Teaching Knowledge database N-P

A portfolio is a collection of work prepared, maintained and developed by a learner.

PPP is a paradigm or model used to describe typical stages of a presentation of new language.

Pre-listening activities are things learners do before a listening activity in order to prepare for listening.

Pre-teaching is the teaching of the language learners need before an activity.

Prediction is an activity learners carry out before reading or listening to a text, where they predict what they are going to hear or read.

A preposition is a word that connects a noun, pronoun or noun phrase to other parts of a clause.

A prescriptive grammar is a set of rules about language based on how people think language should be used.

Prior knowledge is the knowledge the learner already has before they meet new information.

Process writing focuses learners on the different stages and aspects of writing as they have been observed in good writers, and spend time on each, led by the teacher.