TKT – Teacher’s Language Functions – Flashcards
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Getting Learner's attention
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Stand up Adam. Stand up, Evi.
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Instructing
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OK, Adam will ask and Evi will answer.
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Modelling
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Welcome... may I borrow your pencil, please? Gives a clear example of the target language. Can be done orally, or written.
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Encouraging (instructing)
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Now, come on Evi. Repeat the following.
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Nominating
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Uh, Luba and Nikita
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Prompting
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Come on, Ivan, ask - can be quite similar to encouraging. When we prompt, we often provide words, phrases, sentences..
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Sequencing
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using language in a logical order. This is especially important for explanations and instructions.
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Grading
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using language at the right level for learners to understand.
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Register
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Formal Informal Neutral
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Chunks
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learners can learn blocks of language by hearing them again and again. So, it is useful to use fixed ranges of words/exponents at early stages of learning. "Turn in your book.."
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Acknowledge
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show that you have seen or understood
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Convey meaning
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to express or communicate meaning - i.e. Huge is really, really big.
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Elicit
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to ask targeted questions to get learners to give information
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Narrate
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to tell a story or talk abou something that happened.
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Praise/Encourage
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to tell someone that they have done well
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Prompt
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to help learners think of ideas or to remember words.
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Recast
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to reword a sentence or phrase to improve it.
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Simplify
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to make something easier.
