IELTS COURSE

IELTS INTERMEDIATE EXAM TECHNIQUE

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The course includes listening, reading, speaking and writing tips and techniques. It also shows you how to answer task 1 and 2 writings successfully, providing templates that can be adapted to various answers.

The course is short and intense so homework is essential. If you do not have time for the homework, you may not learn as much as you need.

This course focuses on the techniques needed for the Academic IELTS exam. It helps you avoid the mistakes students make in answering questions and not understanding tasks. It helps you manage your time in the difficult writing section and to produce the two writing tasks as efficiently and as accurately as you can. It also provides clear and precise guidance on the speaking exam to make sure you get the mark you deserve.

The course is designed to be adaptable to students’ needs. If you need something, ask and we will try our best to provide.

Course requirements:
Be at or have completed general English upper-intermediate
Have time available to complete substantial homework tasks

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the basic purpose and assessment of the 4 parts to the exam
• Understand and use exam techniques for the 4 parts of the exam
• Understand basic style for the 2 parts of the writing exam
  
• Be aware of problems with time limits
• Be aware of own learning needs

Course Details:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 6-9pm for 10 weeks.

Course work:

• 2 x Task 1 writings
• 2 x Task 2 writings
• Regular homework sheets on grammar and vocabulary
• Readings for ideas and vocabulary
• 1 set of questions based on a reading

Reviews essential grammar, for example:

• Tenses – past, present, future
• Passives
• Adverbs
• Cautious language – modals and adverbs
• Language of deduction – modals
• Complex sentences

Vocabulary:

• Natural vocabulary and expressions suited to the speaking exam
• Vocabulary on a variety of academic topics

Writing:

• Tricks to use the best grammar structures possible
• Self-study techniques

Task 1:

• Models and templates – graphs, pie charts, diagrams, maps, processes
• Warnings and essential advice
• Time management

Task 2:

• How to analyse a question
• Clear structure to use – templates for each paragraph
• Techniques to write quickly and efficiently
• How to develop your ideas and knowledge
• What NOT to write
• Language (grammar and vocabulary) to use in each paragraph

Speaking:

• Timed practice in class and individual feedback
• Practice exam with an expert teacher
• Vocabulary that SHOULD be used
• Vocabulary that SHOULD NOT be used
• Grammar structures to use and when to use them
• Focus of each part of the exam – part 1, 2 & 3
• Ideas on what to say
• Warnings on memorising answers
• Advice on pronunciation and intonation – always a student’s worst area

Listening:

• Exam technique for question analysis
• Clues to listen for in the exam
• How to use listening to practice speaking

Reading:

• Exam technique for question analysis
• Time management
• Vocabulary analysis