student-centred teaching n
methods of teaching which (a) emphasize the active role of students in
learning (b) try to give learners more control over what and how they learn
and (c) encourage learners to take more responsibility for their own learning.
This may be contrasted with more traditional teacher-centred approaches,
in which control rests with the teacher.
student learning outcome n
also SLO
see learning outcome
student talking timen
also STT
the total amount of time students spend talking during a lesson, compared
with the amount of time the teacher spends talking – Teacher Talking Time
or TTT. Many classroom activities seek to increase the amount of STT in a
lesson (e.g. group work). Student talking time is sometimes a focus for
classroom observation or self-reflection.
study skills^1 n
abilities, techniques, and strategies (see micro-skills) which are used
when reading, writing, or listening for study purposes. For example, study
skills needed by university students studying from English-language text-
books include: adjusting reading speeds according to the type of material
being read (see reading speed), using the dictionary, guessing word mean-
ings from context, interpreting graphs, diagrams, and symbols, note-taking
and summarizing.
study skills^2 n
(in reading) those specific abilities that help a student understand a reading
assignment, such as surveying the material, skimming for main ideas,
paying attention to headings, interpreting graphs and illustrations, and
identifying key vocabulary.
see also sq3r technique
stuttering nstutterv
a speech disorder with one or more of the following characteristics and
which leads to disfluent speech:
1 abnormal repetition of segments of speech (sounds, syllables, words).
For example:
d-d-d-don’t
I’ve gota-gota-gota-cold.
stuttering