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certificate

A formal document awarded upon successful completion of the TEFL course, indicating that the holder is qualified to teach English as a foreign language.

Certificate of Advanced English

See CAE.

Certificate of Proficiency in English

See CPE.

child-directed speech

See caregiver speech.

choral drilling

Drilling is when students repeat a word or phrase modelled by the teacher to practise pronunciation or help memorise structure. Choral drilling is the whole class or a group repeating together (in chorus).

chunks of language

A large proportion of the language we produce seems to be memorised 'chunks of language', rather than original creations generated through combining our grammatical and lexical knowledge. Examples are the _____er, the _________er (as in the bigger, the better), you must be joking, to cut a long story short.

See the Lexical Approach.

Clap

A physical action used to demonstrate syllable stress; often used in teaching to help students recognise stressed syllables.

classroom contract

An agreement, negotiated with students, on how students should behave.

Clause

A group of words that contains a subject and a verb. It can be independent (able to stand alone) or dependent (cannot stand alone).

CLIL

See Content and Language Integrated Learning.