ELT365 · Day 176 — Authentic and graded texts in reading
Idea — Authentic texts are written for real readers; graded texts are simplified for level. Authentic material motivates and shows real language, but you support it…
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ELT365 · Day 170 — Schema theory: what learners bring to a text
Idea — Schema is the network of prior knowledge a learner activates when reading or listening. Strong schema compensates for weak language; weak schema makes even…
ReadELT365 · Day 175 — Extensive reading and graded readers
Idea — Research often associates large amounts of easy, enjoyable reading with vocabulary and fluency gains. Graded readers — level-matched books — let learners read fast…
ReadELT365 · Day 169 — Grading a text: simplify without distorting
Idea — When adapting an authentic text, cut difficult words and complex grammar — but preserve the writer’s logic, the examples, and the argument structure. Distorting…
ReadELT365 · Day 174 — Intensive vs extensive reading
Idea — Intensive reading is short, close and teacher-led; extensive reading is long, easy and pleasure-driven. Both matter — intensive builds skills, extensive builds fluency and…
ReadELT365 · Day 168 — Text selection: what makes a good reading text
Idea — A good reading text has a clear information load, language at or just above learner level, a topic learners can connect to, and at…
ReadELT365 · Day 173 — Unknown words while reading
Idea — When learners hit an unknown word, options are: guess from context, skip it if non-essential, or look it up. Teaching this triage stops one…
ReadELT365 · Day 167 — Checking answers without choral collapse
Idea — When you check answers as a class, choral repetition of the right answer tells you nothing — one confident student speaks, others follow. Use…
ReadELT365 · Day 172 — Staging a reading lesson
Idea — A typical reading lesson moves lead-in → predict → gist task → detail task → response. Each stage narrows focus and reuses the text,…
ReadELT365 · Day 166 — The one-question rule for gist tasks
Idea — One gist question sends learners in with a clear, single purpose. More than one and learners start reading for detail; the gist pass becomes…
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