General language

General language

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Jargon

Language; General language

A specialised vocabulary of those in the same work or profession; redundant or wordy writing.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Language; General language

The rules of APA Style provide guidance for writing with simplicity, power, and concision. APA Style has been adapted by many disciplines and is used by writers around the world.

Perspectives

Language; General language

Author's, character's, or reader's points of view.

Prediction

Language; General language

A strategy in which good readers hypothesise what will happen next as they progress through a story. Children use the meaning of the text, their own language, and the book's language to predict ...

Portfolio

Language; General language

A collection of student-selected artefacts that reveals something about a learner's history. Portfolios can be an opportunity for self-assessment as students select and arrange their materials, ...

Knowledge about the features of a book. Print concepts include: directionality (left-right, top-bottom), spaces between words, uppercase and lowercase letters, and the knowledge that printed symbols ...