ELT365 · Day 254 — Stage Aims vs Lesson Aims
Idea Each stage has its own micro-aim that serves the overall lesson aim. The lead-in does not practise the target language — it activates interest and…
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ELT365 · Day 253 — Staging a Lesson — What Is a Stage?
Idea A stage is a discrete part of the lesson with its own aim, activity, interaction pattern, and timing. Most 60-minute lessons have four to seven…
ReadELT365 · Day 251 — Anticipated Problems — Learners and Tasks
Idea Beyond language, plan for procedural problems: unclear task design, grouping that doesn’t work, or a text too long for the time available. Example ‘The reading…
ReadELT365 · Day 249 — Assumed Knowledge
Idea Lesson plans should state what learners are expected to already know. This shapes your starting point and helps you avoid teaching what they already have.…
ReadELT365 · Day 247 — Writing a Good Lesson Aim
Idea A good lesson aim is learner-facing and observable: ‘By the end, learners will be better able to…’ Avoid teacher behaviour (‘I will teach…’) as the…
ReadELT365 · Day 245 — The Lesson Plan vs the Lesson
Idea A written plan is a hypothesis; the lesson is the experiment. Experienced teachers deviate from plans when learners need something different — but only because…
ReadELT365 · Day 244 — Why Plan Lessons?
Idea A lesson plan is a tool for thinking — not a script. It forces you to articulate what you want learners to achieve and how…
ReadELT365 · Day 233 — Student Talk Time — Building It Up
Idea Student talk time (STT) is not just speaking-skill practice — it is thinking time in the target language. Every minute of productive STT is a…
ReadELT365 · Day 228 — Keeping Learners on Task
Idea Task design drives on-task behaviour. If learners go off-task consistently, the task may be too easy, too hard, or the outcome too unclear. Example Adding…
ReadELT365 · Day 196 — Teacher feedback on writing — less is more
Idea — Marking every error overwhelms learners and trains them to hunt for red pen, not to read for meaning. Target feedback to the lesson aim…
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