auditory/oral methodn
a method for educating deaf or hearing-impaired children which relies on
using their remaining or residual hearingand hearing aids. Best results are
achieved through early diagnosis of the hearing loss and the use of normal
language input. This is said to allow children to acquire normal language
rules, and to maximize the opportunity for the learning of prosodic and
suprasegmental features of speech.
auditory perception n
see perception
auditory phonetics n
see phonetics
auditory processing n
the mental processing of auditory information or input particularly speech
sounds, as compared to those processes involved in processing visible
messages (visual processing).
aural language n
also oral language
language that has been spoken, as compared to written language.
aural-oral approach n
see audiolingual method
aural-oral method n
another term for audiolingual method
Australian Second Language Proficiency Ratings n
see international second language proficiency ratings
authentic assessment n
various types of assessment procedures for evaluating test takers’ achieve-
ment or performance using test tasks that resemble real-life language use as
closely as possible.
see alternative assessment, performance assessment
authenticity nauthentic adj
(in teaching) the degree to which language teaching materials have the quali-
ties of natural speech or writing. In language teaching a distinction is made
auditory/oral method