In English, it occurs very frequently in unaccented syllables, e.g. -mousin
/cfeimvs/ famous, -ment in /cmupvmvnt / movementand in unstressed words
in rapid speech, e.g. to in /tvcteik/ to take.
see also manner of articulation, place of articulationscientific Englishn
a the type of English used in scientific writing, which can be described in
terms of the norms of organization and presentation, syntactic patterns,
discourse features, and so on that are characteristic of this genre.
scientific method n
a methodical approach to the acquisition of knowledge that is based on
evidence rather than belief. The scientific method is founded on direct
observation and driven by the formulation of research questions, the
collection of data, and the analysis and interpretation of data within a
theoretical framework. Some but not all versions of the scientific method
include prediction in the form of a research hypothesiswhich is put to a
test through prediction and experimentation.
see also experimental method, qualitative research, quantitative
research
scope n
see negation
scope and sequence n
a plan for a course, curriculum or syllabus in which the content of the
course (e.g. in terms of topics, skills, functions, grammar, etc.) is organized
according to the successive units or levels in which they appear in the
course. It usually appears as a chart or table at the front of a course book or
textbook.
see sequence
scoring n
procedures for giving numerical values or scores to the responses in a test.
scoring rubric n
a set of scoring guidelines or criteria used in scoring or judging a test taker’s
product, performance or response to a constructed-response item type
of assessment task (e.g. writing an essay in L2) to make raters’ subjective
judgements more reliable.
see also benchmark
scientific English