IELTS course

Unit 1

• Facts about the Listening Test
• What the Listening Test Assesses
• Listening for the Main Idea
• Listening for Factual Information
• Understanding Speakers’ Agreement
• Following Academic Explanation
• Understanding Speakers’ Responses and Attitudes
• Understanding how to spell the words

Unit 2

• Listening Strategies
• Before Listening: Using Audio Instructions and Predicting
• While Listening: Being Ready to Hear and Listening While Reading
• After Listening: Checking and Transferring Answers

Unit 3

• Conversation – Section 1
• Multiple Choice Questions
• Skills: Listening for Synonyms of Keywords
• Form Completion
• Skills: Predicting the Type of Answer
• Skills: Listening for Numbers
• Matching
• Skills: Identifying Paraphrases

Unit 4

• Talk – Section 2
• Short Answer Questions
• Skills: Understanding the Question
• Labelling a Diagram, Plan or Map
• Skills: Following the Speaker
• Table Completion
• Skills: Money, Numbers and ‘s’

Unit 5

• Academic Discussion – Section 3
• Sentence Completion
• Classification
• Skills: Recognising Speakers
•Skills: Recognising Opinion and Attitude

Unit 6

• Academic Monologue – Section 4
• Notes Completion
• Listening for Signpost Language

Unit 7

• Listening Practice Test 1 (all sections)
• Listening Practice Test 2 (all sections)
• Listening Practice Test 3 (all sections)
• Listening Practice Test 4 (all sections)

Unit 1

• Facts About the Reading Test
• Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion
• Spelling and Grammar
• Distinguishing Main Ideas from Supporting Details

Unit 2

• Reading Skills and Strategies
• Skimming and Scanning
• Identifying Paraphrase
• Identifying Reference

Unit 3

• Short Answer and Sentence Completion
• Short Answer Questions
• Sentence Completion

Unit 4

• Headings and Global Multiple Choice
• Headings
• Global Multiple Choice Questions

Unit 5

• Locating Information and Multiple Choice
• Locating Information
• Multiple Choice

Unit 6

• Labelling and Noting
• Labelling a Diagram
• Summary Tasks: Notes/Table/Flow Chart Completion

Unit 7

• Identifying Information, Views, and Claims
• True, False, Not Given
• Yes, No, Not Given

Unit 8

• Classification and Matching
• Classification
• Matching

Unit 9

• Reading Practice Test 1 (all sections), Reading Practice Test 2 (all sections), Reading Practice Test 3 (all sections), Reading Practice Test 4 (all sections)

Unit 1

• Facts about the Writing Test

Unit 2

• Task 1 of the Writing Test
• Introduction to Writing Task 1: Visuals
• Understanding Task 1 Questions
• Topic and Overview
• Analysing and Describing Key Features
• Focus on Language: Describing Data
• Skills Focus: Selecting and Grouping Information

Unit 3

• Task 2 of the Writing Test
• Introduction to Writing Task 2 WRITING

Unit 3 Continued

• Getting Started with Task 2: Question Analysis, Brainstorming and Planning Practice
• Paragraph Structure
• Punctuation
• Writing the Introduction
• Grammar Focus: Complex Sentences
• The Essay Body
• Skills Focus: Coherence and Cohesion Practice
• Writing the Conclusion

Unit 4

• Writing Practice Test 1 (graph)
• Writing Practice Test 1 (bar chart)
• Writing Practice Test 1 (pie chart)
• Writing Practice Test 1 (diagram/process)
• Writing Practice Test 1 (map)
• Writing Practice Test 1 (hybrid)
• Writing Practice Test 2 (opinion: discussion essay)
• Writing Practice Test 2 (opinion: personal viewpoint essay)
• Writing Practice Test 2 (opinion: two part question type essay)
• Writing Practice Test 2 (opinion: advantages & disadvantages essay)
• Writing Practice Test 2 (idea: problem and solution essay)
• Writing Practice Test 2 (idea: causes and effect essay)
• Writing Practice Test 2 (idea: two part question type essay)
• Writing Practice Test 2 (hybrid type of the essay (cause/solution; problem/effect)

Unit 1

• Facts about the Speaking Test

Unit 2

• The Interview – Part 1
• Part 1: The Introduction
• Focus on Grammar: Likes and Dislikes
• Focus on Fluency: Extending Your Answer
• Focus on Vocabulary: Showing Range
• Focus on Pronunciation: Essential Aspects

Unit 3

• The Individual Long Turn – Part 2
• Making Notes
• Beginning Your Talk

Unit 3 Continued

• Saying More
• Ending Your Talk

Unit 4

• The Discussion – Part 3
• Focus on Fluency: Extending Your Answers
• Focus on Vocabulary: Discussion Topics
• Focus on Grammar: Past, Present, Future
• Focus on Grammar: Comparison
• Focus on Pronunciation: Clarity

Unit 5:

• Speaking Test Review (part 1), Speaking Test Review (part 2), Speaking Test Review (part 3), Speaking Test Review (overall x3),