Positive uses of TTT
Natural conversation. Conversations taking place
during pair and group work.
Personalized presentations. Language should be
presented in context, through a reading or listening.
TEACHER
TALKING
TIME (TTT)
Questioning. Every teacher question asked during a
lesson demands a student response.
Storytelling. This can be the basis of a lesson or an
ongoing theme throughout a course and is as
appropriate to adult classes as it is to young learners.