Is a method of learning language that includes a combination of verbal activities and physical movements. The method is based on James Asher's idea that it's easier to remember language when there is movement that goes with the word.

Children acquire language through a subconscious process during which they are unaware of grammatical rules. In order to acquire language, the learner needs a source of natural communication.Language learning is not communicative. It is the result of direct instruction in the rules of language. And it certainly is not an age-appropriate activity for your young learners. In language learning, students have conscious knowledge of the new language and can talk about that knowledge.

The silent period hypothesis is the idea that when a language is learned, there should be a period in which the learner is not expected to actively produce any language. This is based on observations of a listening period in infants when they learn a first language.

  Mother tongue

The language first learned by a child.

A traditional term for the use or study of the English language by non-native speakers in countries where English is generally not a local medium of communication.

The abbreviation E.S.L. is used as shorthand for the phrase "English as a Second Language." Students whose first language is something other than English are referred to as "English Language Learners" and are often designated as ESL in order to receive accommodations and support with their language acquisition goals.

Drilling means listening to a model, provided by the teacher, or a tape or another student, and repeating what is heard. This is a repetition drill, a technique that is still used by many teachers when introducing new language .

An approach to language learning consists of the techniques and activities you decide to use to learn a language, based on:Your beliefs about language and how it is learned.

Your learning style preferences.

The constraints of the learning situation.

A method of teaching reading based on the sounds of letters, groups of letters, and syllables.In practice, phonics refers to several different but generally overlapping methods of instruction. Four of those methods are summarized in Examples and Observations, below.Phonics-based methods of teaching reading are commonly contrasted with whole language approaches, which emphasize learning whole words in meaningful contexts.

The ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and analyze information using digital technology. It involves a working knowledge of current high-technology, and an understanding of how it can be used. Digitally literate people can communicate and work more efficiently, especially with those who possess the same knowledge and skills.

This theory suggests that traditional psychometric views of intelligence are too limited. The people have different kinds of "intelligences.“ Gardner proposed that there are eight intelligences, and has suggested the possible addition of a ninth known as "existentialist intelligence.

Is a language that someone is learning, or a language into which a text has to be translated.

An example of a target language is Italian for a native born German who is just moving to Italy.