can expect from a kindergarten English lesson
Communication Accommodation Theory- the discredited idea that host families in the UK actually speak to the students who are staying with them
communicative strategies- ways students can avoid having to communicate in the classroom, e.g. by complaining about pairwork because “I never know when I am making mistakes”
contrastive analysis- comparing yourself to your partner’s ex boyfriends and/ or girlfriends
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Alex Case has been a teacher, teacher trainer, Director of Studies, ELT writer and editor in Turkey, Thailand, Spain, Greece, Italy, Japan, UK and now Korea, and writes TEFLtastic blog (www.tefl.net/alexcase)
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