deicticproperly formed utterances, it is believed that exposure to input alone is
insufficient to explain how language is learned.deictic adjdeixis n
a term for a word or phrase which directly relates an utterance to a time,
place, or person(s).
Examples of deictic expressions in English are:
a here and there, which refer to a place in relation to the speaker:
The letter is here. (near the speaker)
The letter is over there. (further away from the speaker)
bIwhich refers to the speaker or writer.
youwhich refers to the person or persons addressed.
he/she/they which refer to some other person or persons.
delayed correction n
in language teaching, an error correction technique in which the teacher
corrects a learner’s error some time after an error has been made, rather than
immediately, in order to avoid interrupting fluency practice. For example
the teacher may put a list of tense errors on the board after students have
carried out a role-play activity.
delayed recall n
see immediate recall
deletion ndelete v
when a speaker leaves out a sound, morpheme, or word from what he /she
is saying, this is called deletion. For example, in casual or rapid speech,
speakers of English often delete the final consonant in some unstressed
words, so a friend of mine becomes a friend o’mine.
delexical verbs n
high-frequency verbs such as do,make,take, and getin their collocations with
other words, which have little lexical content on their own but which take their
meaning from the words with which they co-occur, as is seen in the different
meanings of makein make a mistake,make progress, or make it through.
DELTA n
an abbreviation for Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults(UCLES)
DELTYL n
an abbreviation for Diploma in English Language Teaching to Young
Learners(UCLES)