Teaching Knowledge database Q-S

A syllable-timed language is a language whose syllables take approximately equal amounts of time to pronounce.

A syllabus is a document that describes what the contents of a language course will be and the order in which they will be taught.

Synchronous learning occurs when the learner and the teacher are in the same place at the same time.

Synonyms are words that mean the same or almost the same.

Syntax is the study of the rules that control how language is structured first into clauses and then sentences.

Language is made up of systems and skills.