ELT365 · D158 — Pre-Listening: Why You Warm the Brain First
Idea — A brief pre-task activates schema, pre-teaches blocking vocabulary, and gives learners a reason to listen. Skip it and learners start behind. Example — Show…
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ELT365 · D157 — Listening for Specific Information: The Audio Scan
Idea — Listening for specific information mimics real-life listening: train announcements, order confirmations, phone calls. The listener needs one piece of information and ignores the rest.…
ReadELT365 · D156 — Listening for Detail: When Every Word Counts
Idea — Detailed listening means attending to specific information: a number, a name, a date, an exact instruction. Use it after gist work, not instead of…
ReadELT365 · D155 — Listening for Gist: The One-Question Rule
Idea — Gist listening means capturing the overall message — who, what, why — without attending to every word. One well-chosen question sets the task; more…
ReadELT365 · D154 — Bottom-Up Processing: Decoding the Signal
Idea — Bottom-up processing means decoding sound by sound or word by word — building meaning from the signal itself. Essential when the topic is unfamiliar…
ReadELT365 · D153 — Top-Down Processing: Let Schema Do the Work
Idea — Top-down processing means using background knowledge, topic familiarity, and context to make sense of what you hear or read before decoding every word. Example…
ReadELT365 · D152 — What ‘Receptive’ Really Means
Idea — Listening and reading are called ‘receptive’ — you receive language rather than produce it. But reception is active: predicting, inferring, and selecting are all…
ReadELT365 · Day 273 — Month 9 Review — Lesson Planning
Idea A lesson plan is a thinking tool: it forces you to name what you want to achieve, anticipate problems, choose a framework, and sequence tasks…
ReadELT365 · Day 272 — Planning in Series — Units of Work
Idea Individual lesson plans exist inside a longer sequence. A unit of work plans the arc across several lessons: recycling, progression, and cumulative practice. Example A…
ReadELT365 · Day 271 — Post-Lesson Reflection
Idea A written reflection after the lesson closes the planning cycle. Without it, the same mistakes repeat. Three questions are enough: What worked? What didn’t? What…
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