Task 1 (answers)

1.      Concordances (or concordance lines)

A list of authentic utterances each containing the same focused word or phrase e.g.:

·         The bus driver didn't have any change so he made me wait.

·         I really don’t mind which one. Any news paper will do. I just know what they are saying. Any teacher will tell you that it’s

2.      Experiential

Referring to ways of learning language through experiencing it in use rather than through focusing conscious attention on language items. Reading a novel, listening to a song and taking part in a project are experimental ways of learning language.

3.      Global Course book

A course book is not written for learners from a particular culture or country but which is intended for use by any class of learners in the specified level and age group anywhere in the world.

4.      Language use

Activities which involve the production of language in order to communicate. The purpose of the activity might be predetermined but the language which is used is determined by the learners. Thus getting a new class of learners to walk around and introduce themselves to each other would be a language use activity; and so would get them to complete a story which they have been given the beginning of.

5.      Supplementary Materials

Materials design 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.