Teaching Knowledge database I-M

Kinesics is the study of non-verbal communication achieved by movement of the body.

L1 is a speaker's first language. L2 is the second, L3 the third etc.

A labial consonant is produced by using your lips.

The Language Acquisition Device, or LAD, is part of Chomsky's acquisition hypothesis.

Language aptitude refers to the potential that a person has for learning languages.

Language usage refers to the rules for making language, i.e. the structures used.

Language use refers to the communicative meaning of language.

Learner training involves helping learners find out how they learn most effectively.

Learning strategies are tools and techniques that learners develop as they learn.