Kinaesthetic learner - A learner who learns more easily by physically doing things. This type of learner likes to move around or move objects while learning. , Visual learner - A learner who finds it easier to learn when they can see things written down or in a picture. This type of learner likes the teacher to write a new word on the board as well as saying it aloud., Linguistic - Connected with language or the study of language., Maturity - Fully growm or developed., Memorable - Describes something which is easy to remember., Memorise - To learn something so that you can remember it later., Mother tongue - The very first language that you learn as a baby which is usually the language spoken to you by your parents., Motivation - The thoughts and feeling which make us want to do something and help us continue doing it., Demotivate - To make someone lose motivation., Unmotivated - Without motivation., Natural order - The order in which learners naturally learn items in their first or other languages., Needs - The language, language skills or learning strategies a student still has to learn., Participation - To take part in something., Personalisation - When a teacher helps a student to connect new words, topics, texts or grammar to their own life., Processing language - The way in which the brain works on language, consciously or unconsciously in order to learn or understand it., Proficient - To be very good at something because of training and practice,, Silent period - The time when students who are beginning to learn a first or second language prefer to listen (or read) for some time before producing the language., Slip - When a student makes a language mistake that they are able to correct themselves without help from the teacher., Target language culture - The traditions and culture of the country which language is being studied., Work language out - When students try to understand how and why particulr language is used. ,

TKT Module 1 Background to language learning (2)

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