IELTS Test Preparation Course

This IELTS exam preparation course is aimed at students who wish to prepare for the internationally recognised IELTS examination and have little or no experience in it. The lessons explore the necessary skills and techniques to improve all aspects of the student's English speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The course also covers sub-skills such as academic vocabulary, grammar, and style but focuses on strategies to approach the different IELTS tasks accurately and efficiently.

Course Goals

Students who complete this course will be able to:
• Recognise and overcome challenges presented in the IELTS exam when approaching a task
• Understand the mechanics of the IELTS exam such as formatting, question order, and time given
to complete each paper.

Speaking
• Understand what is required in all 3 parts of the exam
• Feel more confident when answering questions

Reading
• Better understanding of a variety of academic texts
• Skim and scan for specific information in the texts
• Identify the different parts of a text
• Use several strategies to approach the questions in the Reading paper

Writing
• Understand the requirements of tasks 1 and 2 of the Writing paper
• Better analyse and understand the instructions given
• Use specific vocabulary for graph description
• Structure their essays properly

Listening
• Have a better understanding of the 6 question types found in the listening
• Address the questions with more confidence
• Spot distractors and focus on the information required in the questions
• Identify pertinent information in listening passages

Course Duration:

• Course Start & End Dates: from Sunday 19 July – Thursday 06 August
• Course Days: Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday
• Course Time: 3 hours for each session, from 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• The course runs over 2 weeks.
• Total learning hours: 18