IELTS Preparation (059871K)

Program Description

• to provide students with specific information about the IELTS test, about its length, how it is conducted and structured, what kinds of questions there are, and how it is assessed
• to give students advice about how to manage the test as successfully as possible as well as provide them with tips that will help them to complete the test within the time allowed and to get the best mark possible
• to help students develop new critical thinking skills and reflective learning strategies in order to become more analytical and effective learners
• to improve students’ academic and general English language skills
• to equip students with the skills and knowledge to take the IELTS examination (general or academic)

• Understand up-to-date information on what is in the IELTS Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking Tests
• Appreciate how IELTS candidates are assessed
• Use and apply specific skills and strategies for the IELTS tests
• Comprehend general and specific ideas contained in spoken and written texts
• Think critically and analytically
• Engage in IELTS topics for conversation: talk about themselves, their family, friends and homeland, natural environment, communication and technology
• Infer meaning from spoken and written texts
• Use strategies to help with unknown vocabulary
• Provide a written description of graphs and tables
• Write short essays on current affairs and  human issues
• Deliver group seminars