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the teacher.
aims Things that you hope will be achieved during a lesson or sequence of
lessons. NB Some teachers now use the term objectives to refer to lesson
goals and reserve the term aims for the long-term goals of a language
course or programme.
assimilation When phonemes change their sound in connected speech. For example
the sound /d/ in the word red often assimilates to /b/ when the word
paint follows: red paint /reb/.
authentic output Students speaking or writing using the full range of language at their
disposal.The language used has not been restricted in any way (eg not
by your instructions, by the coursebook writer, etc).