ELT365 · Day 186 — PPP for Speaking
Idea — In PPP for speaking, the teacher presents the target language, learners practise it in controlled tasks, then produce it in a freer communicative activity. Example — Teach ‘would you like to…?’ → drill…
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ELT365 · Day 185 — Freer Practice
Idea — Freer practice removes the scaffold — learners choose their own language to express a communicative aim. Mistakes are expected and informative. Example — ‘Talk to your partner for two minutes about your ideal…
ELT365 · Day 184 — Controlled Practice
Idea — Controlled practice limits learner choices — a gap-fill or substitution drill. Learners apply one form correctly before attempting free use. Example — ‘Fill in: I ___ (go) to school every day’ targets simple…
ELT365 · Day 183 — Accuracy vs Fluency
Idea — Accuracy means producing correct language. Fluency means producing language smoothly, prioritising communication. Most activities lean toward one, rarely both at once. Example — Drilling a grammar pattern develops accuracy. A debate task with…
ELT365 · Day 182 — What Is a Productive Skill?
Idea — Productive skills are speaking and writing — language goes out. Learners encode meaning and send it, rather than decode incoming text. Example — A learner explains their weekend plans in English. No one…
ELT365 · Day 181 — Month 6 Review — Receptive Skills
Idea — Review the core terms from Days 152–180. Check your understanding before moving to productive skills next month. Example — Can you name the difference between scanning and skimming? Between the gist task and…
ELT365 · Day 180 — Building Independent Reading Habits
Idea — Extensive reading outside class develops vocabulary depth and reading speed — but only if learners choose texts they enjoy at their level. Example — A learner who reads one graded reader per month…
ELT365 · Day 179 — The Follow-Up Task
Idea — A follow-up task bridges from receptive to productive — learners respond to what they read or heard, not just answer questions about it. Example — After reading about a job interview, learners roleplay…
ELT365 · Day 178 — Inferring Meaning from Context
Idea — Inferring meaning — working out what is not stated — is a higher-order reading and listening skill. It is trainable, not innate. Example — ‘She didn’t say much after that’ infers a negative…
ELT365 · Day 177 — Questions to Guide Listening
Idea — Pre-listening questions tell learners what to listen for. Without a task, learners try to process everything and miss most of it. Example — ‘Who is speaking, and what is the relationship between the…