• Talking Time, also known as TTT, is a term used to
describe how much a teacher talks during a lesson.
Methodologies and approaches that favour student
participation and communication during a lesson (such as the
Communicative Approach and Task-based Learning) usually
regard TTT as something which should be reduced.
• Personalised presentations. Language should be presented
in context, and this can be provided by the teacher rather
than through a reading or listening. Listening to the teacher
talking about real issues is more motivating than listening to
or reading about complete strangers talking about people.
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