ELT365 · 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 —…
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ELT365 · Day 167 — Reading: Skimming
Idea — Skimming means reading quickly for a general impression — what the text is about, its tone, its structure. Readers skip freely and skip often.…
ReadELT365 · Day 162 — Using the Tapescript
Idea — A tapescript is a tool for reflection after listening, not a crutch during it. Showing it too early removes the listening task entirely. Example…
ReadELT365 · Day 209 — The dictogloss: where listening meets writing
Idea — A dictogloss is a listening-writing task: the teacher reads a short text at natural speed twice; learners reconstruct it from notes. The reconstruction reveals…
ReadELT365 · Day 207 — Writing to a real reader: the motivation fix
Idea — Writing for a teacher-examiner is motivationally thin. Writing for a real or imagined audience gives learners a reason to make the text work. Example…
ReadELT365 · Day 202 — Paragraph structure for B1+ learners
Idea — A functional paragraph has three parts: a topic sentence that states the main idea, supporting sentences that develop it with examples or reasons, and…
ReadELT365 · Day 201 — Planning a piece of writing: why bother?
Idea — Planning forces learners to separate content decisions from language decisions. Without it, writers spend working memory on both at once and produce thin, underdeveloped…
ReadELT365 · Day 198 — Process writing vs product writing
Idea — Process writing focuses on how a text is built — planning, drafting, revising. It mirrors how real writers work and raises awareness of writing…
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ReadELT365 · Day 195 — Reaching a decision: a task structure that works
Idea — Decision-making tasks — ‘agree on X’ — have a natural endpoint, require genuine exchange of views, and generate negotiation language without a script. Example…
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