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Cataphoric reference

Cataphoric reference means that a word in a text refers to another later in the text and you need to look forward to understand.

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Categorisation

Categorisation is a task where learners have to put language into different categories.

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Catenation

Catenation is one of the ways speakers join words together.

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CBT

Computer-based testing, or CBT, is testing using a computer for all or part of the test.

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Choral repetition

Choral repetition is when the teacher or a learner models language and the group of learners repeat it together.

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Chunks

Chunks are groups of words that can be found together in language.

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Class contract

A class contract is an agreement made between learners and the teacher to follow certain rules and standards.

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Class library

A class library is a collection of books kept in the classroom and used for extensive reading, not generally for classroom activities.

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Class reader

A class reader is a book that the learners read and analyse together in the class and as homework over an extended period of time.

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