The learning approach
Connected skills.
A reason to use them.
Reading, vocabulary, grammar, discussion, and writing support one another. The task fits the learner’s level and gives the work a clear purpose.
01 / Reading & reasoning
Use the text to explain an idea.
We can work on comprehension, vocabulary, viewpoint, inference, and evidence. The learner reads, discusses a choice, and returns to the text to support an explanation.
- Compare two accounts or interpretations.
- Choose a detail that supports a claim.
- Explain what changes when the purpose or audience changes.
- Connect new vocabulary to the passage and a fresh task.
Illustrative learning direction
From two accounts to an explanation
- Read two short accounts of the same event.
- Notice what each writer includes and leaves out.
- Choose a claim and find a useful detail.
- Explain how the evidence changes your reading.
The aim is a reasoned response, with support becoming more independent as the learner is ready.
02 / Writing & revision
Make the thinking easier to follow.
We can begin with a blank page, an outline, a difficult paragraph, or a full draft. Feedback connects each proposed change to the writer’s purpose and the reader’s needs.
- Develop a focus that responds to the prompt.
- Choose specific evidence and explain why it matters.
- Organise the draft around a clear throughline.
- Revise language while retaining the learner’s voice.
A question worth revising around
Which detail would help a reader understand what changed in your thinking?
For academic and admissions writing, we work with the actual prompt and requirements. The learner remains the author and decides what to keep.
No lesson can guarantee an admission decision or a grade.
03 / Language in context
Practise the skill.
Then put it to work.
A grammar or vocabulary focus can lead into a reading, discussion, or original explanation. This supports both school English and learners developing English as an additional language.
- Explore the vocabulary needed for a new text.
- Notice a useful language pattern in context.
- Use it in an explanation, a conversation, or a short piece of writing.
- Apply the feedback in a different example.
Teacher-created demonstration
The exhibition opened on Friday. The students had revised their captions twice.
Try: explain which event happened first. Then use the same pattern to describe a project or event of your own.
This is an illustrative task, not a record of a learner’s completed work.
Start with the learner.
Find the next useful step.
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