Kids English · Lesson 07 — Days of the Week — Seven Magic Words
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Seven days — and Friday is everyone’s favourite.
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Kids English · Lesson 06 — Food I Like — Yummy Words
Some foods are delicious (yummy!), some not so much. You can say what you like in English very simply.
Kids English · Lesson 05 — My Body — Head to Toe
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes — you may know the song! Add: eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands, feet.
Kids English · Lesson 04 — Animals — Farm Friends and Wild Creatures
English animal words are fun. Some you say loud — LION! Some are soft — mouse.
Kids English · Lesson 03 — Numbers 1 to 10 — Start Counting
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Ten words that let you count almost everything.
Kids English · Lesson 02 — Colors — Paint Your World in English
Colors are everywhere. Learning them in English is like getting a new paintbox — suddenly everything has a name.
Kids English · Lesson 01 — Hello and Goodbye — Your First English Words
Hello opens every conversation. Goodbye closes it. Two words, unlimited use.
ELT365 · Day 181 — Month 6 Review — 30 Ideas for Your Next Receptive Skills Lesson
Thirty days, thirty tools. Choose three you haven’t used yet: a prediction task, a transcript comparison, or an extensive reading experiment outside class.
ELT365 · Day 169 — Scanning: Finding the One Fact You Need
Scanning means moving over a text quickly to find one specific piece of information. The reader isn’t reading; they’re searching. Eyes move, brain filters.
ELT365 · Day 156 — Listening for Detail: When Every Word Counts
Detailed listening means attending to specific information: a number, a name, a date, an exact instruction. Use it after gist work, not instead of it.
ELT365 · Day 154 — Bottom-Up Processing: Decoding the Signal
Bottom-up processing starts with the signal — letters, phonemes, words — and builds up to meaning. It is essential when context is unclear or vocabulary is unknown. Three classroom demonstrations make the processing load visible.
ELT365 · Day 273 — Month 9 Review — Lesson Planning
A lesson plan is a thinking tool: it forces you to name what you want to achieve, anticipate problems, choose a framework, and sequence tasks from controlled to free.
ELT365 · Day 272 — Planning in Series — Units of Work
Individual lesson plans exist inside a longer sequence. A unit of work plans the arc across several lessons: recycling, progression, and cumulative practice.
ELT365 · Day 271 — Post-Lesson Reflection
A written reflection after the lesson closes the planning cycle. Without it, the same mistakes repeat. Three questions are enough: What worked? What didn't? What would I change?
ELT365 · Day 270 — Planning for Mixed-Ability Groups
Mixed-ability planning means building in choice: an extension task for faster finishers, a support scaffold for those who need it. One plan, two pathways.
ELT365 · Day 269 — Planning a Skills Lesson
A skills lesson (reading, listening, speaking, writing) follows a different shape from a language-systems lesson. Lead-in → task stages → productive follow-up — not PPP.
ELT365 · Day 268 — Adapting Published Materials
Coursebook materials are a starting point, not a contract. Adding, cutting, replacing, or reordering activities to fit your class is the professional norm.
ELT365 · Day 267 — Sequencing Tasks — Controlled to Free
Tasks should move from high support to low support. Controlled practice is about accuracy; free practice is about fluency. The sequence builds learner confidence.
ELT365 · Day 266 — Planning Lexis into Lessons
Vocabulary is not filler — it needs staging: encounter, notice, use. Pre-teaching blocks meaning; recycling builds retention.
ELT365 · Day 265 — Planning for Pronunciation
Pronunciation is often the first thing cut when lesson time is short. Build it into the plan as a stage aim, not an afterthought.