Course Goals

This course aims to improve all four language skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing, as required for the IELTS examination. In addition, the course aims to provide students with a deep understanding of the different question types particular to the IELTS exam, how to respond to the questions and follow instructions.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to do the following:

Overal

• Recognise and overcome challenges presented in the IELTS exam • Be prepared for the mechanics of the IELTS exam, eg time allotted, format and order of questions

Reading
• Understand a variety of different academic text types
• Skim, scan and focus on target material in all types of reading passages
• Identify the elements of a text and, where required, reproduce these elements in their own writing
• Achieve a deep understanding of the 11 questions types found in the reading and how to address them 

Writing
• Respond to the 2 tasks, following instructions and making the best use of the time available • Write a variety of different types of essay, eg persuasive, cause and effect etc
• Write a report analysing graphs and charts
• Interpret and describe statistical data using appropriate language and grammar • Demonstrate enhanced vocabulary and grammatical structures

Speaking
• Understand what is required of candidates in all 3 parts of the exam
• Evaluate and self-correct their speaking
• Demonstrate enhanced speaking
• Formulate, express and defend opinions using appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures 

Listening
• Demonstrate understanding of academic and professional discourse eg lectures
• Identify the main ideas and distinguish relevant supporting details of a formal or academic passage
• Demonstrate improved listening skills for overall comprehension and details
• Achieve a deep understanding of the 6 questions types found in the listening and how to address them 

Assessment Strategy

Student progress will be assessed on a weekly basis with feedback given in class. No grades will be given as the aim of feedback is to allow students to focus on areas that require improvement and to provide a supportive but informal method of allowing students to progress. Students will also do official IELTS practice exams every week, thus providing immediate feedback on progress. 

Materials:

Speak IELTS Booklet Official IELTS exams Selected materials from: , The Official  Guide to IELTS