Teaching Knowledge database I-M

Minimal pairs are pairs of words that only have one sound different.

Mistakes are things that are wrong in a learner's English. They can be divided into two types, errors and slips.

Mixed ability as used in ELT usually refers to the differences that exist in a group in terms of different levels of language proficiency.

Modal verbs are a small group of verbs which convey the speaker's opinion about or attitude towards what is being expressed.

A model is an example of the target language a teacher shows learners to help them notice language patterns, or to encourage them to imitate.

To monitor is to watch and listen to learners while they are doing an activity but not to lead them in the activity.

Students in a monolingual class speak the same first language, and will share most aspects of a culture.

A morpheme is the smallest single unit of language that has meaning.

Multi-word verbs, or MWVs, are verbs made up of two or more words.