Korean Job Discussion Forums

[BrianInSuwon]

How many EFL technical terms can you think of?

I'll start with ....

L1 :: the learner's native language
L2 :: the language being learned


Would you consider "pairwork" as jargon?
Would you consider "illicit" as jargon?

I don't consider abbreviations or acronyms as jargon?

[HapKi]

SLA
TBL
TPR
IRF
PPP
CBT
i+1
focus on form
focus on formS

[agoodmouse]

English as a lingua franca.

[branchsnapper]

There are tons, and many are obscure. So let's at least say what they mean and learn something. IRF? TBL? CBT?

Why do we love 'em so much? People in our profession are always going on about EFL, ESL, TEFL etc and it causes people with proper jobs to do a lot of head scratching.

[ddeubel]

If anyone wants to brush up - use this presentation of acronyms I made

http://eflclassroom.com/flash/acronyms.swf

I have the BAAM game show version you can play, if you want to test teachers ever....

DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com

[branchsnapper]

I knew most of the ones in your nice presentation - do you know the ones that have me puzzled above, dd?

[Fishead soup]

Suggestophelia.

The Silent method with rods

BF Skinner and Total Physical responce

Behavourism and its applications to Language Aquisition.

[BrianInSuwon]

My guess is that TBL is Task Based Learning.
I agree with branchsnapper. If you give an acronym, please also spell it out for us.
But I was hoping to discuss jargon outside the acronyms.


Check ...
http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tag/elt-jargon/
The Alternative English Teaching Jargon Dictionary
...for alot of jargon. The articles offer amusing definitions for a lot of the jargon.

[Thiuda]

[BrianInSuwon]

phonemic awareness
decoding
systematic phonics
word attack skills
community-based learning
manipulatives
rubric

Edspeak: A Glossary of Education Terms, Phases, Buzzwords, Jargon (Paperback)
You can view A-C online at:
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=3vqVg4CEvEYC&dq=Glossary+of+educational+terms+and+jargon+!&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=q0WmtAiRx6&sig=CH_YUOhzlWsPMj8TCTOzgLAcpIk&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result

[BrianInSuwon]

TTT :: Teacher Talk Time
STT :: Student Talk Time

[poet13]

KPS is an effective teaching method.

ddeubel might remember...

[Fishead soup]

Here's a really old one for you

K.O.R.E.T.T.A.

[Easter Clark]

[HapKi]

SLA - Second Language Aquisition- the theories that explain how people learn a language, including cultural and personality factors, and preferences on error correction.

TBL - Task-based learning- a methodology that believes that by putting a motivating task in the fore-front, students will learn language more naturally.

TPR - Total physical response - another methodolgy where the acting out of language makes it visible and maybe more memorable. Works well with kids. Drinking from a cup for "drinking." We've all done it to some extent.

IRF - Initiation- Response - Feedback/follow-up - A three-part structure in discourse analysis. Teacher asks a question- student answers - teacher evaluates. Many variations on this that are used to dissect classroom interaction.

PPP- Present-Practice-Produce- a three step lesson structure that is very popular, especially when teaching verbs. First you present the structure, then you practice it, then you produce your own versions. Criticized by many as lacking cognitive development in students.

CBT- Computer-based teaching - using the computer and internet as a tool for teaching.

i+1- A theory by Stephen Krashen that states that learning is best done when the student recieves input (is spoken to) that is one step beyond his/her current stage of linguistic competence.

focus on form- a technique where teachers point out errors in students speaking when they arise naturally in conversation.

focus on formS- a technique where teachers focus on grammatical forms individually. Today past tense, tommorrow present perfect, etc..