TEFL Glossary

A type of artificial intelligence that creates new content, such as text, images, or audio, based on the input it receives.

/'ʒɒnrə/ /ˈʒɒ̃rə/ The type and style of discourse (spoken or written), e.g., a letter of complaint, a romantic novel, a business email, newspaper article, promotional material, etc.

A gerund is the -ing form of a verb when it acts as a noun as in 'I love dancing,' and 'Studying grammar is enormously good fun.'

These activities are used at the start of a course to help the students and teacher get to know about each other. They are also called icebreakers.

It is the general meaning of a text.

This sound /ʔ/ is common in spoken English though it is not included in the phonetic chart used in English language teaching. Most obviously it is used when /t/ sounds are 'dropped' in words, such as 'bottle' or 'what,' but also occurs in other locations, e.g., something /'sʌʔmθɪŋ/. 
It is actually a kind of stop (consonant) produced by stopping the airflow with the glottis.
The sound is often regarded as low status and incorrect though it is in fact widely used by most native speakers.

See language grading.

Grammar refers to the rules which govern the way the words in a language change and how they are combined with other words in sentences.

A traditional method of language teaching that focuses on reading and writing skills through translation exercises and grammar rules.