TELL glossary

30 null terms

Activity System
noun
Is a collective formation with a complex mediational structure that serves as the primary unit of analysis in cultural historical activity theory.
AFL
noun
Assesment for learning
Apps
noun
An application, especially as downloaded by a user to a mobile device.
Authoring software
noun
Is software that helps a user create his or her own media content.
Blog
noun
Is a web-log. A diary or daily account/report of activities and personal thoughts that is stored online.
CALL
noun
Computer assisted language learning.
CLT
noun
Communicative language teaching
Communicative competence
noun
Communicative competence refers to a learner's ability to use language to communicate successfully.
Cyberbole
noun
Exaggerated claims about what the internet and information technology will accomplish.
Flaming
noun
Heated exchanges in online interactions.
Grammar Translation
noun
A traditional technique of foreign-language teaching based on explicit instruction in the grammatical analysis of the target language and translation of sentences from the native language into the target language and vice versa.
Hardware
noun
Physical and electronic parts of a computer or other piece of equipment, rather than its software.
ICT
noun
Information and comunication technology
Input
noun
Something such as energy, money, or information that is put into a system, organization, or machine so that it can operate.
Instant messaging
noun
Is a type of online chat allowing real-time text transmission over the Internet or another computer network.
Laptop
noun
A computer that is small enough to be carried around easily and is designed for use outside an office.
MALL
noun
mobile assisted language learning
Mediational tool
noun
Are those devices that facilitate a person's relationship with the world.
Multimedia
noun
Is a system of relaying information or entertainment that includes many different forms of communication.
Phonology
noun
The system of contrastive relationships among the speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language.
Rhizomatic Knowledge
noun
Knowledge is negotiated, and the learning experience is a social as well as a personal knowledge creation process with mutable goals and constantly negotiated premises.
Scaffolding
noun
Is a teaching method that involves gradually shedding the instructor's assistance as students increase their understanding.
Social constructivism
noun
Is a variety of cognitive constructivism that emphasizes the collaborative nature of much learning.
Social media
noun
Is a collective term for websites and applications that focus on communication, community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration.
TACS
noun
Technology and communication systems
TACS
noun
Tecnologías del aprendizaje y conocimiento
TELL
noun
Technology enhanced language learning
Text messaging
noun
Is the act of sending short, alphanumeric communications between cellphones, pagers or other hand-held devices.
TICS
noun
Tecnologías de la información y comunicación
ZPD
noun
Zone of proximal development