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Elicit

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

/ɪˈlɪsɪt/verbCommon term

In education & teaching, elicit means: To get information, ideas or answers from students by asking questions or giving clues, instead of telling them directly.

In Turkish: sorarak ortaya çıkarmak, öğrenciye söyletmek, öğrenciden almak

How it is used

A key verb in lesson plans and teacher training, especially in language teaching. Teachers elicit vocabulary, ideas, examples, rules or answers from the class. The noun is elicitation.

Example sentences

  1. Show the picture and elicit words for the weather before you teach the new ones.

  2. She elicited the grammar rule from the examples instead of explaining it.

Common collocations

  • elicit answers
  • elicit vocabulary
  • elicit ideas from students
  • elicit the rule
  • check for understandingTo find out during a lesson whether students have really understood an explanation or instruction, usually by asking targeted questions or giving a quick task.
  • call onTo ask a particular student to answer a question or speak in class.
  • warm-upA short activity at the start of a lesson that gets students thinking, talking or moving and prepares them for the main topic.
  • student-centered learningAn approach in which students take an active role in their learning, for example by discussing, investigating and making choices, while the teacher guides rather than lectures.

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