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An ELT Glossary : Terms beginning with T and U


This section is constantly under development. New terms are being added all the time.

Taboo language
Tag questions  
Tail (conversational analysis)                          
Tail (intonation)                 
Target language
Task repetition
Teacher roles
Tenor of discourse
Tense
TESOL
Test battery
Test cohort
Test teach test
Text types (1)
Text types (2)
Tone
Tone group / unit
Tone languages
Tonic syllable/nucleus
Top down processing      
TPR/Total Physical Response
Transactional discourse                     
Transfer
Transformation drill
Transitive verbs
Transparency
Tricolons
Trinomial expressions
Triphthong
Trisyllabic words
True beginner
Turn taking

Uncountable nouns
Ungradable antonyms
Universal grammar
Unvoiced sounds
Utterance
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Doing the Delta and need help?

If you're doing any of the Cambridge Delta Modules and are looking for some no-cost or low-cost help, see our companion blog The Delta Course to see what we can offer : https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/ And if you're doing DELTA Module One, notice that we run some weekly preparation questions in each of the ten weeks before the exam. See the page "Doing the DELTA?" (top menu) for the links to the questions currently available.

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