teaching
- noun1 work/profession of a teacherADJECTIVE▪ effective, good▪ poor▪ classroom▪
a system that rewards good classroom teaching
▪ whole-class (BrE)▪ individual, one-on-one (AmE), one-to-one (esp. BrE)▪ collaborative, team▪ formal, traditional▪the formal teaching of grammar
▪ creative▪ school (usually schoolteaching when used on its own)▪secondary school teaching
▪ primary, secondary (both esp. BrE)▪ college, undergraduate, university▪ English, language, music, etc.▪ student (= practical experience for people training to be teachers) (AmE)VERB + TEACHING▪ get into, go into▪He's going to go into teaching.
▪ promote▪The aim of the campaign is to promote the teaching of science.
TEACHING + NOUN▪ method, strategy, style, technique▪ aid, material, resource▪She used puppets as teaching aids.
▪ objective, point▪Write each teaching point on the whiteboard.
▪ ability, skills▪ experience, qualification (BrE)▪Applicants must hold a recognized teaching qualification.
▪ job, post▪ career▪Mr Murphy retired at the end of a 30-year teaching career.
▪ practice (= practical experience for people training to be teachers) (BrE)▪ profession, staff▪They have left the teaching profession, demoralized and undervalued.
▪ assistant, fellow▪He served as a teaching assistant at South Dakota State University.
▪ duties, load, responsibilities, role▪Lecturers who have heavy teaching loads.
▪ centre/center, institution▪ environment, situation▪a teaching environment where English is not the first language
▪ programme/program, session, year▪Work experience is integrated into the teaching programme/program.
▪The teaching year runs from October to May.
▪ time▪Critics say that these tests waste teaching time.
▪ hospitalPREPOSITION▪ in teaching▪I've been in teaching for ten years.
PHRASES▪ an approach to teaching▪the modern approach to language teaching
▪ a method of teaching, a style of teaching2 ideas and beliefs that are taught by sbADJECTIVE▪ ancient, traditional▪ official▪the official teaching of the Church
▪ fundamental▪the fundamental teachings of the Buddha
▪ biblical, church, moral, religious, social▪ Buddhist, Christian, etc.VERB + TEACHING▪ follow▪He followed the teachings of the Bible on this subject.
▪ contradict▪ accept, reject▪ explain, interpret▪ pass on, spread▪the disciples who passed on Jesus's teaching
▪ base sth on▪the great moral teachings on which our culture is based
PREPOSITION▪ in the teaching▪the source of goodness in the teachings of Confucius
▪ teaching about, teaching on▪the Church's teaching on forgiveness
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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teaching — teaching; mi·cro·teaching; … English syllables
Teaching — Teach ing, n. The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction. [1913 Webster] Syn: Education; instruction; breeding. See {Education}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
teaching — index didactic, direction (guidance), discipline (field of study), doctrine, edification, education, experience ( … Law dictionary
teaching — [n] education apprenticeship, book learning*, coaching, cultivation, culture, discipline, drilling, enlightenment, guidance, instruction, learning, reading, schooling, training, tutelage, tutoring; concepts 285,287,409 … New thesaurus
teaching — [tē′chiŋ] n. 1. the action of a person who teaches; profession of a teacher 2. something taught; precept, doctrine, or instruction usually used in pl … English World dictionary
teaching — /tee ching/, n. 1. the act or profession of a person who teaches. 2. something that is taught. 3. Often, teachings. doctrines or precepts: the teachings of Lao tzu. [1125 75; ME teching. See TEACH, ING1] * * * Profession of those who give… … Universalium
teaching */*/*/ — UK [ˈtiːtʃɪŋ] / US [ˈtɪtʃɪŋ] noun Word forms teaching : singular teaching plural teachings 1) a) [uncountable] the job of a teacher a career in teaching go into teaching (= become a teacher): I d like to go into teaching. language/English/history … English dictionary
teaching — teach|ing W2S2 [ˈti:tʃıŋ] n [U] 1.) the work or profession of a teacher ▪ She s thinking of going into teaching (=becoming a teacher) . language/science etc teaching ▪ criticisms of English teaching in schools the teaching profession teaching… … Dictionary of contemporary English
teaching — teach|ing [ titʃıŋ ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the job of a teacher: a career in teaching go into teaching (=become a teacher): I d like to go into teaching. language/English/history etc. teaching: Museums and historic buildings are important… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
teaching — n. 1) practice, student teaching 2) team teaching 3) health teaching 4) (misc.) to go into teaching * * * [ tiːtʃɪŋ] student teaching (misc.) to go into teaching health teaching practice team teaching … Combinatory dictionary
