Suggestopaedia

Derived from Bulgarian psychologist Georgi Lozanov, Suggestopaedia has not been as successful as CLL. The idea brought by Lozanov was that people should be able to learn a lot more when the right conditions for learning would be set. Drawn from insight of Soviet psychological research on extrasensory perception and from yoga, Suggestopaedia capitalized on relaxed states of mind for maximum retention of material. Music, with specific rhythm, was central to this method. The followers would "experiment" the foreign language with the presentation of vocabulary, readings, dialogs, role-plays, drama, and a variety of other typical classroom activities.

Summative evaluation

Evaluation that occurs at the end of a unit of study

Supervision

In teacher education, it is the monitoring and evaluation of a student teacher’s teaching performance by a supervisor. Current approaches to ~ differ with respect to whether the supervisor’s primary role is seen to be as an evaluator of teaching performance or as a facilitator or consultant. When the former is the case, the supervisor seeks to point out the differences between actual teaching performance and ideal teaching behaviour, guiding the student teacher’s development and offering suggestions for improvement. When the supervisor acts more as a consultant or facilitator, the goal is to explore aspects of teaching that have been determined through negotiation and to encourage teacher self-development through reflection and self-observation.

Supplementary material (n.), supplement (v.)

The books and other materials which teachers can use in addition to a course book, e.g. pronunciation practice materials. This is material designed to be used in addition to the core materials of a course. They are usually related to the development of skills of reading, writing, listening or speaking rather than to the learning of language items. See course book.

Survey (n.)

An activity in which learners find out information from others by asking questions or using questionnaires in order to practise speaking skills and/or specific language.

Syllabus ( pl. syllabi)

This describes the language and skills to be covered on a course, and the order in which they will be taught. See curriculum.

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Tapescript, audio script, transcript

The written version of the words learners hear when doing a listening activity. These can often be found in a teacher’s book or at the back of the learner’s book.