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expressivist approach n in the teaching of writing, the belief that the free expression of ideas leads to self-discovery and tha ...

extralinguistic adj describes those features in communication which are not directly a part of verbal language but which either ...

F face n in communication between two or more persons, the positive image or impression of oneself that one shows or intends to ...

factive verb face-to-face test n see direct test face validity n (in testing) the degree to which a test appears to measure the ...

factor analysis factor analysis n a statistical procedure that is used to determine which unobserved latent variables^2 , called ...

show on a rating scalewhether they think they use a given word or structure never, sometimes, or often. Word familiarity has bee ...

I promise the sun will set today cannot be considered as a true promise, because we can only make promises about future acts whi ...

field independence n see field dependence field methods n see fieldwork field of discourse n see social context field research n ...

filled pause to stand for the thing itself, e.g. saying I got some new wheelsto refer to purchasing an automobile), metonymy(usi ...

fixation pause is not marked according to differences in the person or number of the subject, and has no tense. The infinitivean ...

fixed expression fixed expression n see routine fixed ratio deletion n also nthword deletion see cloze test fixed response item ...

focus on form cause a breakdown in normal speech (e.g. as with aphasiaor stuttering), the resulting speech may be referred to as ...

at a time that one finds in a language course where there is a “structure of the day”, usually pre-specified by the teacher or t ...

subjects for the purpose of communicating with foreigners or for reading printed materials in the language. see also indigenous ...

a branch of applied linguistics that investigates issues of language in relation to the law, drawing on resources from semantics ...

formative test formal speech n a careful, impersonal and often public mode of speaking used to express a polite distance between ...

includes only topics that have been taught, and shows whether the student needs extra work or attention. It is usually a pass or ...

formulaic expression n another term for formulaic language formulaic language n also formulae(or formulas), formulaic expression ...

less muscular effort and little or no aspiration, e.g. in English /b/, /d/, and /g/. see manner of articulation, voice^2 fossili ...

Frege’s principle free readingn pleasurable, meaning-oriented reading. see also extensive reading free recall n see recall free ...