ELT365 · Day 157 — Jigsaw Listening: One Text, Two Groups
Idea — In a jigsaw task, different learners hear different parts of a recording. They then share information to complete the whole picture. The information gap…
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ELT365 · Day 156 — Bottom-Up Processing: Decoding the Signal
Idea — Bottom-up processing is the decoding work: recognising phonemes, words, and chunks in the stream of speech. Learners who struggle with connected speech need bottom-up…
ReadELT365 · Day 155 — Top-Down Processing: Using Context to Predict
Idea — Top-down processing means using prior knowledge, context, and expectations to interpret a text. Activate it before learners hear a word and comprehension improves. Example…
ReadELT365 · Day 154 — Pre-teaching Vocabulary: When It Helps
Idea — Pre-teach only blocking vocabulary — words whose absence will stop learners completing the task. Pre-teaching everything removes the challenge; pre-teaching nothing leaves learners lost.…
ReadELT365 · Day 153 — The Text Is Not the Task
Idea — Comprehension of a listening text and completion of a task are different things. Learners can score poorly on a task even when they understood…
ReadELT365 · Day 152 — Gist vs Detail: the Two Listening Modes
Idea — Every listening task needs a purpose. Gist tasks ask learners to get the overall message; detail tasks ask them to locate specific information. Mixing…
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ReadELT365 · Day 212 — Month 7 Review — Productive Skills
Idea — Review the core terms from Days 182–211. Check what has settled before moving to classroom management next month. Example — Without looking back: what…
ReadELT365 · Day 211 — The Speaking–Writing Connection
Idea — Speaking and writing reinforce each other: speaking first generates ideas; writing consolidates language form. Both directions work. Example — Learners discuss a problem in…
ReadELT365 · Day 210 — Listening Into Speaking
Idea — Listening-into-speaking tasks build from input to output: learners hear a model exchange, then produce their own on the same pattern. Example — Learners hear…
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