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What are the features of the IELTS Preparation course?
- 10 week course at 2 levels: General Training Module & Academic Module
- 20 hours of class time per week
- New student entry starting every week
- All classes have access to computers
- Progress reports every month and certificates upon completion
- University qualified teachers with specialist language teaching qualifications
- Up-to-date teaching methodology
- The course assists students in becoming familiar with the IELTS examination process and focuses on strengthening the skills and strategies required to achieve a target score in each listening, speaking, reading and writing module of the IELTS examination.
- Key topic areas to be covered include The Environment, Science & Technology, Tourism and Employment.
Outcomes of the IELTS Preparation course
By the end of their course students will:
- Be familiar with the IELTS examination and confidently prepared to sit for the test.
- Have started to attain the necessary language skills/ competencies needed for achieving a target IELTS band score, e.g. to better master the written system of English in relevant genres; to extend speaking skills in both informal interviews and discussions and to increase reading confidence.
- Have developed the necessary learning strategies and study skills necessary for the IELTS examination.
Sample Weekly Timetable
| TIME |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
| 9.00 –10.00 |
Trends in society - historical and current day perspectives Jigsaw reading Vocabulary building |
Speaking: Discussion Personalising the topic |
Speaking |
Listening and note-taking |
Practice test - Reading |
| 10.00–11.00 |
Group discussion Guided writing |
Video tape: classifying and multiple choice |
Reading: Reading exercises and summary completion |
Reading a critique |
Practice test - Writing |
| 11.00 – 11.30 MORNING BREAK |
| 11.30 12.30 |
Listening: question types and practice tests |
Individual consultations Language tasks |
Listening: Question and task practice |
Writing Task 1 (Academic) |
Practice test - Listening |
| 12.15 1.15 |
Listening skills development (contd.) |
Brainstorming How to answer questions |
Speaking Reading |
Writing Task 1 |
Class meeting and review |
| 12.30 1.30 |
Task 2 Writing: Question and task practice |
Vocabulary and speaking Practice and review and consolidation |
Individual consultations. Group work on one article continues. |
Review |
Practice test: Speaking |
ANC reserves the right to cancel this course if insufficient enrollments have been confirmed. Currently this course isn't running.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 27 October 2011 04:52 )
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