IELTS online English lessons

Week 1 (March 1 to March 5)

At the end of this week students will:

Have had an introduction to both the Listening and Speaking parts of the exam 

Have become familiar with Section 1 and Section 2 of the listening parts of the exam

Have looked at Study Skills to aid the above – key words, reasons for choosing / rejecting answers 

Have been introduced to Part 1 of the Speaking 

Have learned thinking phrases (“Let me see., etc,)

Understand the IELTS writing exam structure

Be familiar with the types of visual material for Task 1

Week 2 (March 8 to March 12)

At the end of this week students will:

Have analysed the structure and layout of agree/disagree essays

Have had an introduction to the Reading parts of the exam

Be familiar with choosing paragraph headings from a list

Have become familiar with Section 3 and Section 4 of the listening test

Have looked at Study Skills to aid the above – key words, reasons for choosing / rejecting answers 

Have been introduced to Part 2 of the Speaking: comprehension of the task and brief note- taking 

Be able to identify trends in relation to multiple graphs

Week 3 (March 15 to March 19)

At the end of this week students will:

Have looked at the structure and layout of advantage/disadvantage essays

Have studied passive forms to describe processes

Have practised writing Task 1 (process)

Have identified information in a passage using ‘true/false/not given’

Have analysed the claim of the writer using ‘yes/no/not given’

Have looked at Part 3 of the Speaking and practised with a partner on a range of common IELTS topics

Have looked at how to interpret charts, graphs, etc and the language needed for Section 3 of the Listening 

Have learned some lexis connected to bar charts and graphs 

Have looked at Section 4 of the Listening: guessing words that go in the space, thinking about collocation

Week 4 (March 22 to March 26)

At the end of this week students will:

Have studied a range of linking words(concession) to aid Task 2 cohesion 

Have analysed the layout and structure of opinion essays

Have practised writing Task 2 (advantages/disadvantages)

Be able to answer questions on a text using multiple-choice questions 

Have practiced short-answer questions from a passage

Have looked at sentence completion in the reading part of the exam

Have done a mock Listening for each Section of the test:

Have analysed each and looked at the lexis and why the other answers were incorrect 

Week 5 (March 29 to April 2)

At the end of this week students will:

Have done a mock test for each section of the Speaking test

Have had feedback and direction from the teacher re. the mocks

Be familiar with the use of articles and noun phrases in academic writing

Have looked at the structure and layout of problem and solution essays

Have discovered the importance of synonyms and word formation in academic writing

Have practiced writing Task 1 (multiple graphs - trend & comparison)

Be familiar with and be able to respond appropriately to map tasks

Be able to write suitable introductions and conclusions for the various types of Task 2 essays

Week 6 (April 5 to April 9)

At the end of this week students will:

Have looked at the structure and layout of discussion essays

Have practiced writing Task 2 (opinion essay)

Have practiced note/summary/flow-chart/table completion from a passage

Be able to label a diagram based on information from a text

Have looked at classification and matching questions in the Reading part of the exam

Have recapped on the tasks for each part of the Listening and Speaking 

Have had last – minute tips and techniques for improving each part

Have been given a personal tutorial with individual guidance for the real test