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Multilingual glossary of key terms in language education

This page presents an overview of key terms, definitions and references used in ECML projects since 2012. The aim of this compilation is:
  • to offer easy access to ECML terminology;
  • to promote the establishment of multilingual terminology through bilingual or trilingual glossaries;
  • to highlight the role of glossaries in ensuring solid theoretical underpinnings to ECML practice-oriented projects and resources.
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Please note: The terms and their definitions have been established for specific project purposes. Therefore, some terms are listed more than once and offer different definitions and different approaches, e.g. scientific and theory-based definitions, policy-oriented definitions or definitions for communication purposes in practical contexts. 

For each entry there is a link to the resource website which presents the context and the scope of the relevant term for which it has been defined. 

  
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can-do checklist

can-do descriptors

CEFR

CEFR descriptive scheme

change-agent

changemakers

CLIL

CLIL

CLIL – Content and Language Integrated Learning

CLIL in other subjects

CLIL in the language classroom

co-constructed

co-construction and negotiation of meaning

co-construction of meaning

code switching / code mixing

code-switching

code-switching

cognates

cognitive

cognitive discourse functions

cognitive processes

cognitively

coherence

collaboration

collaboration literacy

collaborative discourse

Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

common reference levels

common reference levels

communicative

communicative approach

communicative awareness

communicative competences

communicative competences

communicative effectiveness versus accuracy

communicative language activities

communicative language competence

communicative language competence

communicative language strategies

communicative needs

communicative objectives

communicative purpose

communicative tasks

community of practice

community of practice

competence  Available in sign language

competence  Available in sign language

competence

competence

competence goals

competences and resources

competent way to (inter)act

constructive alignment

constructive alignment

consumers and viewers

Content & Language Integrated Learning / CLIL in German

Content and Language Integrated Learning

context

continuous assessment

co-operation

creators

critical way to (inter)act

cross-lingual transfer

cross-linguistic mediation

cross-linguistic mediation task

cultural awareness

cultural competence

cultural context

cultural mediation

culturally bound gestural language

curriculum

curriculum design

cyclical

cyclical approach to language learning

Shortcut: www.ecml.at/glossaries 


Cite this resource

Other relevant terminology resources


Council of Europe | Glossary "Language support for adult refugees":
Dutch – English – French – German – Greek – Italian – Spanish – Turkish 
   

Agency of the European Union
Cedefop – European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training | Terminology of European education and training policy:
English – French – Italian – Portuguese – Spanish