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Internalisation

Internalisation is the process of learning something so that it can be used as the basis for production.

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Intonation

Intonation is the way the pitch of a speaker's voice goes up or down as they speak.

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Intrinsic motivation

Intrinsic motivation is a motivation to learn that comes from an internal force such as interest in language learning or the desire for further personal development in general.

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Intrusion

Intrusion is a feature of connected speech.

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Jigsaw

A jigsaw listening or reading activity is an information gap exercise.

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Jumble activity

In a jumble activity learners need to put sentences or paragraphs from a text, or pictures illustrating a text, into the correct order.

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Key points

The key points of a spoken or written text are the most important points.

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