IELTS Intermediate/ General Course

Course Duration 24 Hours

Reading Extract information from and understand a variety of academic-style texts including
magazine, newspaper and journal-type articles. Focus on speed reading, skimming
and scanning, sentence completion, yes/no/not given-type comprehension questions.
Writing Write short academic-style essays, including describing data or processes and
presenting arguments coherently and cohesively.
Listening Understand a variety of general and academic-type listenings with native British,
Australian, Canadian and non-native accents.
Speaking Make contributions to discussions on a variety of concrete and more abstract topics.
Fluency, accuracy, range and relevance are practised.
Grammar Review and practise all aspects of previously-learned grammar and any relevant new
structures. Focus on passives and conditionals.
Vocabulary Science and Technology, Transport and Environment, Employment, Education, Health
Topics Issues, Economic Issues, Media, Human Rights, Crime and Punishment.
Other EXAM FOCUS – practice on all aspects of Ielts exam.

General information about the course: Lessons will have a focus on warmers to
recycle and introduce new vocabulary and the teacher will plan around teacher
requirements and needs. Classes will concentrate on using the communicative
approach to let students get maximum talk time in the classroom. Group and pair
work will be used often in the classroom to allow us to build an atmosphere that is
more conducive to learning. There will also be an opportunity for students to do
exam practice for the IELTS test as separate lessons and Fridays will be fun factor
and an opportunity for students to learn more English in a fun environment.

Lesso Material studied/ Topic Skill and area of IELTS Lesson objective
n improvement/ Exam
Numb practice
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1 Introduction, Outline of Students get an overall To make students
IELTS exam, examples view of what to expect more familiar with the
of teaching in IELTS exam, some teacher and each
methodology to be review of speaking part other. Make students
used. 1 as part of introduction. familiar with IELTS
OBJ IELTS- pg 6-7 Asking questions to find exam and some
Self-made handout 1 more information about speaking practice on
 a person part 1.
2 Selected materials Students build on the To insure that students
from Unit 1 and Unit 2 reading skills that they improve their
Reading Skills focus will need for IELTS with skimming and
on reading passages a focus on ability to be scamming abilities.
and skills needed for able read articles within Understand techniques
skimming and a time limit set by the used for both and ways
scamming. IELTS exam to improve skills in this
Several Newspaper area.
articles set for
homework or done in
the classroom
3 Unit 1.1 pg 8-11 OBJ Re-enforcing skills that Students will have an
IELTS students get the was taught in previous improved ability in
opportunity to practice lesson and giving skimming and
Skimming and students practice with scamming and also be
Scamming skills and the all important skill of able to produce English
become more familiar passives in Academic of an higher
the passive for English for all 4 skills. academic standard
academic writing and
reading. Passive
writing for homework.
4 OBJ IELTS Unit 2.2 Students are taught the Students will be better
pg 16-17 important skills of able to describe
Writing skills Unit 2 comparing and graphs and
The important skill of contrasting and how to information through
comparing and use it in the written part the use of comparison
contrasting is taught. of the exam and also to and contrast. Students
some extend in will also have some
speaking. stock phrases they can
use in these situations.
5 Handout 2 Students are taught Students will be better
Listening and what they need to know able to answer
Speaking skills Unit for part 2 simulating questions and make
3 real exam conditions notes for part 2 of
Using skills of during the speaking test the speaking exam.
comparing and Using skills learnt.
contrasting to better
answer questions from
part 2
6 OBJ IELTS 3.2 pg 22 Students improve To show students that
Selected listening listening skills and also don’t need to
from: Academic note taking enabling understand the whole
Listening and note- them to answer listening. The only
taking listening questions need to understand
Students learn skills better during the IELTS the gist to be better
needed to listen for exam better listeners in English.
core information while
taking notes
7 OBJ IELTS 4.1. pg 26 Students learn the Students learn how to
 Listening and importance of being listen and answer
speaking skills pg 65 able to answer questions at the
Mock Exams extended multiple same time. A crucial
Extended multiple choice questions during skill for students who
choice and practice the IELTS exam wish to complete the
and how to answer IELTS exam
questions regarding successfully.
these.
8 OBJ IELTS Pg 30-31 Students improve How to describe
IELTS Resource pack writing skills by learning decreases increases
pg 32-35 how to describe and other trends in
Students learn how to trends in graphs and graphs a necessary
describe trends for analyze them skill for completing the
writing in the IELTS writing task in the
exam IELTS exam
successfully.
9 Vocabulary Handout Students learn “chunks” Students increase their
Teacher directs and and other vocabulary vocabulary ability in all
teaches students items that they will need 4 the main areas of
useful websites for in the IELTS exam. English by increasing
vocabulary that their vocabulary
students will need in ability
IETS exam
10 Handout 2 Students learn creative To give students the
OBJ IELTS pg 35 thinking, grammar skills to answer
Concentrate on part 3 and vocabulary questions for part 3
in the speaking exam required. 3rd conditional without giving yes
giving the students the etc. and no answers and
skills and phrases need help them to more
creative and accurate
in their answer
11 Grammar lesson and Common problems Students are helped
accuracy lesson are addressed and with their most
Teacher identifies students allover English common problems and
major problems with ability is improved students see real
students language improvement in
during the course their English
12 Handout 3 Students are given tips Students are given the
IELTS Tips for the to help them with the opportunity to see
exam exam and teacher how much they have
Revision of previous recycles what has been learned during the
lesson learned during the course
Last lesson last course.
opportunity for teacher
to give students a
boost.