WORKSHOP REPORT

IELTS TEACHER TRAINING

SHARING KNOWLEDGE, BUILDING CONFIDENCE
13-15 June, 2019
TRACY- PHAM THUY TRANG

www.britishcouncil.org
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CONTENTS

OVERVIEW 1-3

PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS 3-5

CONCLUSIONS 5-15

EVALUATION 15-30

APPENDICES

WORKSHOP DESIGN

FORMAT

PROGRAMME

DELEGATE LIST

CHALLENGES
IDENTIFIED BY
DELEGATES

SPEAKER PROFILES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE B
 SUMMARY THE WORKSHOP PROCEDURE
OVERVIEW ABOUT IELTS  What’s Ielts? Types of test.
 Ielts’s Recognition
 Academic and General Ielts format

No. SKILL MAIN FEATURES ANALYSING
1 WRITING TASK 1 - Task demanding
- Model
- Writing assessment criteria
- Tesk- takers common errors
- Get through each part
- Top reminders
2 WRITING TASK 2 - Task demanding
- Model
- Writing assessment criteria
- Tesk- takers common errors
- Understanding the questions
- Strategy
- Sumary
SUMMARY FOR WRITING TEST
3 LISTENING - Listening test format
- Get through each section
- Question types
- Effective tatics
- Top reminders
- Summary
- Resource for enhancing listening skill
4 SPEAKING - Overview about speaking test format
- Skill required
- Analysing each part’s problems
- Activities to improve speaking skill
- Top tips
5 READING - Overview about reading test
- Question types analysing
- Tesk- takers common errors
- Reading sub-skills
- Reading top tips
RESOURCES TO APPROACH BETTER PREPARATION FOR IELTS
EXTERNAL REPORT 7
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WORKSHOP SUMMARY
THURSDAY
13 JUNE 2019
I. OVERVIEW ABOUT IELTS TEST

II. WRITING TASK 1

III. LISTENING
 I. OVERVIEW ABOUT IELTS TEST

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II. WRITING TASK 1

MAIN FEATURES ABOUT IELTS WRITING TASK 1

 TOP REMINDERS
- To approach the effective writing task1 , test takers should remind some of signifucant strategies below:

 Timing is essential- do not go over 20 minutes

 150 words is the minimum- make sure you write at least this amount, 20 or 30 more words would be

fine but didn’t waste time on counting them !

 Do not interpret the data

 Do analyse the question – what type of description is required

 Do not add a personal opinion

III. LISTENING
1. LISTENING TEST FORMAT
Skill tested:
Listening for specific information
Listening for main idea and suporting information
Understanding speaker’s opinion
2. GET THROUGH EACH SECTION
3. QUESTION TYPES
There are a variety of question types including:
- Multiple choice
- Short answer questions
- Sentence completion
- Labelling a diagram, map or plan
- Matching
- Completion tasks (forms, notes, sumarycompletion, ect.)
- Classifying
MAIN QUESTION TYPES AND TIPS
- Look at the possible answer so you know what to listen for
- Be aware that all the answers might me mentioned to distract
Multiple choice - Information may be corrected or changed so don’t stop listening
even if you think you ‘ve got the answer
- Be aware of qualifying words and phrases, and of negatives e.g
some/ none/ all
Look carefully at organisation or layout:
- E.g north, south, east, and west on a map
Labelling a (protable starting point of description of the building e.g entrance or a
diagram, map or floor plan)
plan - What the axes of chart and graphs show
Make sure you know where the questions are on the diagram/ map
etc.
- As often not in a linear order
- Use can use each answer more than once
- Lots of extra information may be given within the talk, so focus on
Classifying
the information you need
- Synonyms may be used so think about these while listening
4. EFFECTIVE TATICS
 Identify the situation
 Predict the answers
 Get instructions right
 Anticipate next question

SECTION 1 DETAIL DATA

 Where is the conversation taking place?
Identify the situation
 Who are the speakers?
 What is/ are the general topics?
 What type of information are you listening for?
 What form will be the information be in?
Predict the answer
 What are the key words in each question/ answer?
 What is a likely/ possible answer?
 There’s a variety of question types so making sure
Get instructions right
the instruction are understood is very important
especially in short answer questions
SECTION 2-4  Prediction, preparation, anticipation

5. TOP REMINDERS
- The are is a reason for listening- identify it
- Use the time wisely- look at the pictures and questions carefully
- Listen to and read the instructions carefull
- Don’t worry about understanding every word- concentrate on picking out the information you need
- Don’t panic

6. SUMMARY
Test-takers should:
1. Work out the situation/ place/ people involved in section 1
2. Identify/ predict the information they must be listen for
3. Use the time wisely: survey, skim, read the questions so that they are prepared
4. For diagram, always check where the numbered questions are
5. Always read the instructions carefully so that they know the extent of the expected answers (2 words/
3 words ect.)
6. Realise that they don’t have to understand every word
7. Try not to panic if they miss an answer, but to listen for the next piece of information they need
8. Be told (many times) not to forget to transfer their answers to the answer sheet!
7. RESOURCE FOR ENHANCING LISTENING SKILL
Encourage students to listen outside the classroom
Film in english
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice
get readers with CDs
in class, try to “tweak” classroom with listening activities to practise the skills needed for IELTS
WORKSHOP SUMMARY
FRIDAY
13 JUNE 2019
I. WRITING TASK 2

II. SPEAKING
I. WRITING TASK 2

1. COMMON PROBLEM WITH TASK 2

 Understanding what the question requireds

 Generation, selection and organisation of ideas
 Linking ideas
 Accuracy of writing
 Style and register
 Balance
DIFFICULTY STRATEGY
Understanding the - Analyse the question to check how many different parts there are ( it is
question important to answer all parts of the question otherwise points will be
lost
- Underline the key words
- Decide which part of the title is fact and which opinion
- Turn the opinion statement into a question
Generation, selection and - Brainstorm –mindmap
organisation of ideas - Select 3-4 arguments
- Organise into logical order (base on strengthog argument, chronology,
ect.)
Linking ideas Course book, gramma book, writing skill book, and Ielts book to
practice in linking ideas:
- From paragraph to paragraph
- Senrence to sentence
- Within sentences
Style and register What register should be used ?
- Formal/ academic

2. SUMMARY
STEP BY STEP DETAIL DATA
- Analyse the essay title
Think - What is the task?
- Brainstorm for ideas
- Select and organise the ideas
Plan
- Use these to write the introduction
- Body paragraphs each with a topic sentence
Write
- Connect sentences and paragraphs with linking devices
- Have you covered all parts of the question?
- Have you added any irrelevant points?
Check - Is it the right length?
- Look for your typical mistakes e.g verb tenses, use of preposition,
linking devices, incorrect use of capital letters, ect.

3. LAST REMINDERS

 Stick to the 40 minutes.

 Do not write fewer than 250 words.
 Make sure all points are relevant.
 Make sure there are example/ evedence for each argument.
 Remember to give a personal opinion if asked for.
 Use paragraphs and make them clear.
 II. SPEAKING

1. SKILL REQUIRED
 Self confidence
 Spoken coherence
 Producing ideas
 Ability to approach a question from different angles
 Logical organisation
 Presentation- giving

2. ANALYSING EACH PART’S PROBLEMS

3. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE SPEAKING SKILL

4. TOP TIPS

Part Problem Activities Top tips

Nervousness Brainstorming pyramid Relax, and try to answer the questions
naturally!

Giving too short answers Improving answer: adding Don’t answer with just “yes”, “no”. Try to
1 give more information but don’t overdo it
detail , replying in three
different ways either.
Giving overlong/ Noughts and crosses Don’t prepare answer in advance.
rehearsed responses
Lack of ideas Brainstorming Take note the key words
Write 1-2 words notes
Dry up mid talk Tell us about... Write down time phrases
Don’t have to tell the truth
2
Incoherency: -lose structure Just a minutes Try to paraphrase
Don’t sequence It is fine to correct yourself
Don’t link idea Listen to the examiner’s follow up
questions
Not having opinion Hedging/ delaying tatics Rephrase the question and think about
keywords
Not finding relevant Use a different perspective Signpost your ideas:use linking words
3
Be willing to expand your point
vocabular Paraphrasing Don’t stop speaking to search for a word
Use modals Examiner is not assessing your opinion,
only how it’s express
WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Saturday
13 JUNE 2019
I. READING

II. EXTRA RESOURCES

I. READING
1. QUESTION TYPES ANALYSING
 Fill in gaps in text or tables
 Matching
 Completion sentences
 Short answers to open questions
 Multiple choice
 True/False/ Not Given, Yes/No/Not Given
 Choosing headings
 Categorising/classifying/matching features
 Labelling

2. TESK- TAKERS COMMON ERRORS

 Timing
 Understanding question
 Solution
 Develop good reading skills
 Develop good question-answering strategies
3. READING SUB-SKILLS
 Surveying
 Skimming
 Scanning
 Reading for detail/ close reading
 Inferring meaning
 Deducing meaning
4. READING TOP TIPS
 Survey and skim the text to get main ideas- underline topic sentences, have awareness of what
each paragraph is about
 Analyse questions- underline keywords
 Find answer, considering synonyms, put possible answers directly on answer sheet
 Check instruction followed
 Time management- don’t speand more than 20 minutes on a passage
 Don’t leave the question unanswered, guess- there is no negative marking
 II. EXTRA RESOURCES

www.ielts.org

www.takeielts.bristishcouncil.org

www.learnenglish.bristishcouncil.org

www.bristishcouncil.org

www.futurelearn.com

Ielts online practice book: https://www.ieltsasia.org/vn/sach-ielts-practice-online password: BCIELTS2019

IELTS video lessons and tips:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OvB02NAnLEr7KMWmZ1tlxVlenZC5sCr1

The official sample tests: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u9ByTiU_cHl3W-z7AzV5fZvf5wkzvwkT