bridge coursen
in teachingEnglish for Academic Purposes, this is an academic
content course (e.g. in history or economics) taught specially for students of
limited English proficiency. A bridge course aims to help the students make
the transition from a language course to regular academic courses in their field
of study. Bridge courses may be taught by a second language teacher who is
familiar with the content area, or by a content teacher with some familiarity
in second language teaching. Bridge courses differ from sheltered courses
in that they usually follow closely a language-based course for second
language learners, and because they do not usually correspond directly to a
content course in the same area for native speakers.
British National Corpusn
a very large collection of samples of written and spoken language, designed
to represent a wide cross-section of current British English.
broad notationn
see transcription
broad transcriptionn
see transcription
Broca’s arean
an area in the left frontal lobe of the brain that is associated primarily with
motor control of speech production.
Brown Corpusn
a pioneering corpus compiled in the 1960s, totaling about a million words
drawn from a wide variety of sources representing current American
English.
burnout n
see teacher burnout
business Englishn
a branch of English for Special Purposes or EAP that focuses on the language
skills needed to function in a business setting. These skills include pre-
sentation skills and other skills needed in sales, marketing, management
and other positions beyond the entry level in a business.
buzz groupsn
(in teaching) a group activity in which groups of students have a brief
discussion (for example, five minutes) to generate ideas or answer specific
buzz groups