ELT365 · Day 173 — Gist Tasks for Reading
Idea — A gist reading task asks one global question answerable after a single read — it trains learners to resist processing every word first. Example — ‘Is this text for or against the proposal?’…
Category: Teaching Methodology
ELT365 · Day 172 — Designing Pre-Reading Tasks
Idea — Pre-reading warms up the topic, activates vocabulary, and gives readers a reason to read. It should predict content, not pre-teach or spoil it. Example — ‘Look at the headline. What do you think…
ELT365 · Day 171 — Text Types and Genre
Idea — Genre shapes reader expectations. Knowing a text is an editorial, a recipe, or a letter changes how readers process it from the first line. Example — ‘Dear Editor’ activates different expectations than ‘Method:…
ELT365 · Day 170 — Schema Theory in Reading
Idea — Schema theory holds that understanding depends on prior knowledge structures. A reader with relevant schemata comprehends faster and more accurately. Example — A text about cricket is harder for a reader with no…
ELT365 · Day 169 — Reading Extensively
Idea — Extensive reading means reading large quantities at or below learner level, for pleasure and fluency — not for close language study. Example — A B1 learner reads a graded reader for the story,…
ELT365 · Day 168 — Reading Intensively
Idea — Intensive reading means reading closely for accurate understanding of meaning, language, and implication. It is slow, deliberate, and cognitively demanding. Example — Reading a contract clause or a grammar explanation — every word…
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. Example — Reading the first sentence of each paragraph…
ELT365 · Day 166 — Reading: Scanning
Idea — Scanning means moving quickly over a text to find specific information without reading everything. It is purposeful and selective. Example — Finding a name in a phone book or a price on a…
ELT365 · Day 165 — Listening Sub-Skills
Idea — Listening is not one skill but a cluster: global comprehension, local detail, inference, deduction, attitude recognition. Good tasks target one sub-skill explicitly. Example — ‘Understanding the speaker’s attitude’ is a sub-skill. Teaching it…
ELT365 · Day 164 — Grading Listening by Task, Not Text
Idea — You can grade a listening task without changing the audio — by adjusting task complexity, number of listens, and the support provided before and after. Example — A C1 class and an A2…