Archive for the ‘TEFL villains- Krashen’ Category

Innateness hypothesis- The theory that studying English is inherently boring, so why bother with games. See also “Inaneness hypothesis”*

Input- The theory that the language we expose students to should be as carefully chosen as when programming a computer or doing data input, although most experts agree that the metaphor works best if we picture the teacher trying to type with a couple of sledge hammers

Input enhancement- Using a gold plated jack on the classroom tape recorder

Intercambio de Lenguas- Spanish for “exchanging tongues”, often involving conversation exchange and its more literal translation

Interface- Also known as “innerface”, the internal cringing (more…)

Anthropological linguists- Studying the feuds and other interactions of linguists as if they were a Papua New Guinea tribe

Contrastive analysis- trying to work out what the picture on a bad photocopy is when asked to talk about it in class

Deterministic grammar rules- ones you are destined never to understand

Drilling- (more…)