The learning or developing of something. Can be a skill or a quality.
Example: This task promotes language acquisition
es: Adquisición
Affordance
Noun
Quality that defines possible uses of something
Example: We can take advantage of technology affordances
es: Asequibilidad
Approach
Noun
A way of looking at learning and teaching
Example: This is a best approach to teach younger students
es: Enfoque
Automatize
Verb
An automatic process
Example: We automatize our breathing
es: Automatizar
Broadly
Adverb
In general
Example: Broadly speaking, Mexican education system has to improve
es: En general
Cognitive
Adjective
Intellectual activity and thinking processes.
Example: Cognitive processes are sharper in a child's growing stage.
es: Cognitivo
Complex
Adjective
Something that has many parts or concepts
Example: Education is complex
es: Complejo
Consensus
noun
An agreement
Example: It took the whole day to come to a consensus
es: Consenso
Context
Noun
Circumstances that set an event and ideas that can be fully adressed.
Example: This approach can be applied in a social context.
es: Contexto
Correlation
Noun
A mutual connection between two or more things.
Example: There is a negative correlation with task performance and rewards
es: Correlación
Enhance
Verb
Increase value or quality
Example: These strategies are formed to enhance motivation.
es: Mejorar
Feedback
Noun/Verb
Information that a learner receives about their language learning and most commonly refers to information about their language
production (speaking and writing), although it can also concern reading and listening, study skills, attitudes, effort, and so on.
Example: We will provide feedback on the results of the task.
es: Retroalimentación
Formative
Adjective
Information that is intended to help the learner in some way, given continuously during learning.
es: Formativo
Intelligible
Adjective
Comprehensible
Example: Her speech is intelligible enough
es: inteligible
Interlocutor
Someone who has a role in a conversation
Example: She was an interlocutor on the class debate with her classmates
es: Interlocutor
Iteration
Noun
Repetition of a process
Example: I use iteration when I have to study something
es: Iteración
Methodologist
Noun
The study of research methods
Example: Teachers are applying a new methodology for teaching
es: Metodólogo
Overload
Noun
To saturate something or someone with many things
Example: We can prevent the overload in students if we give them enough time for tasks.
es: Sobrecarga
Performance
Noun
The accomplishment of a process or action
Example: Students had a great performance in their test
es: Rendimiento
Policy
Noun
System of guidelines
Example: We have an appropriate policy towards feedback
es: Politica
Proficiency
Adjective/Noun
A high competency in something
Example: She has a proficiency in math
es: Competencia
Prompting
Verb
Encourage or persuade to do something
Example: She kept prompting him to do her homework
es: Incitación
Reformulate
Verb
To formulate something again
Example: We have to reformulate our hypothesis
es: Reformular
Researcher
Noun
A person who investigates, discovers and verifies the information.
Example: The researchers haven't concluded the cognitive implications of this process.
es: Investigador
Stigmatize
Verb
Describe with great disapproval
Example: People tend to stigmatize neurodiverse people in education
es: Estigmatizar
Subsequent
Adjective
Something that happens after something else
Example: People are worried about those subsequent events
es: Subsequente
Summative
Adjective
An evaluation, typically given by a score, of a student’s work or at the end of a period of study
Example: Formative and Summative evaluations are important criteria for teachers.
es: Sumativo/a
Unambivalent
Adjective
Clear/Certain
Example: The research results are unambivalent
es: Inequívoco/a.
Utterance
Noun
A spoken statement/Smallest unit of speech.
Example: Her utterance was interrupted by their classmates
