ELT365 · D180 — Building a Receptive Skills Lesson from Scratch
Idea — A solid receptive skills lesson: pre-task (schema activation) → gist task → detail or inferencing task → post-task (productive follow-up). Every stage has a…
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ELT365 · D179 — Adapting Authentic Texts Without Destroying Them
Idea — Authentic texts can be simplified without losing authenticity. Replace low-frequency vocabulary; keep the voice and argument. Don’t rewrite it as a coursebook text. Example…
ReadELT365 · D178 — Discourse Markers: Signposting the Text for Learners
Idea — Discourse markers signal how ideas connect — contrast, addition, cause, result. Teaching them explicitly helps learners navigate long texts faster and understand lectures better.…
ReadELT365 · D177 — Text Types and Reading Tasks: Match What You Ask
Idea — Match the task to the text type. A recipe calls for scanning and order. A novel calls for gist and pleasure. An exam question…
ReadELT365 · D176 — Vocabulary in Context: Guess Without a Dictionary
Idea — Guessing word meaning from context is a learnable strategy. Teach it explicitly: look at grammar class, surrounding words, text topic, and logic. Example —…
ReadELT365 · D175 — Inferencing: Reading Between the Lines
Idea — Inferencing is reading or listening for what is implied but not stated. A critical higher-order skill — and the one that separates B1 from…
ReadELT365 · D174 — Detailed Comprehension Questions That Actually Work
Idea — Detailed questions direct learners to specific parts of the text. They should require reading, not background knowledge. Reference the text: where is the evidence?…
ReadELT365 · D173 — Gist Questions for Reading: What Works and What Doesn’t
Idea — One gist question, answered in one sentence. Common mistake: setting multiple-choice for gist. True gist is open: ‘What is the writer’s main point?’ Answer…
ReadELT365 · D172 — Pre-Reading: Activating Schema Before the Text
Idea — Activating background knowledge before a text reduces cognitive load during reading. Like a pre-listening warm-up, but faster: text titles usually give more context than…
ReadELT365 · D171 — Extensive Reading: The Power of Reading for Pleasure
Idea — Extensive reading means reading for pleasure at a level that feels easy — graded readers, comics, websites. Quantity over analysis. Research is clear: it…
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