ELT365 · Day 173 — Adapting authentic listening texts
Idea — Authentic audio can be shortened, pre-listened for blockers, or paired with a support script for lower levels. The aim is to preserve naturalness while…
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ELT365 · Day 172 — Text type and genre awareness
Idea — Different text types follow different conventions. A recipe has imperatives and ingredients lists. A formal letter has a salutation and sign-off. Teaching genre awareness…
ReadELT365 · Day 171 — Inference — reading between the lines
Idea — Inference is the ability to understand what a text implies but does not state. It draws on word choice, tone, context, and cultural knowledge.…
ReadELT365 · Day 170 — Ordering tasks — reconstructing a text
Idea — Ordering tasks ask learners to arrange jumbled sentences or paragraphs into the original sequence. They train awareness of discourse: cohesive devices, logical flow, and…
ReadELT365 · Day 169 — Multiple choice in reading tasks
Idea — Good multiple-choice reading items test comprehension, not test-taking strategy. Distractors should be plausible but clearly wrong when the text is understood. Avoid ‘all of…
ReadELT365 · Day 168 — True / false / not given — using it correctly
Idea — True/False/Not Given tasks train learners to distinguish what the text says from what they believe. The third option — Not Given — is harder…
ReadELT365 · Day 167 — Gist tasks for reading
Idea — A reading gist task asks one broad question the whole text answers. Its purpose is to give direction and prevent word-by-word decoding on a…
ReadELT365 · Day 166 — Pre-teaching vocabulary for reading
Idea — Pre-teach only vocabulary that blocks meaning and cannot be guessed from context. Teaching too many words steals time; teaching too few risks comprehension breakdown.…
ReadELT365 · Day 165 — Schema activation — building context
Idea — Schema is the network of prior knowledge a reader or listener brings to a text. Activating it before a task reduces cognitive load and…
ReadELT365 · Day 164 — Prediction tasks in reading
Idea — Prediction tasks ask learners to guess content before they read. This activates schema, gives reading a purpose, and creates a small tension — was…
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