Стоимость курса
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170$
Стоимость индивидуальных занятий
340$
Курс подготовки к экзамену IELTS
Экзамен IELTS – International English Language Testing System (Международная система проверки знания английского языка). Тест специально разработан и идеально подходит для оценки языковых навыков тех, кто собирается жить, учиться или работать за границей.
Мы разработали для вас курс, который позволит глубоко и качественно подготовиться к сдаче экзамена IELTS и получить желаемый балл.
Принципы нашего курса IELTS:
— ориентация на достижение необходимого результата;
— фокус на стратегию сдачи экзамена;
— индивидуальный подход с момента вступительного тестирования;
— работа опытных преподавателей;
— помощь в регистрации на сдачу, проведение пробных экзаменов.
обучения
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к записям занятий
Курс подготовки к IELTS длится от 2.5 месяцев до 5.5 месяцев, в зависимости от стартового уровня группы, при интенсивности 2 раза в неделю. Вы занимаетесь в группе взрослых, сформированной по уровню. Длительность каждого занятия 120 минут. Стоимость курса ____ за весь курс.(за месяц)
Обратите внимание!!! Студенты с уровнем ниже Pre-Intermediate не принимаются на курс подготовки к IELTS.
Курс делится на группы в зависимости от стартового уровня студентов. Поэтому нажав на кнопку «Подать заявку на курс», вы попадаете на онлайн тестирование, которое поможет нам определить Ваш стартовый уровень и предложить наиболее подходящую группу.
ЧТО ВЫ ПОЛУЧИТЕ?
Что вы получите?
- Возможность посещать живые онлайн занятия с преподавателем.
- Записи всех занятий для повторения в течение всего онлайн курса плюс 30 дней после его окончания. Просмотр записей в режиме онлайн. После истечения стандартного срока доступа вы сможете продлить доступ к записям занятий и делать это неоднократно.
- Материалы всего курса бессрочно.
- Домашние задания с комментариями и рекомендациями преподавателя, которые помогут закрепить новый материал.
Для кого этот курс?
Курс подготовки к экзамену IELTS предназначен для взрослых, которым необходимо подтверждение уровня английского языка для учебы или работа за рубежом, для иммиграции или продвижения по карьерной лестнице. Минимальный уровень для зачисления на курс — уровень Pre-Intermediate.
Итак, что в результате:
— ознакомление со структурой и форматом экзамена и требованиями к выполнению заданий
– ознакомление с типами вопросов в каждом модуле экзамена и их детальная проработка
– обучение экзаменационным техникам и стратегиям
– пополнение словарного запаса и обзор грамматических конструкций, необходимых для сдачи экзамена
– практика выполнения тестов в экзаменационном режиме с ограничением по времени
– анализ ошибок студентов и учет их при выполнении последующих заданий
– проверка письменных заданий, входящих в курс подготовки, с разбором и комментариями
– рекомендации преподавателя по улучшению вашей успеваемости
– предоставление всех необходимых учебных материалов
Level 1. Unit 1
RELATIONSHIPS
Reading
Exam skills: - Short answer questions. Learning strategies: - Identifying words in a question, -Scanning for details. Language focus: - Uses of the Present simple, - Adverbs of frequency, - Vocabulary to describe family.
Writing
Exam skills: - Describing a process (Part 1). Learning strategies: - Understanding a diagram, - Writing overviews and introductions. Language focus: - Using sequencing expressions, - Using the Present simple passive.
Listening
Exam skills: - Multiple choice ( Part 1). Learning strategies: - Identifying speakers, - Listening for numbers. Language focus: - Pronunciation of numbers.
Speaking
Exam skills: - Speaking about your family (Part 1). Learning strategies: - Answering Part 1 questions, - Extending Part 1 answers. Language focus: *Adjective and noun collocations for family, *Adverbs of frequency.
Level 1. Unit 2
PLACES AND BUILDINGS
Reading
Exam skills: - Sentence completion. Learning strategies: - Skimming and scanning a text, - Understanding paraphrase. Language focus: - Present simple and Past simple, - Vocabulary to describe houses and buildings.
Writing
Exam skills: - Describing maps and places (Part 1). Learning strategies: - Describing changes in a map. Language focus: - Prepositions of place, - Vocabulary for map tasks, - Past simple (regular and irregular), - Past simple (active and passive).
Listening
Exam skills: - Short answer questions (Part 1). Learning strategies: - Spelling names, - Checking for accuracy, - Understanding categories. Language focus: - Vocabulary for places in a town.
Speaking
Exam skills: - Speaking about your hometown (Part 1). Learning strategies: - Lexical resource and accuracy. Language focus: - Prepositions to describe a town, - Adjectives to describe a town, - Present simple / Present perfect / Past simple, - Pronunciation of past tenses.
Level 1. Unit 3
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Reading
Exam skills: - Multiple choice questions. Learning strategies: - How to find the answer, - Finding words with similar meanings, - Identifying the main idea. Language focus: - Vocabulary for work and study, - Present perfect.
Writing
Exam skills: - Graphs, bar charts and pie charts (Part 1). Learning strategies: - Graphs, bar charts and pie charts (Part 1). Language focus: - Prepositions with numbers.
Listening
Exam skills: - Sentence completion (Part 3). Learning strategies: - Identifying key words, - Following a conversation, - Synonyms and paraphrases. Language focus: - Describing jobs and courses
Speaking
Exam skills: - Speaking about work and study (Parts 1 and 2). Learning strategies: - Organising your talks, - Using the headings in questions. Language focus: - Adjectives to describe feelings, -Adjectives to describe experience.
Level 1. Unit 4
FOOD AND DRINK
Reading
Exam skills: - Matching information, - Sentence completion. Learning strategies: - Locating information, - Dealing with paraphrase. Language focus: - Vocabulary for food and drink, - Countable and uncountable nouns.
Writing
Exam skills: - Two diagrams in one question (Part 1). Learning strategies: - Introduction and overview, - Describing numbers in a pie chart, - Describing diagrams without exact numbers, - Avoiding outside information. Language focus: - Making comparisons, - Countable and uncountable nouns.
Listening
Exam skills: - Classification tasks (Part 1), - Matching tasks (Part 1). Learning strategies: - Synonym and paraphrase. Language focus: - Vocabulary for cooking methods.
Speaking
Exam skills: - Talking about food and meals (Part 1 and Part 2). Learning strategies: - Expressing opinions, - Using the preparation time in Part 2, - Organising a Part 2 talk. Language focus: - Vocabulary for food and cooking, - Countable and uncountable nouns.
Level 1. Unit 5
CONSUMERISM
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Matching headings. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Skim reading, - Topic sentences, - Main and supporting ideas, - Paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary connected with shopping, Future forms (will and going to).
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Agree or disagree essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Overview of Part 2 essay types, - Writing an introduction, - Developing an argument, -Structuring your essay. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Language for expressing opinions, - Language for introducing ideas.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Multiple choice (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Identifying distractors, - Recognising paraphrase, - Recognising synonyms. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary to identify places.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Describing a shop (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Developing ideas in Part 2. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Using effective intonation.
Level 1. Unit 6
LEISURE TIME
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - True / False / Not Given, - Summary completion. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Developing strategies. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary for sports and hobbies, -Comparatives.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Opinion based essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Coherence and cohesion. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Free time collocations, - Linking words and phrases, - Comparing the past and present.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Map labelling (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Understanding map questions, - Finding places on a map, - Recognising distractors. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Prepositions of place, - Prepositions of movement.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Sports and hobbies (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Extending your talk, - Dealing with Part 2 follow-up questions. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Describing experiences, - Language to give reasons, - Pronunciation of strong and weak words.
Level 1. Unit 7
FAME AND THE MEDIA
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Matching features, - Yes / No / Not Given. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Skim reading, - Scan reading, - Identifying the writer’s views. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - First conditional.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Discussion essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Organising paragraphs, - Giving specific examples, - Supporting your points. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary connected with the media, - Pronouns.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Flow-chart completion (Part 4). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Predicting the answer, - Dealing with scientific and technical language.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - A famous person (Part 2), - Fame and the media (Part 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Linking ideas in Parts 2 and 3, - Analysis of differences between Parts 2 and 3. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Linking words, - Vocabulary for giving reasons.
Level 1. Unit 8
NATURAL WORLD
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Note completion, - Matching sentence endings. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Finding the relevant information, - Paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary for the natural world, - Vocabulary for the environment, - Modals of possibility and probability.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Problems and solutions essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Writing a conclusion, - Linking the main ideas and conclusion. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Environmental collocations, - Present Perfect and Past Simple.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Note completion (Part 4). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Using headings to help you, - Signposting words. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary for the natural world.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - The natural world (Parts 2 and 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Developing answers for Part 3. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary for the natural world, - Language for giving examples, - Language for giving reasons.
Level 2. Unit 1.
THE MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Short answer questions, - Sentence completion. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Skimming, - Scanning, - Understanding and producing paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary to describe places, - Present Simple and Present Continuous.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Charts and diagrams (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Selecting key features, - Using accurate data, - Describing trends. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Adjectives to describe trends, - Adverbs to describe trends.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Short answer questions (Part 1), - Multiple choice questions (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Listening for specific information, - Dealing with distractors, - Dealing with complex numbers, - Dealing with complex spelling LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary for describing properties.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Common Speaking topics (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Responding to Wh questions, - Thinking of more information, - Responding to Yes/No questions, - Thinking of new ideas. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary to describe places, - Syllabus stress.
Level 2. Unit 2.
LEISURE AND RECREATION
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Multiple choice questions. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Identifying facts and opinions, - Global understanding of texts. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Past Simple and Past Continuous, - Vocabulary to describe sports.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Two diagrams / charts in one question (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Structuring your answer, - Comparing data, - Choosing relevant information. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Comparatives.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Completion tasks (Part 2), - Matching tasks (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Listening to and understanding directions, - Matching descriptions with people, places and things, - Classifying. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary for directions, - Vocabulary for sport and free time.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: Opinions about sport (Parts 1 and 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Paraphrasing responses, - Adding connecting words, - Providing detailed responses. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Connecting words, - Talking about sport, - Sentence stress and intonation.
Level 2. Unit 3.
THE NEWS AND MEDIA
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Matching information. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Identifying different types of information. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Passives.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Describing a process (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Planning your answer, - Interpreting scientific and technical diagrams. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Time markers, - The passive, - Verbs for process tasks.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Multiple choice questions (Part 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Identifying speakers and opinions, - Understanding speakers’ attitudes, -Understanding distractors, - Recognising paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Current affairs topics.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - News and media (Part 1), - Describing an event (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Expressing your feelings, - Paraphrasing a news story, - Reporting a news story. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary about the media, - Passives.
Level 2. Unit 4.
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Matching headings. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Using the main ideas in paragraphs, - Recognising synonyms. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Present continuous, - Present perfect simple, - Present perfect continuous, - Past simple, -Vocabulary of travel and transport.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Changes to a map (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Map reading, - Grammatical accuracy in Writing tasks, - Coherence and cohesion in Writing tasks. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary for describing change, - Vocabulary for describing map features.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Matching questions (Part 3), - Multiple choice questions (Part 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Identifying different functions, -Identifying the subject of a conversation. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Language of suggesting, - complaining, disagreeing and persuading.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Travel and transport (Parts 1 and 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Preparing your answer for Part 2, - Dealing with follow-up questions. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Using sequencing words, - Pronouncing sequencing words.
Level 2. Unit 5.
BUSINESS AND WORK
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Matching features, - Matching sentence endings. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Skimming and scanning, - Matching facts, opinions and theories with a person. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Future Will and Going to.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Advantages and disadvantages essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Planning your answer, - Analysing the task, - Brainstorming the task, - Structuring your ideas. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary to describe work tasks, - Linking words.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Completion tasks (Part 4). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Using notes to follow a lecture, -Identifying comparisons and contrasts, - Identifying correct notes. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Financial vocabulary, - Vocabulary for types of business.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Work and business (Parts 1 and 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Extending the Part 2 task card. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Talking about wishes and intentions, - Talking about different kinds of work, - Contracting Modal verbs.
Level 2. Unit 6.
THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Yes / No / Not Given Questions, - Summary completion. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Matching statements to the writer’s views. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary to describe the environment, - So, too, either and neither, - Vocabulary for the environment.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Agree or disagree essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Including only relevant ideas, - Using an appropriate style, - Avoiding repetition. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary for the environment.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Process diagram (Part 4), - Multiple choice (Part 4). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Understanding signposting words. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Quantifiers.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - The environment (Parts 2 and 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Making timed notes, - Recognising and using different functions, - Expressing opinions in Part 3. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Talking about the environment, - Silent letters, - Vocabulary of certainty and doubt.
Level 2. Unit 7.
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Flow-chart and diagram completion. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Locating the answer quickly, - Understanding explanations. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary related to Higher Education, - Modal verbs of obligation.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Discussion essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Organising your writing, - Expressing your opinion clearly, - Proofreading your writing. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Phrases for expressing your opinion.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Completing charts and diagrams (Part 4), - Completing sentences (Part 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Following conversations, - Understanding a description, - Using notes to follow a talk. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary to describe stages of education.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Education (Parts 2 and 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Reason, cause and effect in Part 3, - Giving reasons for your answer. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Talking about education, - Talking about cause and effect, - Making suggestions using Modal verbs.
Level 2. Unit 8.
FESTIVALS AND TRADITIONS
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - True / False / Not Given. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Identifying Not Given answers. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - First and Second conditionals.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Problems and solutions essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Structuring your answer, - Writing introductions and conclusions, - Understanding the question, - Planning your answer. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Revision of tenses.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Summary completion (Part 3), - Table completion (Part 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Identifying key information, - Classifying key information. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary to describe events.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Completing a full speaking test. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Looking at both sides of the argument, - Discussing similarities and differences. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Comparing past and present, - Adjectives for celebrations, - Contrastive stress.
Level 3. Unit 1.
URBAN AND RURAL LIFE
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Matching paragraphs. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Main idea of paragraphs, - Dealing with new vocabulary. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Articles with place names, - Prefixes.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Graphs (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Identifying the main features of a line graph, - Task Achievement, - Describing changes with adjectives and adverbs. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Verbs, adverbs and adjectives for describing change.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Form completion, - Multiple choice (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Understanding paraphrase, - Dealing with numbers, names and spelling. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Future time conditionals, - Synonyms and near synonyms.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Urban and rural life (Parts 1,2 and 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Overview of the three parts of the test, - Identifying functions of questions. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Future time conditionals, - Pronunciation: future time conditionals.
Level 3. Unit 2.
HEALTH
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Flow chart and table completion, - Sentence completion. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Skimming, - Scanning, - Understanding paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Quantifiers, - Suffixes.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Advantages and disadvantages essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Main and supporting ideas, - Coherence and Cohesion. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary for expressing advantages / disadvantages, - Discourse markers for extending answers.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Table completion, - Note completion. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Using headings, - Predicting answers. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Using headings, - Predicting answers.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Health and diet (Parts 1 and 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Answering Part 1 questions, - Developing Part 3 answers, - Fluency and Coherence. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Idioms related to mistakes when speaking, - Using discourse markers to extend answers.
Level 3. Unit 3.
ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - True / False / Not Given, - Multiple choice. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Identifying main and supporting ideas. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Past tenses, - Vocabulary for describing art.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Changes to a map (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Summarising information, - Coherence and Cohesion. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary related to construction. - Past tenses and perfect tenses.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Labelling a map, - Multiple choice. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Following directions. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Prepositions of place, - Vocabulary for rooms and buildings.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Art and artists (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Making notes, - Structuring a long turn, - Using discourse markers to connect ideas. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Idioms for describing art.
Level 3. Unit 4.
FINANCE AND BUSINESS
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Matching features, - Multiple choice (global). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Improving global understanding (main idea, purpose, title). LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary related to finance, - Modals of obligation past and present
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Agree or disagree essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Approaches to essay writing, - Writing an introduction, - Writing a conclusion. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Sequence discourse markers, - Contrast discourse markers.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Short answer questions, - Diagram completion. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Using questions to follow an academic talk, - Understanding paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary related to money.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Personal finances (Parts 2 and 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Lexical resource, - Expressing and justifying opinions. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Business collocations, - Phrases for expressing importance and opinion, - Modals of obligation, - Pronunciation of have.
Level 3. Unit 5.
HISTORY
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Yes / No / Not Given, - Matching features. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Identifying a writer’s claims or views, - Understanding paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary related to monarchy and rulers, - Second, Third and Mixed conditionals.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Tables and bar charts (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Describing information in tables and bar charts, - Achieving a high score for Coherence and Cohesion. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Discourse markers for Part 1 essays.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Multiple choice (two or more answers), - Multiple matching. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Attitude and opinion, - Understanding paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary related to attitude and opinion, - Past time expressions.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - History (Parts 2 and 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Grammatical Range and Accuracy, - Agreeing / disagreeing with the proposition in the question. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Past time expressions, - Expressions for agreeing / disagreeing.
Level 3. Unit 6.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Diagram completion, - Summary completion (with and without options). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Skimming and scanning, - Understanding paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Word families (Parts of speech), - Future tenses.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Problem and solutions (two-in-one) essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Grammatical Range and Accuracy. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Verb patterns, - Discourse markers of concession, - Participle clauses for complex sentences.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Multiple choice (two or more answers), - Flow-chart completion. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Explaining cause and effect. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Discourse markers for cause and effect.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Science and technology (Parts 1, 2 and 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Grammatical Range and Accuracy, - Buying time to answer. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Verb patterns.
Level 3. Unit 7.
TELEVISION, NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Matching information, - Short answer questions, - Matching sentence endings. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Locating information in a text, - Understanding paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary related to journalism, - Passive.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Pie charts (Part 1). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Describing percentages and fractions, - Describing a pie chart, - Grammatical Range and Accuracy. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Expressing approximation, - Passive.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Sentence completion, - Flow-chart completion. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Using signposting language to follow a talk, - Understanding paraphrase. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary related to journalism.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Television (Parts 1, 2 and 3). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Correcting yourself / clarifying. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary for describing TV, - Pronunciation: corrective stress, - Passive expressions with impersonal it.
Level 3. Unit 8.
CULTURE
Reading
EXAM SKILLS: - Review of task types. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Reviewing reading skills. LANGUAGE FOCUS:- Relative clauses.
Writing
EXAM SKILLS: - Describing a process (Part 1), - Opinion based essay (Part 2). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Writing a complete essay. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Vocabulary related to handicrafts, - Passive, - Sequence discourse markers.
Listening
EXAM SKILLS: - Note completion, - Sentence completion. LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Using notes to follow a talk, - Checking your answers. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Word formation, - Prepositions in relative clauses.
Speaking
EXAM SKILLS: - Culture (review of all 3 parts of the test). LEARNING STRATEGIES: - Review of speaking skills. LANGUAGE FOCUS: - Review of discourse markers for speaking, - Clauses with indefinite pronouns.