ELT365 · Day 208 — Staging a speaking lesson — the full sequence
Idea — Speaking lesson order: lead-in → model the task → analyse language → controlled practice → freer practice → feedback slot. The model shows what…
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ELT365 · Day 206 — Monologues vs dialogues in speaking lessons
Idea — Monologue tasks build extended turn-taking: describing, narrating, presenting. Dialogue tasks build interaction: initiating, responding, clarifying, negotiating. Both are real speaking sub-skills. Example — Monologue:…
ReadELT365 · Day 211 — Staging a productive skills lesson end-to-end
Idea — A complete productive skills lesson has four stages: lead-in, model and analyse, prepare, produce, feedback. Rushing the prepare stage collapses the quality of production.…
ReadELT365 · Day 210 — Integrating skills: the natural approach
Idea — Real communication always integrates skills. Reading sparks speaking; listening generates writing; speaking leads to reading. Design tasks that mirror this rather than isolating skills…
ReadELT365 · Day 179 — Choosing the right sub-skill for your lesson aim
Idea — Match the sub-skill to the aim. A lesson on scanning should not start with an intensive comprehension task — that is a different skill…
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,…
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