Teaching Styles

3 words in this vocabulary list

adjective expressing strong opinions in a way that is unwilling to consider other views

  • The professor's dogmatic approach to teaching left little room for discussion or differing opinions.
  • She can be quite dogmatic about her beliefs, always insisting she is right.
  • Don't be so dogmatic about it, just chill and see things from a different perspective.
  • His dogmatic attitude was like a brick wall, impossible to sway or change.

noun a continuing sound, especially of a person's voice, that is unchanging in pitch and without intonation

adjective having a single unvarying tone

  • The professor spoke in a monotone voice throughout the entire lecture.
  • I can't stand listening to that teacher, he's so monotone.
  • Her presentation was so boring, she sounded like a monotone robot.
  • The city skyline was a monotone of grey buildings under the overcast sky.

noun a method of spreading a large amount of information or misinformation rapidly and repetitively in order to overwhelm and exhaust an audience

  • The firefighters used a high-pressure firehosing technique to extinguish the flames.
  • The firefighters were firehosing the burning building all night long.
  • I heard they were firehosing the area with water to put out the fire.
  • The politician was firehosing the audience with false promises during his speech.