Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP) A way of teaching new language in which the teacher
presents the language, gets
students to practise it in exercises or other
controlled practice activities and then
asks students to use the same language in a
communicative way in their practice.
Problem solving Students work in pairs or groups to find the solution to a problem. Problem-solving
activities usually help to develop fluency.
Procedure The details of what is going to happen in each stage of a lesson.
Process writing An approach to writing, which looks at writing as a
process and includes different
stages of writing such as planning,
drafting, re-drafting, editing, proofreading .
Processing language The way in which the brain works on language, consciously or unconsciously, in
order to learn or understand it.
Productive skills When students produce language. Speaking and writing are productive skills.
Proficiency test A proficiency test is used to see how good students are at language, or use of the
language. The contents of a proficiency test are not chosen according to what has
been taught, but according to what is needed for a particular purpose, e.g. English
for hotel receptionists, English for studying at university. Cambridge ESOL First
Certificate in English (FCE) and IELTS are examples of proficiency tests.
Raise awareness To help students understand something that they may not already know. For
example, if you teach
learning strategies , it can raise students’ awareness of how
they learn.
Rapport The relationship between the teacher and students. Teachers try to build or create a
good rapport or relationship with their students.