Giving Individual Feedback to Language Learners Glossary
30 Feedback terms
This glossary contains the words that people (especially teachers and teachers in training) use in education field more specifically focused on feedback-giving.
Accuracy
Noun
The quality or state of being correct or precise.
Example: In each case, the desired level of ACCURACY was achieved with ten or less replications.
es: Precisión
Assessment for learning
Noun
It is the snapshot in time that lets the teacher, students and their parents know how well each student has completed the learning tasks and activities.
es: Evaluación para el aprendizaje
Assessment of learning
Noun
It is an approach to teaching and learning that creates feedback which is then used to improve students' performance.
es: Evaluación del aprendizaje
Authoritarian feedback
Noun
It is a management approach in which one person has complete control over making decisions and regulating processes.
es: Retroalimentación autoritaria
Automated feedback
Noun
A type of feedback that is generated by artificial intelligence- based software and delivered to learners upon completing any written task.
es: Retroalimentación automatizada
Content knowledge
Noun
It refers to the body of knowledge –facts, theories, principles, ideas, vocabulary– which teachers must master to be effective.
es: El conocimiento del contenido
Corrective feedback
Noun
It is a frequent practice in the field of learning and achievement. It typically involves a Learner receiving either formal or informal feedback on his or her understanding or performance on various tasks by an agent such as teacher, employer or peer(s).
es: Retroalimentación correctiva
Error correction
Noun
It is a way to develop competence of language learners in a second or foreign language.
es: Corrección de errores
Feed forward
Noun
It's the process of replacing positive or negative feedback with future-oriented solutions. In simple terms, it means focusing on the future instead of the past.
es: Avance hacia adelante
Feedback
Noun
Information about reactions to a product, a person's performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement.
Example: The project team and steering committee will conduct both formal and informal evaluations on individual and overall performance throughout and provide FEEDBACK where applicable.
es: Retroalimentación
Feedback sandwich
Noun
It is a method of feedback where positive feedback serves as a cushion to negative feedback.
es: Sándwich de retroalimentación
Feedback strategy
Noun
It is the system of feedback collection and analysis to produce actionable insights.
es: Estrategia de retroalimentación
Formative feedback
Noun
Generated by teachers as strategies to engage learners to constantly reflect on how they can approach, orient, and evaluate learning, which leads to successful learning outcomes.
es: Retroalimentación formativa
Grammar correction
Noun
It is the task of correcting different kinds of errors in text such as spelling, punctuation, grammatical, and word choice errors.
es: Corrección de gramática
Grammatical accuracy
Noun
It is an understanding of grammar as a component of language and educated communication. Awareness of what defines grammar and its components.
es: Exactitud gramatical
Knowledge
Noun
Facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.
es: Conocimiento
Language acquisition
Noun
It is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language (in other words, gain the ability to be aware of language and to understand it), as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate.
es: Adquisición lingüística
Language learning
Noun
It is broadly defined as developing the ability to communicate in the second / foreign language.
es: Aprendizaje de idiomas
Language production
Noun
It is the production of spoken or written language.
es: Producción de lenguaje
Language proficiency
Noun
It is a term that refers to someone's ability to speak a language.
es: Dominio del idioma
Learning strategies
Noun
It is an individual’s way of organizing and using a particular set of skills in order to learn content or accomplish other tasks more effectively and efficiently in school as well as in non-academic settings.
es: Estrategias de aprendizaje
Lesson-planning
Noun
It is the instructor's road map of what students need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time.
es: Planificación de las clases
Meta-analysis
Noun
Examination of data from a number of independent studies of the same subject, in order to determine overall trends.
es: Metanálisis
Non-verbal behaviour
Noun
Actions that can indicate an individual's attitudes or feelings without speech.
es: Comportamiento no verbal
Peer feedback
Noun
It is a practice where feedback is given by one student to another.
es: Retroalimentación de los compañeros
Self-correction
Noun
Correcting or compensating for one's own errors or weaknesses.
es: Autocorrección
Study Skills
Noun
An array of skills which tackle the process of organizing and taking in new information, retaining information, or dealing with assessments.
Example: Her experiences do demonstrate very clearly that even while developing very successful STUDY SKILLS, the time taken for a non- native student to reach Masters' level can be significant.
es: Habilidades de estudio
Summative feedback
Noun
Aimed at helping students understand how well they have done in meeting the overall learning goals of the course.
es: Retroalimentación sumativa
Task
Noun/Verb
A piece of work to be done or undertaken./
Assign a piece of work to.
es: Tarea
Teaching techniques
Noun
They are a set of materials, devices, tools, and educational attitudes that the teacher uses to clarify an idea or to change a vague concept in order to contribute to a better state of the educational process.
