IELTS BOOSTER (4.0-5.0)
Week | Lesson | Duration | Lesson content | Aim |
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1 | 1 | 1.5 hrs | Course induction + Unit 1: Starting somewhere new (p.8-9) + Extra Listening Practice |
Students will be able to: – Understand the course content. – Learn new vocabulary. – Review Listening techniques. |
2 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 1 – Reading: Australian culture and culture shock (p.10-12) | Students will be able to: – Review Skim and Scan. – Review T/F/NG. – Review Table Completion. |
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3 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 1 – Speaking part 1 (p.13) | Students will be able to: – Review Speaking part 1. – Give reasons and extra details. |
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2 | 4 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 1 – Writing task 1 (p.14-16) | Students will be able to: – Listening Section 2: A welcome talk – Multiple choice – Labelling a map or plan – Review word formation. |
5 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 2 – Reading: It’s good for you (p17-19) | Students will be able to: – Practice Reading Section 2: Organic food: why? – Matching headings – Pick from a list |
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6 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 2 – Listening and Vocabulary: A welcome talk (p20-21). | Students will be able to: – Review Speaking part 1. – Give reasons and extra details. |
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3 | 7 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 2 – Speaking part 2 and Pronunciation (p22-23). | Students will be able to: – Give a talk. – Introduce the points – Beginning and ending the talk. – Practice with intonation |
8 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 2 – Writing task 2 (Two part question) (p24-25) | Students will be able to: – Analysing the task – Brainstorming ideas – Organising ideas into paragraphs |
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9 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 3 – Listening: Getting the message across (p28-29) | Students will be able to: – Pick from a list. – Match headings and information. |
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4 | 10 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 3 – Reading: Why don’t babies talk like adults? (p30-32) | Students will be able to: – Review Y/N/NG. – Complete a summary. – Review multiple choices. |
11 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 3 – Speaking, Pronunciation, Vocabulary, and Key grammar (p.33-34). | Students will be able to: – Use discourse markers. – Distinguish between confused consonant sounds. – Learn study-related vocabulary |
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12 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 3 – Writing task 1: Summarizing trends (p.35-36). | Students will be able to: – Summarize trends in graphs and tables. |
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5 | 13 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 4 – Reading: New Media (p.37-39) | Students will be able to: – Review T/F/NG. – Complete notes. |
14 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 4 – Listening and Vocabulary: A lecture on journalism (p.40-41). | Students will be able to: – Complete sentences. – Complete flow-charts. – Learn Internet-related vocabulary. |
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15 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 4 – Speaking and Pronunciation (p42-43) | Students will be able to: – Give a full answer for part 3. – Expand an answer with reasons and examples. – Use chunking. |
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6 | 16 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 4 – Writing task 2: Agree Disagree (p43-45) | Students will be able to: – Answer the question – Write an introductory paragraph – Analyse paragraphs – Use linkers. – Review articles. |
17 | 1.5 hrs | Writing practice: Task 1 and Task 2 | Students will be able to: – Review essay formats and grammar structures. – Analyze a topic and craft a response. – Use linking devices and compound sentences. |
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18 | 1.5 hrs | MIDTERM REVIEW | ||
MIDTERM TEST | ||||
7 | 19 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 5 – Listening and Vocabulary: The world in your hands (p.48-50) | Students will be able to: – Complete notes. – Complete tables. – Use descriptive adjectives. |
20 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 5 – Reading: Out of Africa (p.50-52) | Students will be able to: – Match information. – Match features. – Complete summaries. |
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21 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 5 – Speaking and Pronunciation (p.53-54) | Students will be able to: – Practice part 2 and 3. – Use adjectives – Use sentence stress. |
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8 | 22 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 5 – Writing task 1: Diagram (p54-56) | Students will be able to: – Analyze and summarize a diagram – Use sequencers. – Review passive voice. |
23 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 6 – Reading: Making money, Spending money (p.57-60) | Students will be able to: – Label a diagram – Review True/False/Not Given – Review Flow-chart completion |
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24 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 6 – Listening and Vocabulary (p.60-62) | Students will be able to: – Match information and headings. – Label a diagram. – Learn vocabulary about finance and shopping. – Distinguish between Verb + To do and Verb + doing |
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9 | 25 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 6 – Speaking and Pronunciation (p.62-63) | Students will be able to: – Use reasons and examples – Use strategies for self-correction and expressing oneself more clearly – Use word stress |
26 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 6 – Writing task 2: Advantages and Disadvantages (p.64-65) | Students will be able to: – Introduce and link ideas in paragraphs for advantages disadvantages essays/ – Construct the middle paragraphs of an essay. – Review relative clause and relative pronouns. |
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27 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 7 – Listening and Vocabulary: Relationships (p.68-70) | Students will be able to: – Complete multiple choices. – Complete flow-chart. – Learn words related to feelings and attitudes. |
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10 | 28 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 7 – Reading: The Truth about Lying (p.70-72) | Students will be able to: – Match headings. – Match features. – Complete sentence. |
29 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 7 – Speaking and Pronunciation (p.72-74) | Students will be able to: – Use openers for Speaking part 1. – Use paraphrase. – Use emphasis and contrast. |
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30 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 7 – Writing task 1: Mixed chart (p.74-76) | Students will be able to: – Analyse similarities and differences in charts and graphs Write an introductory paragraph – Use reference devices. – Review conditionals. |
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11 | 31 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 8 – Reading and Vocabulary: Fashion and design (p.77-80) | Students will be able to: – Review multiple choice. – Review Y/N/NG. – Review matching sentence endings. |
32 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 8 – Listening: A lecture on Japanese stiching (p.80-81) | Students will be able to: – Review sentence completion. |
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33 | 1.5 hrs | Unit 8 – Speaking and Pronunciation (p.82-83) | Students will be able to: – Make comparisons – Provide a list of points – Support a view with reasons – Structure a Part 3 answer. – Use linking and pausing. |
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12 | 34 | 1.5 hrs | Writing practice: Discuss both views | Students will be able to: – Discuss two opinions with neutral language. – Structure an opinion essay. |
35 | 1.5 hrs | Listening practice | Students will be able to: – Listen comprehension for all sections of the listening test. – Learn new vocabulary |
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36 | 1.5 hrs | Writing practice – Writing task 1 | Students will be able to: – review task 1 format – analyze line charts, bar charts, and tables. – use linking devices and compound sentences. |
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13 | 37 | 1.5 hrs | Writing practice – Writing task 2 | Students will be able to: – review on task 2 format – analyze a topic and craft a response. – use linking devices and compound sentences. |
38 | 1.5 hrs | Speaking practice | Students will be able to: – review on format for the IELTS speaking test – role play as examiner and IELTS candidate – evaluate friend’s speech |
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39 | 1.5 hrs | Listening practice | Students will be able to: – Listen comprehension for all sections of the listening test. – Learn new vocabulary |
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14 | 40 | 1.5 hrs | Reading practice | Students will be able to: – identify the main topics of reading paragraphs without teacher’s guidance. – Skim and Scan for information effectively. |
FINAL TEST |