ELT365 · Day 184 — Controlled Speaking Practice
Idea — Controlled practice keeps language use tightly constrained — learners produce target forms with minimal creative choice. It builds form confidence before fluency work. Example — Substitution…
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English Teaching June 27, 2026
ELT365 · Day 183 — Fluency vs. Accuracy
Idea — Fluency means communicating smoothly without excessive pausing or breakdown. Accuracy means using correct forms. Neither is superior — different tasks prioritise one. Example — A role-play…
English Teaching June 27, 2026
ELT365 · Day 182 — What Are Productive Skills?
Idea — Speaking and writing are productive skills — learners generate language, not receive it. Both require simultaneous control of form, meaning, and discourse. Example — Answering a…
English Teaching June 24, 2026
ELT365 · Day 184 — Controlled to freer practice
Idea — Practice moves along a cline: controlled (drills, gap-fills) builds accuracy with heavy support; freer (role-play, discussion) builds fluency with little. Most lessons should travel from one…
English Teaching June 24, 2026
ELT365 · Day 183 — Fluency versus accuracy
Idea — Accuracy work prioritises getting form right; fluency work prioritises keeping going. Mixing the two — correcting hard during a fluency task — usually kills the flow…
English Teaching June 24, 2026
ELT365 · Day 182 — Productive skills: getting language out
Idea — Speaking and writing are productive skills — learners generate language rather than receive it. Both need accuracy (correct form) and fluency (smooth flow), and good lessons…