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Objectives [Glossary of language teaching terms and ideas]

Also called lesson objectives or aims; statements of student learning outcomes based on student needs; objectives state specifically what the students will be able to do in a specified time period; objectives are measurable and therefore involve specific and discrete language skills.

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Oillets [Architectural glossary]

Arrow slits in the walls of medieval fortifications, but more strictly applied to the round hole or circle with which the openings terminate. The same term is applied to the small circles inserted in the tracery-head of the windows of the Decorated and Perpendicular periods, sometimes varied with trefoils and quatrefoils.

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Oral [Glossary of language teaching terms and ideas]

Related to speaking.

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Orthostatae [Architectural glossary]

Greek architecture term for the lowest course of masonry of the external walls of the naos or cella, consisting of vertical slabs of stone or marble equal in height to two or three of the horizontal courses which constitute the inner part of the wall.

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Orthostyle [Architectural glossary]

A range of columns placed in a straight row, as for instance those of the portico or flanks of a classic temple.

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Over-correction [Glossary of language teaching terms and ideas]

Correcting so much that students become reluctant to try out what they have learned.

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