TEFL Glossary

Syllables in words that are often not pronounced fully in connected speech, leading to a reduction in the number of syllables heard.

Discourse markers are words and phrases such as however, althoughand on the other hand in writing, and so, well and OK  in spoken language which are used to show how different parts of the text relate to each other.

They are also referred to as linking words, linking phrases, connectors, connectives and conjunctions.

This is a teaching approach particularly associated with Scott Thornbury and Luke Meddings. Dogme rejects course books and grammar-based teaching. The focus is on 'emergent' language. Lessons are based around the language that the students produce.

Drilling is when students repeat a word or phrase modelled by the teacher to practise pronunciation or help memorise structure.

See stative verb.