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a if one language variety gains status, then the speakers of another variety may change their pronunciation to be more like it, ...

conversation analysisn also conversational analysis a research tradition evolving from ethnomethodologywhich studies the social ...

conversational routinen see formulaic language conversational rulesn also rules of speaking rules shared by a group of people wh ...

(in teacher education) an experienced teacher in whose class a student teacher does his or her practice teaching. The role of th ...

co-ordinate clausen see conjunction co-ordinating conjunctionn see conjunction co-ordinationn seeconjunction co-ordinatorn see c ...

core grammarn within the framework of Chomsky’s universal grammar, a grammar which contains all the universal principles of lang ...

3 comparable corpora: two or more corpora in different languages or language varieties containing the same kinds and amounts of ...

correction for guessingn a mathematical adjustment to correct for the effects of random guessing by test takers. It is not gener ...

0.00 (i.e. total absence of a relationship) to +1.00 (i.e. a perfect positive relationship). A correlation coefficient indicates ...

counter-examplen an example that falsifies a hypothesis or claim. For instance, an utterance such as *He goedin learner speech i ...

coursewaren computer programs used incomputer assisted learning. court interpretern an interpreter with the specialized knowledg ...

CPE n an abbreviation for Certificate of Proficiency in English CPHn an abbreviation for critical period hypothesis creative con ...

criterion^1 n an acceptable standard with which a test taker’s response, product, or performance is compared or against which it ...

critical applied linguisticsn an approach that applies the theories and methods of critical theory to problems in language educa ...

critical pedagogyn an approach to teaching that seeks to examine critically the conditions under which language is used and the ...

critical theoryn originally a form of social theory, now also used to refer to an educational philosophy and movement that empha ...

communication than in communication between people of the same cultural background. Each participant may interpret the other’s s ...

C-Testn a variation of the cloze test where beginning with the second word in the second sentence the second half of every secon ...

cultural imperialismn in language teaching, the transmission of ideas about a dominant culture during the course of teaching (i. ...

culture n the set of practices, codes and values that mark a particular nation or group: the sum of a nation or group’s most hig ...