Aural Discrimination distinguishing between spoken sounds, words, or phrases. Uses content from core curriculum to teach English language skills. This may take from five to seven years to develop. Chunking putting small groups of words together into meaningful phrases. Cloze Procedure a reading or listening comprehension test technique that eliminates every n-th word or type of word in a passage.
Students then fill in the blanks with the appropriate word.
Contextualized sounds, vocabulary, and grammar presented within a meaningful context to facilitate learning. Cooperative Learning grouping of students of various abilities and backgrounds to work on tasks with instructor supervision and support. The group's work is assessed not the individual student's. Cross-Curricular materials that include subject matter from various disciplines, such as science, career education, social studies, etc. Distance Learning an educational approach that uses various channels, such as on-line services, video, telephone or mail to instruct learners at libraries, community centers or other locations outside of the traditional classroom setting.