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Nov 05, 2026
A chat becomes a lesson when aim, captured language and reflection are present
elt/dogme
elt/one-to-one
source/malefaki
Nov 05, 2026
A well-defined task beats willpower
motivation/self-regulation
homework/design
Nov 05, 2026
AI as an interactive guide - empathy mapping one question at a time
edtech/ai/prompting
elt/sel
source/peachey
Nov 05, 2026
AI for Good - read vendor-sponsored AI claims critically
edtech/ai
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
AI guidelines for teachers - six principles
elt/ai
source/britishcouncil
Nov 05, 2026
AI in the classroom - adopt slowly and redesign assignments
edtech/ai
source/ticha
Nov 05, 2026
Activity repertoire - texts, mingles and dice
elt/activities
source/ihworld
Nov 05, 2026
Adaptive learning - hype vs evidence
edtech/adaptive
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
Affective reading - add personal and emotional engagement to a text
elt/reading/affect
source/gordyshevskaya
Nov 05, 2026
Against competitiveness and rankings
gamification/leaderboards
source/kohn
Nov 05, 2026
Agree how mistakes will be treated before correcting
elt/feedback/oral
source/eflmagazine
Nov 05, 2026
Ambient language - exploit coursebook exercises beyond the targets
elt/methods/dogme
elt/coursebooks
source/dellar
Nov 05, 2026
Anchor a lesson on one new word - Algorithmocracy
elt/lesson-idea
elt/critical-thinking
source/tsateri
Nov 05, 2026
Assess speaking with exam criteria and official videos
exams/fce
elt/speaking
elt/assessment
source/cambridge
Nov 05, 2026
Attention spans aren't shrinking - willingness to invest effort is
elt/attention
edtech/phones
source/edutopia
Nov 05, 2026
Authentic audience writing - letters to real readers
elt/writing
source/thateltblog
Nov 05, 2026
BICS and CALP - useful distinction, too rigid as a sequence
elt/sla/bics-calp
elt/clil
source/eltplanning
Nov 05, 2026
Before DELTA - rest, phonemics, Word skills, reading
delta/preparation
source/millin
Nov 05, 2026
Behaviour management is mostly pre-emption
elt/classroom-management
elt/yl
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Beyond discipline - compliance is not commitment
elt/classroom-management
source/kohn
Nov 05, 2026
Boers' six evidence-backed practices for vocabulary and grammar
elt/lexis
elt/grammar
elt/research
source/eltplanning
Nov 05, 2026
Bottom-up listening instruction alone is not enough
elt/research
elt/listening
source/eltresearchbites
Nov 05, 2026
Bottom-up listening micro-drills - a repertoire
elt/listening/bottom-up
source/smith
Nov 05, 2026
British Council CPD framework - professional practices map
elt/cpd
source/britishcouncil
Nov 05, 2026
CCQs and ICQs - check with evidence, not nods
elt/technique/checking
source/weller
Nov 05, 2026
CEFR vocabulary labels - prioritise, don't restrict
elt/vocabulary/cefr
source/collins
Nov 05, 2026
CPD portfolios - What, So what, Now what
elt/cpd/portfolio
uzbekistan
source/tdsig
Nov 05, 2026
Chants train stress-timed rhythm
elt/yl/chants
elt/pronunciation
source/hardingdarosa
Nov 05, 2026
Check trainers' SLA claims against primary sources
elt/critical-reading
source/jordan
Nov 05, 2026
Check vocabulary intuitions with corpus tools
elt/lexis/corpus
source/griffin
Nov 05, 2026
Check your feedback language against learners' level
elt/feedback/written
source/maas
Nov 05, 2026
Choose PD with a plan - the STEEL steps
elt/cpd
source/teachertrain
Nov 05, 2026
Choral participation can hide misperception
elt/yl
elt/inclusion
source/epstein
Nov 05, 2026
Chunks are generative templates for grammar
elt/lexis/chunks
elt/grammar
source/selivan
Nov 05, 2026
Close lessons deliberately - a menu of closing routines
elt/lesson-planning
source/simkesyan
Nov 05, 2026
Coaching vs mentoring - teachers showing up for teachers
elt/cpd/mentoring
source/tdsig
Nov 05, 2026
Colligation and bottom-up grammar
elt/lexis/colligation
elt/grammar
source/selivan
Nov 05, 2026
Comprehensible input is necessary but not sufficient
elt/sla/input
source/weller
Nov 05, 2026
Connect first, correct later
elt/feedback/timing
source/tsateri
Nov 05, 2026
Creative automatization - five criteria for fluency activities
elt/fluency
delta/module-1
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
Critical AI literacy is hard to teach
edtech/ai
elt/digital-literacy
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
Culture-loaded English - correct only errors that cause misunderstanding
elt/feedback
elt/elf
source/ticha
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA Module 1 - a study plan and task-timing strategy
delta/module-1
source/gordyshevskaya
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA Module 1 - exam technique by task (old format)
delta/module-1
source/millin
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA Module 1 Paper 1 - packaging answers for the marker
delta/module-1
source/pinard
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA Module 1 Paper 1 - task-by-task technique
delta/module-1
source/swift
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA Module 1 Paper 2 - task-by-task technique
delta/module-1
elt/assessment/testing
source/swift
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA Module 2 - why LSAs fail and how to pass
delta/module-2
source/millin
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA Module 2 example - multiword verbs background essay
delta/module-2/lsa
elt/lexis/phrasal-verbs
source/swift
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA Module 3 - writing the needs analysis section
delta/module-3
elt/assessment
source/pinard
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA Module 3 reading list - exam classes specialism
delta/module-3
elt/assessment
elt/ielts
source/millin
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA grade statistics - Module 1 is the hardest to pass
delta
source/millin
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA resource map - module by module links
delta/resources
source/millin
Nov 05, 2026
DELTA routes - what successful candidates would do again
delta
source/millin
Nov 05, 2026
Descriptive praise beats evaluative praise
elt/feedback/praise
elt/yl
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Design lessons for the teenage brain
elt/teens
source/edutopia
Nov 05, 2026
Design peak moments in a course
school/culture
book/heath
Nov 05, 2026
Design peer review so it produces useful feedback
elt/assessment/peer
edtech/lms
source/afteroctopus
Nov 05, 2026
Diagnostic listening - find why an answer was wrong before re-teaching
elt/listening/diagnosis
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
Doable demand at the learner's next step
elt/demand-high
source/demandhigh
Nov 05, 2026
Does ChatGPT enhance learning - performance is not learning
edtech/ai
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
Dogme ELT - materials-light, conversation-driven teaching
elt/methods/dogme
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
Dogme and TBLT share a philosophy, not a methodology
elt/methods/tblt
elt/methods/dogme
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
ELT Research Bites - reading queue
source/eltresearchbites
queue
Nov 05, 2026
Edtech winners and losers - the product matters
edtech/business
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
Educational neuroscience mostly confirms psychology - beware seductive details
learning-science/neuromyths
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
Elicit before you present - context, one-answer questions, wait time
elt/technique/eliciting
source/weller
Nov 05, 2026
Emergent-language teaching works with beginners if planned
elt/dogme
elt/beginners
source/shepherd
Nov 05, 2026
English in Uzbek state primary schools - Copland et al. 2024
uzbekistan
elt/yl
elt/research
source/britishcouncil
Nov 05, 2026
Error correction - types of error and a response sequence
elt/feedback
elt/error
source/pinard
Nov 05, 2026
Errors are often developmental, not L1 transfer
elt/error
elt/sla/interlanguage
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
Extensive listening homework needs monitoring and shared texts
elt/listening/extensive
source/clayton
Nov 05, 2026
Familiarity is not mastery - retrieve, explain, contrast, transfer
elt/metacognition
elt/memory
source/edutopia
Nov 05, 2026
Feedback on content - make the writer feel read
elt/feedback
elt/teacher-training
source/polosatova
Nov 05, 2026
Field's process model of listening - eight priorities
elt/listening
source/smith
Nov 05, 2026
Film lessons in five stages - from expectation to expression
elt/video
elt/multimodal
source/filmenglish
Nov 05, 2026
Fishbowl speaking with narrow-focus peer feedback
elt/assessment/peer
elt/speaking
source/malefaki
Nov 05, 2026
Five reasons to stop saying Good job
elt/motivation/rewards
elt/feedback/praise
source/kohn
Nov 05, 2026
Five things new teachers wish they'd known
elt/cpd
elt/pronunciation
source/millin
Nov 05, 2026
Flexibility within a planned framework
elt/planning
elt/yl
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Flipped learning works when teachers mediate unprepared students
elt/flipped-learning
source/cambridge
Nov 05, 2026
Fluency rests on memorised word-groups
elt/fluency
elt/lexis/chunks
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
Focus on form vs focus on formS
elt/sla/focus-on-form
elt/feedback
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
Formal observation - agree aims, triage notes, traffic-light feedback
elt/observation
source/thateltblog
Nov 05, 2026
Functional language plus a key-word transformation - Annoying Habits B2
exams/fce
source/timwarre
Nov 05, 2026
Gamification as pointsification
gamification
edtech
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
Going blank when speaking - compensation strategies
elt/speaking/strategies
source/streat
Nov 05, 2026
Grammar McNuggets - discrete items vs corpus reality
elt/grammar/syllabus
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
Grammar emerges from usage (emergentism)
elt/sla/emergentism
elt/grammar
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
Grammar should be taught through lexis, not PPP rules
elt/grammar
elt/lexis
source/dellar
Nov 05, 2026
Grammar teaching options - be eclectic (Thornbury)
elt/grammar
delta/module-1
source/tsateri
Nov 05, 2026
Grit is persistence regardless of the goal
elt/motivation
source/kohn
Nov 05, 2026
Guided-discovery grammar sequence - meaning, noticing, controlled to free
elt/grammar
source/simkesyan
Nov 05, 2026
Handwriting beats typing for encoding
elt/literacy
elt/memory
source/edutopia
Nov 05, 2026
Headlines - a low-prep news lesson built from students' own texts
elt/lesson-idea
elt/authentic-materials
source/tsateri
Nov 05, 2026
Homework should be the exception, not the default
elt/homework
source/kohn
Nov 05, 2026
How many new words per lesson - working memory limits
elt/lexis/vocabulary-load
elt/memory/working-memory
elt/yl
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
Human teachers vs AI teachers - care, belief and the digital divide
edtech/ai
source/peachey
Nov 05, 2026
Improvement rubrics - describe what writers do, not what they lack
elt/assessment/writing
source/ferlazzo
Nov 05, 2026
Inductive vs deductive grammar - match approach to rule type
elt/grammar
source/oup
Nov 05, 2026
Information-gap design - convert any exercise into a two-way task
elt/speaking/info-gap
source/ticha
Nov 05, 2026
Intelligibility as the goal, accent as the learner's informed choice
elt/pronunciation/elf
source/gordyshevskaya
Nov 05, 2026
Interlanguage - teaching changes the rate, not the route
elt/sla/interlanguage
delta/module-1
source/jordan
Nov 05, 2026
Intrinsic motivation and deep strategies predict long-term growth
research/motivation
source/ferlazzo
Nov 05, 2026
Jazz chants - a six-step procedure
elt/yl/chants
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Justify every teaching decision - why, with references
elt/reflection
source/shepherd
Nov 05, 2026
Keyword method - sound-alike plus image for word retention
elt/vocabulary/mnemonics
source/eflmagazine
Nov 05, 2026
Kinesthetic activity must have a learning purpose
elt/yl
elt/myths/learning-styles
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Know your learners before you plan
pedagogy/needs-analysis
Nov 05, 2026
Krashen's five hypotheses - what survives the critiques
delta/module-1
elt/sla
source/myenglishpages
Nov 05, 2026
Learners decode far less than teachers think (fuzzy lexical representations)
elt/listening
elt/research
source/smith
Nov 05, 2026
Learning styles are preferences, not a basis for matching
learning-science/myths
delta/module-1
Nov 05, 2026
Learning to learn starts in primary
elt/learner-autonomy
elt/metacognition
elt/yl
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Lesson planning with AI - you outline, the model drafts options
edtech/ai/planning
source/eltcation
Nov 05, 2026
Library-based extensive reading as implicit learning
elt/reading/extensive
source/havran
Nov 05, 2026
Linguistic self-love - value learners' home varieties
elt/identity
source/jennifer
Nov 05, 2026
Long's TBLT as the alternative to coursebook PPP
elt/methods/tblt
source/jordan
Nov 05, 2026
Look-alike distractors - train students not to word-match
exams/reading
source/epstein
Nov 05, 2026
Low-prep image warmers - mystery objects, doodles, story icons
elt/warmers
source/teacherjames
Nov 05, 2026
Lyster and Ranta's six corrective feedback moves and learner uptake
elt/feedback/corrective
elt/research
delta/module-1
source/eltplanning
Nov 05, 2026
MARS-EARS - the EPI instructional sequence
elt/methods/epi
elt/lesson-sequence
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
Make metacognition explicit in lessons
elt/metacognition
elt/learner-autonomy
source/pinard
Nov 05, 2026
Matching CPD to the teacher - Teacher's Choice Framework
elt/cpd
elt/management
source/millin
Nov 05, 2026
Mentoring teacher-research through Exploratory Action Research
elt/action-research
source/tdsig
Nov 05, 2026
Metaphors of AI - tool, cultural technology, stochastic parrot
edtech/ai
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
Mini-books as tactile literacy
elt/yl/literacy
elt/technique
source/hardingdarosa
Nov 05, 2026
Mixed-level classes - one goal, differentiated response depth
elt/mixed-ability
source/adventuresesl
Nov 05, 2026
Mnemonics build declarative knowledge, not proficiency
elt/mnemonics
source/smith
Nov 05, 2026
Mock tests need a reflection routine
exams/mock
source/collins
Nov 05, 2026
Most errors are priming gaps, not grammar gaps
elt/error
elt/lexis/priming
source/dellar
Nov 05, 2026
Moving a course online - audit platform and materials first
edtech/online
source/malefaki
Nov 05, 2026
Multiple intelligences as a variety checklist, with four provisos
elt/yl
learning-science/myths
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Name the age band - young learners is a catch-all
elt/yl
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Nation's Four Strands - balance input, output, language focus and fluency
elt/curriculum/four-strands
source/smith
Nov 05, 2026
Nation's eight principles of learning as a task checklist
elt/principles
elt/lexis
source/smith
Nov 05, 2026
Needs-analysed TBLT lesson - in-flight problems in ATC English
elt/tblt
elt/esp
source/havran
Nov 05, 2026
Neuroinclusive classrooms - six pillars
elt/inclusion
source/cambridge
Nov 05, 2026
Neuroscience of language processing - eleven claims and their limits
elt/neuro
elt/memory
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
Nomination cards for balanced small-group speaking
elt/speaking
elt/activities
source/eltcation
Nov 05, 2026
Nothing is as practical as a good theory
elt/cpd
elt/lexis
source/dellar
Nov 05, 2026
Observation for development - describe before you interpret
elt/observation
elt/feedback
source/griffin
Nov 05, 2026
One-to-one-in-a-group - stop rubberstamping answers
elt/demand-high
elt/feedback
source/demandhigh
Nov 05, 2026
Online task bank for teenagers
elt/teens
elt/tasks
source/fluencyfirst
Nov 05, 2026
Open-ended exercises - allow many right answers
book/ur
materials/adaptation
Nov 05, 2026
Oracy - talking to learn, not just learning to talk
elt/yl/oracy
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Output tasks after reading boost vocabulary retention
elt/research
elt/lexis/vocabulary
elt/reading
source/eltresearchbites
Nov 05, 2026
PPP - a novice scaffold, not a production line
elt/grammar/ppp
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
PPP produces language-like behaviour
elt/grammar/ppp
source/shepherd
Nov 05, 2026
Personality adjectives - false friends, word cloud, bingo, tendency language
elt/vocabulary
source/cabal
Nov 05, 2026
Phone-based childhood - what it means for teen classrooms
teens/wellbeing
book/haidt
Nov 05, 2026
Phones and task-switching cut learning - protect attention
learning-science/attention
book/oakley
Nov 05, 2026
Pitch tasks inside the ZPD and hand over support
elt/yl
elt/sla/sociocultural
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Plan KET and PET speaking around the assessment criteria
exams/ket
exams/pet
elt/speaking
source/cambridge
Nov 05, 2026
Planned translanguaging improved expository reading (MultiEd)
elt/l1-use
elt/research
source/britishcouncil
Nov 05, 2026
Pre-reading builds the background a text assumes
elt/reading/schema
source/epstein
Nov 05, 2026
Pre-teach academic vocabulary with a subject-EAL cycle
elt/lexis/academic
elt/clil
source/eltplanning
Nov 05, 2026
Prepare a bank of challenge prompts
elt/demand-high
elt/planning
source/demandhigh
Nov 05, 2026
Present orally and visually - dual coding
learning-science/dual-coding
Nov 05, 2026
Process listening vs the comprehension approach
elt/listening
source/pinard
Nov 05, 2026
Project-based learning needs language input at every stage
elt/methods/pbl
source/hardingdarosa
Nov 05, 2026
Psychological safety routines - check-ins and modelled mistakes
elt/affect
source/adventuresesl
Nov 05, 2026
Question purposefully - socio-psychological vs pedagogical questions
elt/technique/questioning
elt/yl
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Reactive focus on form - choose few, global, developmental errors
elt/feedback/reactive
elt/methods/tblt
source/fluencyfirst
Nov 05, 2026
Reading fluency - speed reading and repeat reading drills
elt/reading/fluency
source/clayton
Nov 05, 2026
Recycle emergent language - board photos and upgraded learner texts
elt/dogme
elt/recycling
source/clayton
Nov 05, 2026
Reduce speaking anxiety with anonymous dialogical feedback
elt/affect/anxiety
source/gordyshevskaya
Nov 05, 2026
Reflection is a recurring cycle
elt/reflective-practice
source/tdsig
Nov 05, 2026
Reflective journals and critical friends
elt/reflective-practice
source/griffin
Nov 05, 2026
Repetition without boredom - vary one task parameter at a time
elt/task-repetition
edtech/ai
source/eltcation
Nov 05, 2026
Research mediators vs craft knowledge - the Penny Ur debate
elt/research-practice
source/jordan
Nov 05, 2026
Rewards undermine interest in the rewarded activity
elt/motivation/rewards
gamification
source/kohn
Nov 05, 2026
Rod Ellis's eight principles of task-based teaching
elt/tblt
delta/module-1
source/smith
Nov 05, 2026
Round-ups, gapped boardwork and reformulation
elt/lexis
elt/technique/boardwork
source/dellar
Nov 05, 2026
Run a reflective practice group
elt/cpd/community-of-practice
source/polosatova
Nov 05, 2026
Scaffold a difficult sound from a neighbour sound - zh from sh
elt/pronunciation
source/jennifer
Nov 05, 2026
Scaffolding dictation for beginners
elt/listening/dictation
elt/technique
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
Scaffolding must be withdrawn - transfer of control
elt/scaffolding
delta/module-1
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
Schmidt's Noticing Hypothesis - strong and weak versions
elt/sla/noticing
delta/module-1
source/jordan
Nov 05, 2026
Self-regulated learning - goals, triggers, self-talk
elt/autonomy
source/oup
Nov 05, 2026
Sentence builders and patterns-first lexicogrammar
elt/lexis/chunks
elt/methods/epi
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
Shadowing - a ladder from echo to performance
elt/pronunciation/shadowing
source/simkesyan
Nov 05, 2026
Simultaneous-response team games for grammar review
edtech/gamification
source/cabal
Nov 05, 2026
Smith and Conti's ten principles of language teaching
elt/principles
source/smith
Nov 05, 2026
Solutionism - define the problem before the technology
edtech
edtech/data
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
Song listening beyond gap-fill - upgrade, transcribe, correct
elt/listening/songs
source/thateltblog
Nov 05, 2026
Songs as varied repetition - useful ideas, shaky MI framing
elt/yl/songs
source/oup
Nov 05, 2026
Songs carry chunks and phonology
elt/yl/songs
elt/pronunciation
source/hardingdarosa
Nov 05, 2026
Spaced retrieval is the best-supported technique
elt/memory/retrieval
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
Spacing and interleaving beat massed practice
elt/memory/spacing
source/edutopia
Nov 05, 2026
Speaking develops from input and retrieval, not speaking practice alone
elt/speaking
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
Staged prompt templates for AI-assisted course design
edtech/ai/prompting
elt/critical-thinking
source/peachey
Nov 05, 2026
Start a Cambridge exam course from the handbook and word lists
exams/cambridge
source/cambridge
Nov 05, 2026
Starters to Flyers - teach through meaning, know the format
exams/yle
elt/yl
source/cambridgeenglish
Nov 05, 2026
Stop apologising for your English - listener-focused communication
elt/business-english
elt/affect
source/streat
Nov 05, 2026
Stories as shared contexts for language
elt/yl/stories
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
Sustainable PD - decide what should stick
elt/cpd
source/tdsig
Nov 05, 2026
Sustained CPD with communities of practice
elt/cpd
gamification
source/britishcouncil
Nov 05, 2026
TBL, TBLT and TSLT - use the right label
elt/methods/tblt
delta/module-1
source/weller
Nov 05, 2026
Teach dictionary skills to young learners through games
elt/yl
elt/vocabulary
source/collins
Nov 05, 2026
Teach grammar in processability order (Pienemann)
elt/sla/processability
elt/grammar
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
Teach lexically - collocations as minimum units of meaning
elt/lexis/collocation
source/selivan
Nov 05, 2026
Teach students to manage boredom
elt/motivation
source/ferlazzo
Nov 05, 2026
Teach the signals lecturers use to flag importance
elt/listening/eap
source/maas
Nov 05, 2026
Teacher confidence is built - plan, connect, buddy up, be kind
elt/cpd
source/teachertrain
Nov 05, 2026
Teacher talk - reduce it, then choose it
elt/ttt
source/griffin
Nov 05, 2026
Teacher trainers should teach the research on interlanguage
elt/sla
elt/teacher-education
source/jordan
Nov 05, 2026
Teaching exam classes - format, consolidation, shared responsibility
exams
source/ihworld
Nov 05, 2026
Teaching is the management of attention
elt/sla/noticing
elt/attention
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
Telegram as a low-bandwidth blended learning platform
edtech/telegram
elt/blended
source/peachey
Nov 05, 2026
Ten paper activities for recycling vocabulary sets
elt/lexis/recycling
elt/technique
source/selivan
Nov 05, 2026
The 5 Rs of reactive teaching
elt/feedback
elt/technique
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
The C-Wheel - eight conditions for children's learning
elt/yl
source/read
Nov 05, 2026
The Lexical Approach - grammaticalised lexis, read critically
elt/lexis
elt/methods/lexical-approach
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
The PDA on intensive DELTA - six fixes
delta/module-2/pda
elt/cpd
source/millin
Nov 05, 2026
The ZPD is created in interaction, not a level
elt/sociocultural
delta/module-1
source/thornbury
Nov 05, 2026
The case against grades
elt/assessment/grading
elt/motivation/rewards
source/kohn
Nov 05, 2026
The full EPI cycle - sentence builders are only step one
elt/epi
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
The illusion of learning - correct answers are not acquisition
elt/assessment/formative
elt/grammar
source/conti
Nov 05, 2026
The lexical syllabus began with Willis and COBUILD
elt/lexis/syllabus
elt/history
source/selivan
Nov 05, 2026
The oral exit ticket
elt/assessment/formative
elt/yl
source/tsateri
Nov 05, 2026
The silent period and listen-and-do
elt/yl
elt/listening
elt/sla/input
source/hardingdarosa
Nov 05, 2026
The task cycle - pre-task, task, language focus, repeat
elt/methods/tbl
elt/online
source/fluencyfirst
Nov 05, 2026
Translanguaging as theory - a critique of Li Wei
elt/translanguaging
elt/philosophy-of-science
source/jordan
Nov 05, 2026
Translation done well - four L1 activities
elt/l1-use
elt/translation
source/selivan
Nov 05, 2026
Treat excuses in mandatory PD as information
elt/cpd
elt/management
source/polosatova
Nov 05, 2026
Turn writing feedback into a learning activity
elt/feedback/writing
edtech/ai
source/eltcation
Nov 05, 2026
Twelve conversation strategies worth teaching
elt/speaking/strategies
source/eltplanning
Nov 05, 2026
Unplanned CPD counts - ask what else you did instead
elt/cpd
source/polosatova
Nov 05, 2026
Upgrade language during fluency work with minimal interference
elt/demand-high
elt/feedback/in-flow
source/demandhigh
Nov 05, 2026
Use IELTS practice tests diagnostically
exams/ielts
source/cambridge
Nov 05, 2026
Use L1 selectively - a bridge, then back to English
elt/l1
source/cambridge
Nov 05, 2026
Very young and young learner classes - pacing, routines, fairness
elt/yl
elt/vyl
source/ihworld
Nov 05, 2026
Visible success drives motivation - and the intermediate plateau
motivation/self-efficacy
Nov 05, 2026
Visualise sentence stress with audiograms
elt/pronunciation/stress
edtech
source/gordyshevskaya
Nov 05, 2026
Vocabulary apps - reward design outruns learning design
edtech/vocabulary-apps
gamification
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
What does a teacher add - self-study, immersion and classroom work
book/scrivener
pedagogy/role-of-teacher
Nov 05, 2026
Why L2 listening is hard - cognitive and affective barriers
elt/listening
elt/affect
source/smith
Nov 05, 2026
Why pairwork fails - fix the task, not the students
elt/speaking/pairwork
source/weller
Nov 05, 2026
Word-card apps are a first stage - add generation, elaboration and hints
edtech/srs
elt/vocabulary
source/kerr
Nov 05, 2026
Writing an LSA background essay
delta/module-2/lsa
source/pinard
Nov 05, 2026
Writing an LSA lesson plan that coheres with the essay
delta/module-2/lsa
source/pinard
Nov 05, 2026
Written correction is a workload and uptake problem
elt/feedback/written
source/afteroctopus