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ELT365 · Day 187 — Role-plays and simulations

June 24, 2026 · Sourov

Idea — Role-plays put learners into situations — job interview, complaint, doctor's visit — to rehearse real language safely. Clear roles, a goal and a setting…

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ELT365 · Day 158 — Pre-listening: activating schemata

June 23, 2026 · Sourov

Idea — Before listening, learners should switch on what they already know about the topic — their schemata. Activated background knowledge fuels top-down prediction and makes…

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ELT365 · Day 201 — Genre shapes writing

June 22, 2026 · Sourov

Idea — Every genre — email, review, narrative, report — has conventions of structure, register and layout. Teaching the genre's shape before writing gives learners a…

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