ELT365 · Day 210 — Creative Writing in ELT
Idea — Creative writing builds vocabulary range, sentence variety, and risk-taking. Low-stakes tasks — poems, micro-fiction, dialogue — produce language learners own. Example — A six-word…
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ELT365 · Day 182 — What Are Productive Skills?
Idea — Speaking and writing are productive skills — learners generate language, not receive it. Both require simultaneous control of form, meaning, and discourse. Example —…
ReadELT365 · Day 181 — Month 6 Review
Idea — This month covered receptive skills: top-down and bottom-up processing, gist before detail, pre-task stages, reading sub-skills, and reading into speaking. Example — Schema theory…
ReadELT365 · Day 176 — Reading Circles
Idea — Reading circles assign roles — summariser, questioner, connector, vocabulary detective — so every learner processes the same text differently and shares findings. Example —…
ReadELT365 · Day 175 — Inferring Vocabulary from Context
Idea — When learners meet unknown words, context is the first tool — using the surrounding sentence and paragraph to infer likely meaning. Example — ‘The…
ReadELT365 · 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…
ReadELT365 · 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…
ReadELT365 · 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…
ReadELT365 · Day 157 — Identifying Blocking Vocabulary
Idea — Blocking vocabulary is the small set of words that, if unknown, prevent comprehension entirely. Pre-teach only those — not every unfamiliar word. Example —…
ReadELT365 · Day 156 — Pre-Listening: Activating Schemata
Idea — A good pre-listening stage activates relevant knowledge and sets a purpose. Without it, the audio lands in a vacuum and comprehension drops. Example —…
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