Definitions with an asterisk * are revised from TKT Modules 1,2,3 Glossary
the vocabulary, grammatical structures and functions learners need to study specific curricular subjects (e.g. ICT: rows, columns and cells, passive forms, explaining how to use a database)
the less formal, more everyday language learners need for studying curricular subjects (e.g. ICT: move, copy, change. Learners may already know this language from English classes)
the language needed for particular curriculum subjects (e.g. PE: match, ball, coordination, footwork)
a group of words which are used together in different ways (e.g. drag and drop (phrase), fair test (collocation), as a result (connective)
the most often used vocabulary in general English and also used in curriculum subjects
Words which are regularly used together. The relation between the words may be grammatical or lexical
A verb form that is used for a possible or imagined situation
a verb such as tell, advise, suggest used in reported speech to report what someone has said (e.g. Jane advised John to study harder)
a verb used with other verbs to show ideas such as ability or obligation or possibility
a group of words that make up a phrase (e.g. text message (noun phrase); was slowly melting (verb phrase)
when words, phrases and forms from the first language are produced in the CLIL target language