chalk talk
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- noun
- /tʃɔk tɔk/
:
charla con pizarra
- We expect you to use primarily chalk talk on the blackboards, but you can use slides.
We expect you to use primarily chalk talk on the blackboards, but you can use slides.
- We expect you to use primarily chalk talk on the blackboards, but you can use slides.
Examples
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Don't forget about the chalk talk this afternoon, all right ?
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And I know about the chalk talk and the Xs...
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Back to my point, we have all seen the Glenn Beck chalk talks where he draws the lines, A to B, B to C, C to D... until he has proven Barack Obama to be a direct descendant of Adolf Hitler.
Blog text (24) -
The coach held a chalk talk to explain the team's strategy for the upcoming game.
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During the chalk talk, the professor illustrated the complex math problems on the blackboard.
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To better understand the project, we had a chalk talk that outlined our objectives and timeline.
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a talk that uses chalk/blackboard' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'chalk' (material for writing) with 'talk' (a presentation). This noun–noun construction follows a common English pattern (a talk characterized by its use of chalk), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning, despite the phrase being somewhat register-specific.
Etymology
The noun chalk talk comes from teachers and trainers who used chalk on a blackboard while they talked, making simple drawings and steps to show how something worked. So chalk talk today means 'a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk to explain or show ideas'.