See a list of terms and descriptions D-H from the Teaching Knowledge Database

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Higher-order questions

Higher-order questions require answers that go beyond simple information and as such both the language and thinking behind them is more complex.

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Holistic approach

A holistic approach to language sees it as a whole, which is not divisible in a meaningful way for teaching.

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Homonym

A homonym is a word that has the same sound or spelling as another but a different meaning.

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Homophone

A homophone is a word that has the same sound as another word but different meaning and spelling.

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Horseshoe layout

A horseshoe layout is a way of organizing learners' seats in a class in the form of a horseshoe.

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Humanistic

Humanistic language teaching is an approach based on the principle that the whole being, emotional and social, needs to be engaged in learning, not just the mind.

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Hypotheses

Hypotheses are possible ideas about language rules that learners form as they receive information.

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