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IELTS Courses

Timetable for IELTS Test

IELTS Courses - Sample Timetable

This course is primarily aimed at people currently living and working in London who wish to enter a British University or who need a proven level of English for work and career purposes.

Sample timetable for the IELTS Preparation course

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:15 - 10:45 9:15 - 10:45 9:15 - 10:45 9:15 - 10:45 9:15 - 10:45

introductions of new sts
discussion of week ahead

Coursebook
Lead-in to topic
Location is everything

Key Language
The Passive

Focus on…Speaking
Exam Part 3
Urban problems

Coursebook
Focus on…Reading

Identifying the topic
Matching
Sentence completion

Key Language
Geographical positions

Focus on…Speaking
Exam Parts 1 and 2
Describing Places

Coursebook
Vocabulary for IELTS

Urbanisation
Problems & Solutions
Big City Life

Grammar for IELTS
The noun phrase

Spot the error


No Coursebook
WEEKLY EXAM PRACTICE

Listening test

Reading Test


Coursebook
Academic Word List
Sublist 1

Meanings of words
Word families
Collocations

 

Learner Diary
Review of week


11.15 - 12.45 11.15 - 12.45 11.15 - 12.45 11.15 - 12.45 11.15 - 12.45

Coursebook
Lead-in to topic
Haves and have-nots

Key Language
Numerical expressions

Focus on…Writing
Exam Task 1
Interpreting and comparing
data

Coursebook
Focus on…Listening

Section 3
Labelling a Diagram
Completing a table
Short-answer questions

Focus on…Writing
Exam Task 2
Paragraph structure
Presenting the solution to a
problem

Coursebook
Focus on…Listening

Section 4
Completing notes and a
diagram

Key Language
Forming comparatives
and superlatives

Error Hit list


No Coursebook
WEEKLY EXAM PRACTICE

Writing Test

Speaking Test


Practice test feedback
Exam strategy review

Focus on…Reading
Blended Learning

use of SGI eLearning
authentic news websites

This week revisited

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Sample timetable for the IELTS Plus – afternoon class

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
13:30 - 15:00 13:30 - 15:00 13:30 - 15:00 13:30 - 15:00 13:30 - 15:00

Preview of the week ahead
Exam prep activities

listening & note-taking practice
in a lecture & seminar format

extracting relevant information
from a text - advertisement

General devpt activities

academic writing devpt

speaking activity - debate on
agreed topic - sharing opinions

Homework set & discussed

Review + Preview of day
General devpt activities

initiating of research project -
using school/local library

pronuciation focus - stress &
intonation

Exam prep activities

collating information in the
form of a formal essay

listening & note-taking practice

Homework set & discussed

Review + Preview of day
Exam prep activities

expressing opinions in a
seminar setting

extracting relevant information
from a text - official document

General devpt activities

listening activity - varieties of
Spoken English

writing -summarising activity
based on previous listening
Homework set & discussed

Review + Preview of day
General devpt activities

reading authentic texts - The
British way of life

word-processing skills devpt
in the computer centre

Exam prep activities

speaking activity - development
of an argument

listening & note-taking practice

Homework set & discussed


Review + Preview of day
Exam prep activities

Presentations based on
research

Listening comprehension -
dialogue in an educational
context
General devpt activities

pronuciation focus - connected
speech

cultural differences - discussion

Homework set & discussed

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Sample timetable for a Combo 15 course in the afternoon

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
13:30 - 15:00 13:30 - 15:00 13:30 - 15:00 13:30 - 15:00 13:30 - 15:00

Introduction & needs analysis discussion

Lead-in to topic
Cultures

Focus on ...Speaking
expressing opinions
agreeing & disagreeing

Error correction
review key errors & pronunciation


Lead-in to topic
Social Trends

Key Language
verbs & nouns for describing trends

Adjectives and Adverbs
to modify key language

Focus on…Listening
Extract from news programme
on social trends in Britain

Review Monday & Tuesday input

Focus on…Speaking
Prepare mini-presentation
on chosen topic - recent trend in own country

Give presentation which is recorded

Error correction
review key errors &
pronunciation

Focus on…Grammar
Conditionals

Key Language
Common phrases in
negotiations

Prepare a negotiation role-play
Role-play (recorded)

Error correction
review key errors & pronunciation

Lead-in to topic
The Perfect Meeting

Key Language
Giving information
Asking questions
Asking for clarification

Focus on…Listening
Authentic brainstorming
session

Review of the Week

15:15 - 16:00 15:15 - 16:00 15:15 - 16:00 15:15 - 16:00 15:15 - 16:00

Focus on…Grammar
Past simple vs Present Perfect

Discuss life experiences

Pronunciation work
Review key sounds

Pronunciation work
Phonemic Chart

Focus on problem sounds
Listening

Word Stress

Focus on…Writing
Emails

Common expressions
Formal vs Informal style

Focus on…Speaking
Current Affairs

Article from today's newspaper
Summarising
Collocations

Pronunciation work
Sentence stress and
intonation

Connected speech

Recommendations for future study

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