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intensive readingSee intensive. | |
interactionThis refers to who is talking to whom during the lesson, e.g., T-class, st-st, etc. Lesson plans usually include a column in which planned interactions are recorded. | |
interactive listeningInteractive listening requires the listener to respond - conversation. Listening which does not require a response (e.g., listening to the radio) is non-interactive. Arguably all listening is in some way interactive because even if you do not need to make a response, there will be some kind of emotional or intellectual response to what you hear. | |
interdentalIt is a sound formed by putting the tongue between the teeth (/θ/ and /ð/). | |
interjectionAn interjection is some kind of
exclamation or hesitation word or noise (Oh! Ugh, er...) that tells us something about
the speaker's attitude towards what he or she is saying (e.g., pleasure, disgust,
uncertainty, etc.). | |
International English Language Testing SystemSee IELTS. | |
interrogative adjectivesSee interrogative determiners. | |
interrogative determinersThey are also called interrogative adjectives (e.g., whose,
what, which). | |
interrogative formsQuestion forms are grammatical forms used for asking questions. E.g.: The interrogative/question form for past simple is S+did+verb (infinitive): Did you make a pie? | |