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standard error n also SE (in statistics and testing) a statistic used for determining the degree to which the estimate of a popu ...

Indonesian Malay old spelling tjantik chantek “pretty, good- new spelling cantik cantik looking” old spelling burung burong “bir ...

standards movement n a movement in the US and other countries which seeks to ensure educa- tional accountability by developing n ...

grammar and, particularly, pronunciation, but there is a common core of the language. This makes it possible for educated native ...

dynamically: I’m thinking hard about how to solve this problem. (mental activity) see also punctual-non-punctual distinction sta ...

the difference could be expected to occur by chance only 1 out of 100 times. Thus, the lowerthe probability of chance occurrence ...

stereotype n a popular concept of the speech of a particular group of people, e.g. Irish, New Yorkers, Australians. For example: ...

For example, /p/ is a bilabial stop, formed by stopping the air with the lips and then releasing it. see also consonant, manner ...

strategy) and communication strategies (see communication strat- egy) are those conscious or unconscious processes which languag ...

Sentence stressrefers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed words in a sentence or utterance. English sentence stress most c ...

stress-timed language n a language (such as English) with a rhythm in which stressed syllables tend to recur at regular interval ...

structural(ist) linguistics n an approach to linguistics which stresses the importance of language as a system and which investi ...

structured interview n an interview in which the organization and procedure of the interview, as well as the topics to be asked ...

student-centred teaching n methods of teaching which (a) emphasize the active role of students in learning (b) try to give learn ...

2 excessive pausing between words 3 abnormal lengthening of sounds. For example: I fffffffeel cold. 4 introduction of extra word ...

stylistic variation n differences in the speech or writing of a person or group of people accord- ing to the situation, the topi ...

c refers to something about which a statement or assertion is made in the rest of the sentence. That part of the sentence contai ...

subject relative clause n also SU see noun phrase accessibility hierarchy subject-verb agreement n the inflection of the verb to ...

subset principle n see learnability theory subskills n another term for microskills substandard adj a term which expresses a neg ...

Substitution tables were widely used in older teaching methods such as Situational Language Teaching. substrate language n see s ...