IELTS Course

The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is ideal for students who intend to study or work abroad where English is the language of communication.

IELTS is an international standardised test which is managed by the Cambridge English Language Assessment, the British Council and IDP Education Pvt Ltd; and is largely recognised by American, British,
Australasian and South African academic and non-academic institutions.

IELTS deals with Intermediate to Advanced level students, at level B1 and C1 of the Council of Europe’s Common Framework of Reference for Languages respectively.

Each student is provided with a personal study programme to maximise study time.

The Certificate is divided into 4 parts:

• Reading
• Listening
• Speaking
• Writing

During the IELTS preparation course, students are given controlled and free practice sessions in exam and non-exam conditions, relating to the specific skills and language structures. Students are also given regular, detailed individualised feedback.

IELTS: Reading Test and Preparation

The reading section includes 3 or 4 reading passages of varying difficulty, for 60 minutes.

IELTS preparation course helps develop skills in:

• Skimming for general understanding
• Scanning for specific information
• Reading for gist
• Reading for detail
• Understanding opinions
• Increasing reading speed
• Labelling diagrams
• Summarising information
• Increasing passive knowledge of the words most frequently occurring in the IELTS reading section
• Developing vocabulary
• Determining attitude and opinion of a given topic

IELTS: Listening Test and Preparation

The IELTS listening section is divided into four segments, and given 30 minutes to be completed.

IELTS listening Preparation course covers:

• Predicting information and using key words for prediction
• Listening for general and specific information
• Listening for specific speakers
• Avoiding Red-herrings
• Listening for main ideas and supporting information
• Understanding the speaker’s opinion
• Recognising intonation patterns
• Recognising varieties of spoken English

IELTS: Writing Test and Preparation

This section is 60 minutes long and is divided into 2 tasks: a 150 word report and a 250 word discussion.

You will develop your writing skills in:

• Sentence structure and vocabulary
• Writing paragraphs, introductions and conclusions
• Forming ideas and developing an argument
• Developing communicative qualities
• Improving spelling
• Learning to adjust your writing style according to purpose
• Using conjunctions and referents
• Organising information logically thus making your writing more coherent
• Using examples and evidence

IELTS: Speaking Test and Preparation

This section is divided into 3 parts: an interview, speaking on a given topic, dialogue or discussion.

You will develop your speaking skills in:

• Fluency and coherence
• Pronunciation, word stress and intonation
• Understanding common phrases
• Interacting with other speakers
• Speaking for an extended time
• Practising discussing a topic
• Incorporating as wide a lexical resource as possible
• Improving your grammatical accuracy
• Using good body language and facial expressions to improve communication