ELT365 · Day 153 — Reading vs listening — two different challenges
Idea — Reading is self-paced; learners can re-read. Listening is real-time — the sound disappears. Each demands different sub-skills and different lesson staging. Example — A…
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ELT365 · Day 152 — What ‘receptive skills’ means
Idea — Receptive skills — reading and listening — are how learners take in language. They receive meaning without producing it. Both require active processing, not…
ReadELT365 · Day 212 — Month 7 Review
Idea — This month covered productive skills: fluency vs. accuracy, controlled and freer tasks, speaking feedback, the writing process, and integrating reading with writing. Example —…
ReadELT365 · Day 211 — Speaking in Task-Based Learning
Idea — In task-based learning, speaking emerges from the task, not from a pre-taught structure. Learners use whatever language they can to achieve a real goal.…
ReadELT365 · 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…
ReadELT365 · Day 209 — Academic Writing at B2+
Idea — Academic writing requires formal register, hedging, evidence-based claims, and explicit structure. Teaching it begins with register awareness, not essay format. Example — ‘It seems…
ReadELT365 · Day 208 — Cohesion and Coherence
Idea — Cohesion is the grammatical and lexical links between sentences — pronouns, connectors, reference chains. Coherence is the logical progression of ideas. Both matter. Example…
ReadELT365 · Day 207 — Paragraph Structure
Idea — A clear paragraph has a topic sentence, supporting detail or evidence, and a concluding link. Teaching this explicitly helps learners at B1 and above.…
ReadELT365 · Day 206 — Writing Integrated with Reading
Idea — Reading models provide genre exemplars. Learners read to analyse, then write to replicate — analysis feeds production. Example — Read a film review: identify…
ReadELT365 · Day 205 — Planning a Writing Lesson
Idea — A writing lesson has three stages: pre-writing (generate ideas, activate genre knowledge), writing (draft), and post-writing (feedback, revise). Skip one and quality drops. Example…
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