Who: David Weller, a teacher (Trinity DipTESOL) and author of Lesson Planning for Language Teachers, AI for Busy Teachers, Essential Classroom Management, and other titles. Sells DipTESOL and DELTA Anki decks.
What: A Substack of crisp, practitioner explainers on core concepts and techniques.
Stance: Pragmatic and terminology-precise. Takes SLA seriously but rejects purist versions (“CI is necessary but not sufficient”). Light on citations.
Processed notes
- CCQs and ICQs - check with evidence, not nods
- Comprehensible input is necessary but not sufficient
- Elicit before you present - context, one-answer questions, wait time
- TBL, TBLT and TSLT - use the right label
- Why pairwork fails - fix the task, not the students
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- “What is CLT?” · “How to Drill Effectively” · “What to Do When an Activity Completely Flops” · “How to Mark Writing with AI” · “What is TPR?” (archive)