IELTS COURSE

IELTS Advanced

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This course is designed to help students work toward a bandscore 7.0+. It covers highlevel academic/general vocabulary looking at the more unusual and colourful language used by native speakers - including idioms, expressions and collocation.

The course also provides a good overview of the grammar structures needed to show a high level in the speaking and writing exam, including conditionals (mixed), elliptical and inverted sentences among others. The listenings and readings are challenging and some even seem to be harder than the actual exam. The course is heavily supplemented with extra self-study material and class activities which focus on developing communication skills suitable for the exam (but also useful for later study and living in Australia).


The course will include a 1-to-1 with the teacher to assess learning needs and strengths and weaknesses and to allow for time to request changes to the course.


Requirements:

• Student should already have a strong level in English with a bandscore equivalent of 6.0-6.5+ (depending on individual student. 
• Or student should have completed CNR IELTS Intermediate Exam Technique & CNR Level Booster Upper-intermediate &/or CNR IELTS Writing &/or CNR IELTS Speaking.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the exam structure - listening, reading, writing, speaking
• Understand and use a range of advanced grammar and vocabulary for the speaking and writing exam
• Understand a wide variety of question types from the listening and reading exam
• Understand your own weaknesses and how to correct them through self-study

Course details:

• Monday to Friday daily
• 2pm-5pm
• 6 weeks
• Starting 8th March 2010
• Teachers: Dave & Olly (main teachers)
• Book: Objective IELTS Advanced (highest level IELTS book available) 

Course content:

• 20 vocabulary sets - including: study, sport, marketing, music, exploration, food technology, genetics, natural world, psychology, work etc.
• 20+ grammar points: modality; cleft sentences; adverbial clauses; speculation/deduction; concessive clauses; inversion; noun phrase; modal perfect etc
• Task 1 writing: graphs; pie charts; tables; comparison/contrast; process etc
• Task 2 writing: argument; discuss; cause/effect/solution; unusual question types.
• practice tests
• question types: T/F/NG; multi choice; gap fill; summary; labelling diagrams; heading; sentence completion etc 

IELTS COURSE

IELTS ADVANCED

Back again soon. A course designed to take you to a higher level of consciouncness.

This course gives the grammar, vocabulary and practice needed to push you to the 6.5-7.5+ bandscores.

You MUST have enough level to be able to participate and so it's important to have completed the IELTS Intermediate course.

More details available on request, email info@ieltscnr.com or call 0435160900.

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IELTS SPEAKING

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5 WEEK, 30HRS
Exam is coming up soon?
Worried about your level of fluency?
Not sure how to answer questions, formal or informal?
Not sure what formal or informal is???
 
"I did my speaking exam last week, good news, all my questions are in IELTS speaking course of Ms Huong, bad news, I did not revise them!!!" Minh Long, IELTS Speaking/IELTS Writing, March 2010.

If you need speaking practice with clear advice then this is it.  
5 weeks that cover ALL PARTS OF THE IELTS speaking exams and many if not all of the question you will get.

This course is great when you study it with other full courses or for some last minute practice before the exam.
We recommend studying this at the same time as Level Booster Upper-intermediate or IELTS Inter/IELTS Advanced.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand what grammar to focus on in each part of the exam
2. Understand what vocabulary to focus on in different question types
3. Develop natural expressions, discourse markers and phrases to use in the exam
4. Develop strategies to answer different question types
5. Review the different question types
6. Develop fluency, pronunciation, intonation
   

Course Details:

• AFTERNOON - Tuesday/Thursday 2-5pm for 5 weeks
• EVENINGS - Tuesday/Thursday 6-9pm for 5 weeks
• Teacher will give feedback and advice
• Advanced study techniques including recording for self-analysis
• Part 1, 2 & 3 and full exam covered
• Ideas on vocab and how to answer questions
• Lots of speaking practice
  

IELTS COURSE

IELTS WRITING

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TIME IS YOUR WORST ENEMY SO LEARN HOW TO WRITE EFFICIENTLY & EFFECTIVELY TO A TIGHT TIME LIMIT...
THIS COURSE SHOWS YOU VERY CLEARLY HOW TO DO THAT :-)


A short course for students who feel finding ideas for Task 2 writing is a problem for them or want tips and patterns for task 1. The course will give plenty of opportunity to discuss topics and develop ideas and practice in writing to time. There will be several marked writings set for homework. It's an intense course so be ready to do the work!


Students should be studying or have completed an Upper-intermediate course in order to get the most from this course.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify key grammar structures for both task 1 and task 2
2. Identify key vocabulary areas to study for various task 1 and task 2 topics
3. Develop study skills for task 2 vocabulary and ideas
4. Understand exam assessment criteria for task 1 and task 2
   
5. Learn and use and writing process/templates for task 1 and task 2
6. Develop writing technique to complete task 1 and task 2 within time-limit

Course outline: 

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2-5pm for 5 weeks = 45 hrs.

or

Everyday, Monday-Friday 8-11am for 3 weeks = 45hrs.

• Question analyses and critical thinking
• Useful study techniques for vocabulary
• Clear guidance and advice on grammar to use and revise
• Task 1 structure - line; pie; bar; table; process; diagram; map + exceptions such as future prediction in maps
• Task 2 writing structure and templates to use in the exam - cause/effect/solution; agree/disagree; discuss; other mixed question forms
• Brainstorming ideas for topics
• Warnings on what NOT to say
• Advice on how to use academic language
• How to develop vocabulary and ideas for common topics
• Techniques to speed up your writing
• Timed writing in class and advice on how to manage time

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