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EAP n
an abbreviation for English for Academic Purposes
see ENGLISH FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES
early-exit/late-exit bilingual education programmes n
a term to distinguish two kinds of Transitional Bilingual Education programmes.
Early-exit programmes move children from bilingual classes in the first or
second year of schooling. Late-exit programmes provide bilingual classes
for three or more years of elementary schooling.
Ebonics n
another term for AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH, the term derived from
“ebony” “phonics” or “black sounds”. Ebonics has also been used as
a superordinate term to refer generally to West-African–European language
mixtures, with USEB (United States Ebonics) referring specifically
to US language varieties.
echoism n
another term for ONOMATOPOEIA
echo question
see QUESTION
echolalia n
a type of speech disorder or APHASIA in which all or most of a speaker’s
utterances consist of the simple repetition or echoing of words or phrases
which the speaker hears.
eclectic method n
a term sometimes used for the practice of using features of several different
METHODS in language teaching, for example, by using both audiolingual
and communicative language teaching techniques.
In order to have a sound eclectic method a core set of principles is needed
to guide the teacher’s selection of techniques, strategies, and teaching procedures.
see also AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD, COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH
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