ELT365 · Day 200 — Cohesion and coherence in writing
Idea — Cohesion is the surface-level linking of sentences (pronouns, connectors, lexical chains). Coherence is the underlying logical flow of ideas. Both are needed; you can…
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ELT365 · Day 199 — Paragraph structure — topic sentence and support
Idea — A paragraph in academic or formal writing typically opens with a topic sentence (the main idea), followed by supporting sentences (evidence, example, detail). Teaching…
ReadELT365 · Day 198 — Writing for a purpose and audience
Idea — Every real piece of writing has a writer, a reader, a purpose, and a context. Classroom writing tasks that specify all four produce more…
ReadELT365 · Day 197 — Free writing — generating fluency
Idea — Free writing gives learners a topic and minimal constraints. It is the writing equivalent of a fluency task: quantity over accuracy, ideas over form.…
ReadELT365 · Day 196 — Guided writing — sentence frames and models
Idea — Guided writing sits between controlled and free. Sentence frames, partial texts, and model analysis give learners structural support while allowing some choice of content.…
ReadELT365 · Day 195 — Controlled writing — copying and gap-fill
Idea — Controlled writing tasks limit what learners can write: copy a model, complete gaps in a text, unscramble sentences. They build accuracy and familiarity with…
ReadELT365 · Day 194 — Writing as process, not product
Idea — Process writing treats the written text as the result of stages: brainstorm → plan → draft → revise → edit. Focusing only on the…
ReadELT365 · Day 182 — What productive skills are
Idea — Productive skills are speaking and writing — skills where meaning flows out. Learners encode messages in real time (speaking) or across drafts (writing). Both…
ReadELT365 · Day 205 — Dictogloss — the speaking–writing bridge
Idea — Dictogloss: the teacher reads a short text at natural speed. Learners take notes, then reconstruct it in groups. They produce their own version —…
ReadELT365 · Day 203 — Teaching emails and messages — real-world writing tasks
Idea — Emails and messages are among the most frequent writing tasks learners face outside class. Teach them as genres with conventions: subject line, greeting, purpose,…
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