ELT365 · Day 202 — Feedback on Writing
Idea — Written feedback is most useful when it targets what the learner can improve next — not a comprehensive correction of everything wrong. Example —…
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ELT365 · Day 201 — Free Writing Tasks
Idea — Free writing gives learners maximum autonomy — topic, form, length, and language are all their choice. It is fluency practice transferred to paper. Example…
ReadELT365 · Day 200 — Guided Writing
Idea — Guided writing provides scaffolding — sentence starters, paragraph frames, content prompts — reducing the language load so learners can focus on meaning. Example —…
ReadELT365 · Day 199 — Writing for a Real Audience
Idea — Writing for a genuine reader produces better work. When someone outside the classroom reads the text, learners attend to clarity and register more carefully.…
ReadELT365 · Day 198 — Genre-Based Writing
Idea — Genre-based writing teaches that every text type has social purpose and cultural conventions. Learning a genre means learning its purpose, audience, and form. Example…
ReadELT365 · Day 197 — Product Writing
Idea — Product writing focuses on the final text — its genre conventions, organisation, and accuracy. Learners study a model, then produce one like it. Example…
ReadELT365 · Day 196 — Process Writing
Idea — Process writing treats writing as cyclical — draft, get feedback, revise, draft again. The focus is on improving the text through multiple iterations. Example…
ReadELT365 · Day 195 — Writing Sub-Skills
Idea — Writing involves distinct sub-skills: generating ideas, organising, drafting, revising for content, editing for language. Good tasks target specific sub-skills. Example — Brainstorming targets idea…
ReadELT365 · Day 194 — Speaking and Writing Together
Idea — Speaking and writing prepare each other: talk generates ideas; writing organises them. A three-minute discussion before a writing task fills the page. Example —…
ReadELT365 · Day 193 — Eliciting Student Talk
Idea — Eliciting means drawing language from learners rather than presenting it. The teacher asks, waits, and lets learners arrive at the answer. Example — ‘This…
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