IELTS Test Preparation

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IELTS Test Success! is the most comprehensive test preparation programme on the market, instructing students in all four language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing. The IELTS preparation package provides over 800 hours of Online Learning plus 18 face-to-face classroom sessions for teachers. IELTS Test Success! is also recommended for those students wishing to improve their general English language proficiency.

IELTS Speaking

At the end of this module, students are expected to be able to:

  • use interaction skills in an interview situation.
  • use appropriate para-linguistic skills such as body language and eye contact.
  • produce cohesive, coherent and grammatically correct speech.
  • use appropriate vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation and word and sentence stress.

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IELTS Listening

At the end of this module, students are expected to be able to:

  • listen for general information/main ideas as well as specific information/detail in
    • everyday conversations between two people.
    • short, non-academic talks/monologues at natural speed.
    • discussions between two or more speakers in an academic setting.
    • academic-style lectures on a scientific or general information topic.
  • listen to and identify non-specialised academic vocabulary in context.
  • answer the following IELTS-type questions:
    • identify key information from a table/chart/map.
    • complete a timetable/calendar of events.
    • label a diagram.
    • complete short answer/multiple choice/ true-false questions.

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IELTS General Reading

At the end of this module, students are expected to be able to:

  • survey, skim and scan a reading text to answer the following types of questions: multiple choice, short answer, sentence completion, notes/ summary/diagram/flowchart/table completion, identify writers views, identify information, classification, matching of lists and phrases.
  • understand and use a range of vocabulary.
  • deal with unknown vocabulary in a text.

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IELTS General Writing

At the end of this module, students are expected to be able to:

  • understand the structure of a Task 1 letter and a Task 2 essay.
  • write a letter to request information or explain a situation.
  • write an essay (problem/solution; present and justify opinion; compare and contrast; argument).
  • use paragraphs, grammar structures and vocabulary appropriately.

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IELTS Academic Reading

At the end of this module, students are expected to be able to:

  • survey, skim and scan a reading text in order to be able to answer IELTS-type questions as outlined under the General Reading section of this catalogue.
  • understand and use a range of academic vocabulary items.
  • deal with unknown vocabulary in a text.

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IELTS Academic Writing

At the end of this module, students are expected to be able to:

  • understand the structure of a Task 1 response and a Task 2 essay.
  • write a response to describe information in a chart, diagram, table or graph.
  • write an essay (problem/solution; present and justify opinion; compare and contrast; argument).
  • use paragraphs, grammar structures and vocabulary appropriately.

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