ELT365 · Day 181 — Month 6 review and what’s next
Idea — Receptive skills (Days 152-180) share a core: activate knowledge, set a clear task, move gist before detail, and grade the task not the text.…
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ELT365 · Day 174 — Listening for attitude: reading between the lines
Idea — Attitude tasks ask learners to infer how the speaker feels — interested, sceptical, enthusiastic — from tone, word choice, and hedging, not just from…
ReadELT365 · Day 179 — Joining receptive and productive skills
Idea — Real communication blends skills: we read then discuss, listen then write. Linking a receptive input to a productive output gives reading and listening a…
ReadELT365 · Day 173 — The ‘read and discuss’ trap
Idea — Giving learners a text and immediately asking ‘What do you think?’ skips the comprehension stage entirely. Learners end up discussing what they brought to…
ReadELT365 · Day 178 — Reading aloud: use it carefully
Idea — Reading aloud tests pronunciation, not comprehension — a learner can voice words without understanding them. Use it for noticing sounds or rehearsing a script,…
ReadELT365 · Day 177 — Text types and genre awareness
Idea — Different genres — emails, recipes, news, stories — have predictable shapes. Knowing the genre helps readers predict structure and purpose, speeding comprehension before close…
ReadELT365 · Day 171 — Jigsaw reading: split the text, share the meaning
Idea — In jigsaw reading, different groups read different parts of a text, then regroup to share what they know. The information gap creates a real…
ReadELT365 · Day 176 — Authentic and graded texts in reading
Idea — Authentic texts are written for real readers; graded texts are simplified for level. Authentic material motivates and shows real language, but you support it…
ReadELT365 · Day 170 — Schema theory: what learners bring to a text
Idea — Schema is the network of prior knowledge a learner activates when reading or listening. Strong schema compensates for weak language; weak schema makes even…
ReadELT365 · Day 169 — Grading a text: simplify without distorting
Idea — When adapting an authentic text, cut difficult words and complex grammar — but preserve the writer’s logic, the examples, and the argument structure. Distorting…
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