Glossary
Glossary
30 English V Glossary Evelyn Uriarte terms
Glossary of feedback giving and ELT.
- Accuracy
- Noun
- the fact of being correct and without any mistakes.
- Example: This book has lack of accuracy
- en: Precisión
- Audience
- Noun
- the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.
- Example: The Boxcar Children series was written for an audience of children
- en: Audiencia
- Automatic
- Adjective
- Done or occurring spontaneously, without conscious thought or intention.
- Example: automatic physical functions such as breathing
- en: Automatico
- Categories
- Noun
- a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics.
- Example: There are 3 learning categories: kinesthetic, visual and audio
- en: Categorias
- Clue
- Noun
- a sign or some information that helps you to find the answer to a problem.
- Example: The teacher gives a short clue.
- en: Pista
- Communication
- noun
- the imparting or exchanging of information or news
- Example: face-to-face conversations, telephone calls, text messages
- en: Comunicación
- Corrective
- Adjective
- designed to correct or counteract something harmful or undesirable.
- Example: "management was informed so that corrective action could be taken"
- en: Correctivo
- Development
- Noun
- specified state of advancement or growth.
- Example: I have earned a lot of pronunciation development
- en: Desarrollo
- Explanation
- Noun
- a statement or account that makes something clear.
- Example: "the birth rate is central to any explanation of population trends"
- en: Explicación
- Feasible
- Adjective
- possible to do easily or conveniently.
- Example: "it is not feasible to put most finds from excavations on public display"
- en: Factible
- Feedback
- noun
- offer a helpful response to someone's work or idea.
- Example: “The way you gave that presentation today really shows me you listened to what I said about the snafu last month"
- en: Retroalimentación
- Fluency
- Noun
- the ability to speak or write a foreign language easily and accurately.
- Example: "Fluency in English is essential"
- en: Fluidez
- Grammar
- Noun
- the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.
- Example: My old latin grammar
- en: Gramatica
- Learner
- noun
- a person who is learning a subject or skill.
- Example: An english learner
- en: Estudiante
- Linguists
- Noun
- a person who studies linguistics.
- en: lingüista
- Motivation
- noun
- the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
- Example: My motivation for studying English is becoming an English teacher
- en: Motivación
- Peer
- Noun
- people being tutored or taught by others from backgrounds similar to their own
- Example: Two students make a peer to study
- en: Par
- Punctuation
- Noun
- the marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning.
- Example: "you will notice that no punctuation is used"
- en: Puntuación
- Receptive
- Adjective
- willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.
- Example: A receptive audience
- en: Receptivo
- Sentence
- Noun
- a set of words that is complete in itself.
- Example: A complete sentence contains a subject and predicate.
- en: Oración
- Spelling
- Noun
- what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action.
- Example: the meaning of the word “supermarket”
- Strategy
- Noun
- a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.
- Example: Teaching strategy
- en: Estrategia
- Systems
- Noun
- a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network.
- Example: the public school system
- en: Sistemas
- Teacher
- Noun
- a person who teaches, especially in a school
- Example: English teacher
- en: Maestro
- Technique
- Noun
- skill or ability in a particular field.
- Example: He has an excellent study technique
- en: Tecnica
- Techniques
- Noun
- a way of carrying out a particular task, especially the execution or performance of an artistic work or a scientific procedure.
- Example: I use repetition as a study technique
- en: Tecnicas
- Technology
- Noun
- the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
- Example: E-books are new technology
- en: Tecnologia
- Timing
- Noun
- the choice, judgment, or control of when something should be done.
- Example: one of the secrets of golf is good timing
- en: Cronometraje
- Tool
- Noun
- data integration platforms that extract raw data and transfer it to target systems such as data lakes.
- Example: A book is a good tool for learning
- en: Herramienta
- Word
- Noun
- a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing.
- Example: "I don't like the word “unofficial”"
- en: Palabra