Glossary
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Audio-Lingual Method (ALM):A method based on behaviorist psychology, focusing on drilling and repetition of sentence patterns to form good language habits.
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Collocation:Two or more words that often go together naturally in a language (e.g., 'make a decision', 'heavy rain').
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Communicative Language Teaching (CLT):An approach that emphasizes using language for meaningful communication. The focus is on fluency and interaction, rather than just grammatical accuracy.
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Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL):A dual-focused approach where a subject (like history or science) is taught through the medium of a foreign language.
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Direct Method:A method that teaches exclusively in the target language, using real-world objects and images to establish direct links between words and their meanings, without translation.
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Grammar-Translation Method:A traditional method where students learn grammar rules and then translate sentences and texts between the target language and their native language.
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Grammatical Competence:A person's knowledge of the rules of a language, including syntax, morphology, and phonology.
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Grammatical Minimum:The set of essential grammatical structures and rules a learner needs to master for basic communication.
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Lexical Competence:A person's knowledge and use of the vocabulary of a language.
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Lexical Minimum:The minimum number of words a learner needs to know to function effectively in a language. This often includes high-frequency words.
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