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conference interpretation
teacher and a student or a small group of students in which work being
undertaken is discussed. For example in a writing class a student may
present a collection of his or her writing in a portfolio and discuss the
selection in the portfolio, difficulties encountered, and strengths and
weaknesses. The teacher gives feedback on progress, suggested improvements,
etc.
conference interpretation n
see INTERPRETER
confidence interval n
also CI
a range of values with a lower and an upper limit between which an
unknown population parameter value is expected to lie with a certain
degree of probability. For example, a 95% confidence interval indicates
that we are 95% confident (or there is a 95% probability) that an
unknown population parameter value will fall within that interval. The
wider the CI, the more confident we are that it is likely to contain the
population parameter value.
confirmatory factor analysis n
see FACTOR ANALYSIS
conjoining n conjoin v
(in GENERATIVE GRAMMAR), a term used for the linking together of words,
phrases, or clauses, etc., which are of equal status. For example:
John likes apples and pears
Betty went to the butcher’s and to the supermarket.
see also CONJUNCTION, EMBEDDING
conjugation 1 n
a class of verbs which follow the same pattern for changes in TENSE,
PERSON, or NUMBER. For example, in French there are four regular conjugations
as well as irregular verbs. The verbs donner “to give”, parler “to
speak”, chercher “to look for”, etc., are described as belonging to the -er
(or 1st) conjugation.
conjugation 2 n conjugate v
the way in which a particular verb changes (conjugates) for TENSE,
PERSON, or NUMBER. For example, the French verb donner “to give”: je
donne “I give”, nous donnons “we give”, je donnerai “I shall give”, j’ ai
donné “I have given, I gave”.
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