IELTS MODULE

OUTLINE
 IELTS

 Why IELTS?

 Listening

 Reading

 Writing

 Speaking

 Grading

 Course

 Conclusion
IELTS

 The I__________ E_____ L_______ T__ S_____

 The International English Language Test System
 Measure the proficiency level of _________ users
 Measure the proficiency level of non-native users
 Assess _______, ______ , _____ and _______ skill
 Assess listening, reading, writing and speaking skill
 Less than _ hours
 Less than 3 hours
 ________ vs General Training
 Academic vs General Training
WHY?

 Open doors: you can study, live or work almost anywhere around the world.

 Accessibility: the most popular English test that are held 4 times a month.

 Face-to-face: speaking test is with an examiner in a private room

 Reliability: the result will accurately reflect your English language level.
LISTENING Focus: understand specific
information, main ideas and opinions

 4 sections

 40 questions
 Section 1: a conversation set in an everyday social context
 Section 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context
 Section 3: a conversation set in an educational context
 Section 4: a monologue set in an educational context

 30 minutes

 Types of questions: multiple choice, matching, plan/map/diagram labelling, form/note/table/flow-chart/summary

completion, sentence completion.
 Focus: understand specific information,

READING main ideas, writer’s opinions, attitudes

and purposes

 3 sections

 40 questions

 1 hour

 Types of questions: multiple choice, identifying information, identifying the writer’s views/claims, matching
information, matching headings, matching features, matching sentence endings, sentence completion, summary
completion, note completion, table completion, flow-chart completion, diagram label completion and short-
answer questions.

 No time to transfer answers to answer sheet

WRITING Focus: write a factual summary and a
discursive essay

 2 tasks

 Task 1: a 150-word summary of information presented in a graph, table, chart or diagram.

 Task 2: a 250-word essay presenting an argument on a given topic

 1 hour: 20 mins – Task 1 & 40 mins – Task 2

SPEAKING

 3 parts

 1 on 1 conversation with an examiner

 Part 1: familiar topics – study, work, hobby, interest, etc…

 Part 2: a 2-min prepared speech on a topic
 Part 3: general questions about part 2 topic

 10-15 minutes
GRADING
 Maximum score of 9

 Reading and Listening

 Writing:  Speaking

 Task Achievement  Pronunciation

 Coherence and Cohesion  Fluency and Coherence
 Lexical Resource  Lexical resource
 Grammatical range and  Grammatical range and
Accuracy Accuracy
IELTS WRITING BAND SCORE TASK 1
IELTS WRITING BAND SCORE TASK 2
IELTS SPEAKING BAND SCORE
COURSE

 Reading > Writing > Listening & Speaking

 Vocabulary preparation before class (p.132 – 141)

 There’ll be homework (Workbook / External Sources)

CONCLUSION

Discuss with a partner sitting next to you

 What kind of activities do you want?

 How will you study in class?

 What’s your goal for the class?