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Generative grammar
A generative grammar is a set of rules that tries to include all examples of correct language and predict how these will be formed.
Genre
Genre is a term used to classify types of spoken or written discourse.
Gist
Gist is the general meaning or purpose of a text, either written or spoken.
Global comprehension
Global comprehension means understanding the general meaning of what you are listening to or reading.
Gloss
Glosses are summaries of the meanings of words, usually found as notes in the margin or between the lines of a text.
Glottal stop
The glottal stop is a consonant sound produced when the flow of air is stopped by the glottis closing, and then released.
Goal
Goals are the targets that learners and teachers have in language learning.
Gradable adjectives
Gradable adjectives are adjectives which have different degrees and so can be graded.
Graded language
Graded language is classroom language that is adapted to the level of the learners in some way.
Graded readers
Graded readers are reading books that contain language adjusted to the level of the learner rather than authentic language.