IELTS

Lesson 1 Introduction to Objective IELTS Intermediate

Expectations

• Your IELTS – improvement – once you get 6 very hard for the next step up

• Linking experiences for your speaking and writing – most IELTS topics are everyday topics

• Ask for help• Practice Practice• Occasional interview practice in tutorials• Homework – mostly working with the Workbook –

occasionally additional materials• Your other IUP subjects are IELTS preparation

Official IELTS Websites

The international website http://www.ielts.org/

The China IELTS website http://www.chinaielts.org/en/

Introducing Alan

Alan with his wife and son 10 ( July 2011)

Look the book and answer the following questions:

1. What is the title of the book?

2. What topics are there in the text? How many chapters?

3. Which topics are you familiar with?

4. Which topics are you not familiar with?

5. What exam skills are reviewed?

6. What resources are there in your book?

Communicate

Warm up Pairwork/Speaking

1. How do you prefer to communicate with your friends

2. Look at page 8 in your book complete task 1

3. List the advantages and disadvantages of each method of communication

Reading

• Skimming – this is when you read quickly to get the main meaning of a text

• What is the main meaning of the text

La Gomera

• La Gomera is one of Spain's Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. In area, it is the second-smallest of the seven main islands of this group.

• Area: 369.8 km²

• Population: 21,952 (2006)

• Island Group: Canerary Islands

• Province: Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Task 4

• True False Not Given

• Note in the IELTS not all words will be exactly the same as in the question as in the reading passage

IELTS Speaking

• Practice Part 1 from page 9

• 1. I come from a

• 2. As I spend most of my time with

• I really enjoy talking with

• My favourite person is

IELTS Speaking

• Practice Part 1 from page 9 Question 3 When talking with some one in my second language some times I

find - I have trouble understanding their accent as I am only familiar with an ------------------- accent so the pronunciation of some words is difficult

- my vocabulary is a little small and some time there are words in sentences that I have never heard before especially for topics that

new to me. - some idioms are beyond me as I am not sure about

the culture

- sometime the native speaker uses slang which is

unfamiliar to me

IELTS Speaking Pracitice Long turn

• Describe something unusual you have learned about another country or culture.

You should say:

What is it and where in the world this is

Why you learned about

How is this culture different from your own and also explain why you found this interesting

Homework

• Review the book• Complete a list of new

vocabulary• Prepare for next lesson