PATTERN PRACTICE


Meaning of PATTERN PRACTICE in English

n.

1. (in foreign-language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming the original structure, as in changing a statement to a question.

2. Also called pattern drill . a drill using this technique.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .