Teaching Knowledge database D-H

English for Specific Purposes, or ESP, refers to learning English because you have a specific need.

Exploitation is the way a teacher or learner uses resources to meet their learning aims.

Exposure refers to the contact that the learner has with the language that they are trying to learn, either generally or with specific language points.

Extended speaking is a type of speaking activity that involves learners speaking for longer periods of time and in a freer form than controlled speaking practice.

An extension task is further activity around the aims of a class but after it, often as homework.

Extensive reading involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and to develop general reading skills.

Extrinsic motivation is a motivation to learn caused by external pressures such as work, because a parent has sent a learner to class, or the need to gain a qualification in the language.

If a test has face validity then it looks like a valid test to those who use it.

Facilitation is a term used to describe a possible role of the teacher.