DELTA MODULE 1 (COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE)
Test-Teach-Test ✔ A lesson design in which learners first
perform a task, which the teacher uses to assess learners'
specific needs. They are then taught whatever they need in order
to re-do the task more effectively.
modality ✔ The lexical and grammatical ways used by
speakers to express their attitude to what they're saying. For
example: Maybe Sarah is a chef. (lexical _______: adverb)
cohesion ✔ The use of grammatical and lexical means to
achieve connected text, either spoken or written.
induction ✔ The process of working out rules on the basis
of examples. Also called discovery learning.
priming ✔ The process by which a word gathers
particular associations through repeated encounters.
process writing ✔ An approach to writing where learners
are encouraged to brainstorm, plan, draft, re-draft, review, and
"publish" their written work.
word family ✔ A group of words which share the same
root but have different affixes, as in care, careful, careless,
carefree, uncaring, carer.
sentence ✔ The largest purely grammatical unit in a
language.
silent period ✔ This refers to the fact that children
learning their first language go through a lengthy period simply
listening before they say their first words.
