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MR L CONNER
THE INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM (IELTS) UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS; IELTS AUSTRALIA; BRITISH COUNCIL
AN IELTS COURSE OVER ONE YEAR.
WHAT WILL I LEARN? Students will: • learn to use reading sub-skills, such as skimming and scanning to be able to improve their reading speed and ability to locate specific information; • learn to use higher level reading skills, such as inferring meaning from context and text attack skills to accurately guess the meanings of new vocabulary; • expand their general and topic specific vocabulary; • improve their skills in writing academic essays; • learn to describe processes and transfer information from graphs and pictures into text; • improve their spoken fluency and aural comprehension.
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FOR WHOM IS THIS COURSE SUITABLE? You need to take the IELTS course if you are a student who has English as a second or additional language and is working at, or below, level B2 of the Common European Framework for Reference of Languages. This course is also suitable for students with a higher level of English language proficiency, who wish to acquire the skills necessary to obtain a high level band score in the IELTS examination. IELTS is the English language qualification most recognised by British universities; therefore, it is essential that students wishing to undertake a higher education qualification at a British institution complete this course.
WHAT TOPICS ARE COVERED IN THE COURSE? The IELTS examination will test a student’s ability to comprehend, write on and speak about a wide range of general topics. These topics include leisure activities, education, technology, the workplace, climate and the environment, globalisation and tourism.
