6-month IELTS Study Plan

Common Objectives:
Reading rapidly and grasping what you have read
Perceiving recordings by listening at least an hour in a daily basis
Speaking fluently
Thinking in an innovative way and express it easily both in writing and
speaking
Required Tool Box:
Sample model essays
Vocabulary books (400 Must-Have Words, Essential Words)
Writing-structure books (Task 1, Common Connective Words, Formal
Words, Longman Activator, IBT 80)
Novels, magazines, and newspapers
TV series (Alias, Arrow, Nikita, Australian TV series) , documentaries, news,
YouTube teachers (Dori, Emma, Scott (LBCC), Australian Network Series 13)
Reading books (Speed Reading for Dummies, 10 steps to College Reading
Practice tests (Cambridge 1-10, McGraw Hill, Kaplan, Barron's)
Collin's Dictionary
Internet Connection (Google Translate)
Schedule
Week
number
Week 1

Week 2

Week 3
Week 4
Week 1

Assignments
Essential Words - 1 - 21
Speed Reading For Dummies 1-3
Units; Appendix
Essential Words - 22-30
400 Must-Have Words 1 - 15
Speed Reading For Dummies 4 - 6
400 Must-Have Words 16 - 40
Speed Reading For Dummies 7 - 10
Grammar in Use 1 - 20
Speed Reading For Dummies 11 - 14
Grammar in Use 21 - 40
Speed Reading For Dummies -

Sample
Essays
twice a
day

Listening (an
hour a day)
Dori
Nikita

twice a
day

Dori
Nikita

twice a
day
twice a
day
twice a
day

Emma
Nikita
Emma
Alias
Alias
Joel Osteen

Practice
Tests

Week 2

10 Week
3

Week 4

Complete
10 Steps to College Reading Units 1
-2
Task 1
Common Connective Words
Formal Words
Express Yourself 1 - 1 - 10
Grammar in Use 41 - 50
Longman Activator
Express Yourself 1 - 11 - 20
Novel

twice a
day

Australian
Network
Series 1, 2
Alias

2 (IELTS
1)

twice a
day

Australian
Network
Series 3
Alias
Joel Osteen
Harvard
University

2 (IELTS
1)

twice a
day

Joel Osteen
Harvard
University

2
(McGra
w Hill)

twice a
day

LBCC Lectures

2 IELTS
Plus 1

twice a
day

LBCC Lectures

2 IELTS
Plus 1

Novel
Speak English Like an American
Express Yourself 1 - 21 - 25
Express Yourself 2 - 1 - 5
General Review
Ideas for IELTS
Express Yourself 2 - 6 - 15
Grammar in Use 51 - 65
Novel
Express Yourself 2 - 16 - 25
Grammar in Use 66 - 80
Novel
What Do you think (General Reading
Book)
Grammar in Use 81 - 90
Get Rid of Your Accent (British
Accent)
Grammar in Use 91 - 105
General Review
American Accent Training
Novel
Instant Discussions
Grammar in Use 106 - 120
Novel
Hot Topics 3 - 1 - 8
Grammar in Use 121 - 140
Hot Topics 3 - 9 - 14
Advanced Grammar in Use - Units
99, 100

twice a
day

Week 1

Contemporary Topics 2 1 - 7
Reading for the Real World

twice a
day

Week 2

Contemporary Topics 2 8 - 12
Reading for the Real World 1
General Review

twice a
day

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 1
Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

twice a
day

2
Cambrid
ge 2
2 IELTS
Plus 2
2 IELTS
Plus 2

twice a
day
twice a
day
twice a
day
twice a
day

2
(McGra
w Hill)

Cambridge
Pronunciation
Lessons

2
Cambrid
ge 3
2
Cambrid
ge 4
2
Cambrid
ge 5
2
Cambrid
ge 6

Week 3
Week 4
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3

Understanding Everyday Australian

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Motivational Book
Listening to Australia - Intermediate
Motivational Book
Listening to Australia - Intermediate
Listening to Australia - Advanced
The Speed Reading Monster Course
Listening to Australia - Advanced
The Speed Reading Course - by
Peter Shepherd
General Review

Week 4
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week

1
2
3
4
1
2

twice
day
twice
day
twice
day
twice
day
twice
day

a
a
a
a
a

twice a
day
Exam week

2 (IELTS
7)
2 (IELTS
7)
2 (IELTS
8)
2 (IELTS
8)
2 (IELTS
9)

2 (IELTS
9)