Politically Correct Language Learning--(oops)--Acquisition.

Dummy, it's Istanbul (not Constantinople).

I am amazed at what a dumb teacher I used to be before I learned all the "correct" terminology (i.e. "words") for language acquisition (i.e., "learning"). Here is a modest sampling:

• world languages (not foreign languages); 
• productive communication (not speaking and writing);
• receptive communication (not listening and reading); 
• multiple intelligences (not drawing pictures and dancing in class); 
• diversity instruction (not "share your grandma's favorite dessert"); 
• administering a formative assessment (not giving a quiz), 
• administering a summative assessment (not giving a chapter test); 
• student self-esteem (not bratty defiance of classroom rules); 
• real world language (not grammatically incorrect speech); 
• enhancement (not games and memory gimmicks); 
• closure (not homework assignment); 
• instructional technology (not slideshows and movies); 
• communication/proficiency /standards-based instruction (not teaching in whatever way gets the kids to learn the language and like the culture). 

Ah well, now I know the Truth. Too late, though. I'm retired--and thinking about taking a cruise to Constantinople. Or a windmill-tilting trip to La Mancha.