ELT365 · Day 179 — Connected Speech and Listening
Native speakers link, reduce, and swallow sounds in ways that standard pronunciation syllabi don’t cover. Learners trained only on careful speech are unprepared for real connected speech.
Category: English Teaching
ELT365 · Day 174 — Note-Taking While Listening
Note-taking while listening is a productive academic skill, but it competes with comprehension at lower levels. Teach it explicitly: what to note, how to abbreviate, and how to review.
ELT365 · Day 162 — Skimming: Reading for the Main Idea
Skimming is reading quickly to identify the general topic or main point. It is a skill, not a natural behaviour — learners need to practise ignoring detail to get the overview.
ELT365 · Day 157 — Jigsaw Listening: One Text, Two Groups
In a jigsaw task, different learners hear different parts of a recording. They then share information to complete the whole picture. The information gap creates a real communicative need.
ELT365 · Day 166 — True / False / Not Given
True/False/Not Given tasks include a third option for information absent from the text — a harder skill than True/False alone.
ELT365 · Day 159 — Skimming
Skimming is reading rapidly for the general idea — a fast tour of the text, not detailed comprehension.
English Tip · 10 — Word Stress — English Rhythm in Three Rules
English is stress-timed: stressed syllables carry meaning; unstressed ones blur. Getting stress wrong changes how you are understood.
English Tip · 09 — Building Vocabulary — Three Strategies That Work
Three approaches consistently build vocabulary faster than lists alone: learning in context, using spaced repetition, and noticing words in natural language.
English Tip · 08 — Articles — A, An, The, or Nothing
A/an introduces something new or non-specific. The refers to something already known or unique. Zero article = general statements about uncountable or plural nouns.
English Tip · 07 — Conditionals — If, When, and Why It Matters
First conditional = real future possibility. Second = unreal present or future. Third = unreal past. The verb in the if-clause tells you which one you’re in.