1. Students need to expose themselves to as much English practice as possible through reading, listening, speaking and writing.
2. It is important for students to be familiar with both the paper-based and computer-based IELTS exam formats.
3. Regular practice of all IELTS test components is essential to improve skills and familiarize students with question types, timing, and scoring criteria.
1. Students need to expose themselves to as much English practice as possible through reading, listening, speaking and writing.
2. It is important for students to be familiar with both the paper-based and computer-based IELTS exam formats.
3. Regular practice of all IELTS test components is essential to improve skills and familiarize students with question types, timing, and scoring criteria.
1. Students need to expose themselves to as much English practice as possible through reading, listening, speaking and writing.
2. It is important for students to be familiar with both the paper-based and computer-based IELTS exam formats.
3. Regular practice of all IELTS test components is essential to improve skills and familiarize students with question types, timing, and scoring criteria.
1. Students need to expose themselves to as much English practice as possible through reading, listening, speaking and writing.
2. It is important for students to be familiar with both the paper-based and computer-based IELTS exam formats.
3. Regular practice of all IELTS test components is essential to improve skills and familiarize students with question types, timing, and scoring criteria.
• Relationship between book and official test components
❖ Speaking ❖ Reading ❖ Listening ❖ Writing
• What is important for your students?
2 Objectives Webinar Objectives
• To understand important components of Expert IELTS 6
• To enable participants to understand how different sections
of IELTS Expert 6 can be beneficial for their students
• To give participants a chance to get ideas for teaching.
• To share teachers’ experience in using Expert IELTS 6
4 Components of Expert IELTS 6 Components of IELTS Expert 6 • Printed: SB, WB, TB/TG • Digital: Active Teach (The digital version of the book) • Online: My English Lab (E-Text and extra homework –not the same as the workbook) • Benefits of MEL for teachers: Extra online activities for distance learning, E-text, automatic grading of activities, personalized learning. • Benefits of MEL for students: learning any where, practice that can be done as often as they like and younger students have more technology capabilities. 6 Relationship between book and IELTS test Speaking Speaking Test What do you know about the speaking test? Can you answer these questions?
1. How many parts are there to the speaking test?
2. How long is each part? 3. What do your students need to know about the test? 4. What are the students graded on? 5. How does Expert IELTS 6 help you with each criteria section?
9 Speaking Test - Answers
1. How many parts are there to the speaking test?
3 2. How long is each part? Part 1: 5 minutes Part 2: 4 minutes Part 3: 5 minutes 3. What do your students need to know about the test? • Don’t repeat the questions • Don’t think in Indonesian and translate to English • Have natural rhythm • Use intonation • Don’t repeat your answers but expand on them
10 Speaking Test - Answers
4. What are the students graded on?
Fluency and coherence; Lexical resource; Grammar range and accuracy; Pronunciation 4. How does Expert IELTS 6 help you with each criteria section? Many ways, let’s look at a few.
11 Speaking material 1. What are the common mistakes (1a: speaking: Expand your answers A; part 1.
2. Listen: Which words are stressed? (1a: Speaking:Expand
your answers B; part 1) What words are stressed in the questions? Then what answers would you expect from your students?
3. To help with lexical resource (2a: Speaking: part 2A +2B)
Do the task, Ss record themselves then what can you do with the recordings?
4. Stress, intonation (8a: Speaking: Stress & Intonation: Part 3
12 Reading Reading Test What do you know about the Reading test? Can you answer these questions? 1. How many readings are there? 2. How many questions are on the reading test? 3. What do your students need to know about the test? 4. What type of questions are on the IELTS Reading test? 5. How does Expert IELTS 6 help students with the reading section of IELTS?
14 Reading Test-Answers Can you answer these questions? 1. How many readings are there? 3 2. How many questions are on the reading test? 40 3. What do your students need to know about the test? • 60 minutes • Amount of time to spend on each text • 1 question = 1 point • Must follow instructions (ie. NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS)
15 Reading Test-Answers 4. What type of questions are on the IELTS Reading test? • Match headings • Multiple choice • Short answer • T/F/NG • Y/N/NG • Summary completion • Sentence completion/endings • Table completion • Diagram labelling
16 Reading Test-Answers 5. How does Expert IELTS 6 help students with the reading section of IELTS? • Match headings 1a, 6b, 10b • Multiple choice 5a, 5b • Short answer 6a, 6b • T/F/NG 10a • Y/N/NG 2b, 7b • Summary completion 3a, 3b • Sentence completion/endings 4b, 7a, 7b • Table completion • Diagram labelling 8a
17 Reading material 1. 2b: Reading: yes, no, not given.
18 Listening Listening Test What do you know about the Listening test? Can you answer these questions? 1. How many listenings are there? 2. How many questions are on the listening test? 3. What do your students need to know about the test?
4. What type of questions are on the IELTS Listening
test?
20 Listening Test - Answers Can you answer these questions? 1. How many listenings are there? 4 2. How many questions are on the listening test? 40 questions (10 per listening) 3. What do your students need to know about the test? • Can write on the test • Have 10 minutes to transfer answers • Each correct answer = 1 Mark • Need a strategy for each question type • Focus on easy questions (spelling/grammar/word limit) 21 Listening Test - Answers Can you answer these questions?
4. What type of questions are on the IELTS Listening
22 Listening types Listening 1: General: A conversation set in an everyday social context.
Listening 2: General: A monologue set in an everyday social
context, e.g. a speech about local facilities.
Listening 3: Academic: A conversation of up to 4 people set in
an educational or training context, e.g. a university tutor and a student discussing an assignment.
Listening 4: Academic: Lecture or talk by 1 speaker. The focus
is on listening for main ideas, specific factual information, attitude or speaker’s opinions.
23 Listening material Let us look at a few listening and then discuss how else we can use the materials in the book.
1. 6a:Listening: section 4: summary completion
• Look at the first task and decide what the students could do first. (not a listening) • What can you have students do with the second task before listening? • What can you do with the listening when you are finished?
24 Listening material Let us look at a few listening and then discuss how else we can use the materials in the book.
2. 9a:Listening: section 3: short answer questions, notes
completion. • Before the listening students should read the text and predict answers and underline key words (as always) • What can you do with the second task after listening?
25 Writing Writing Test What do you know about the writing test? Can you answer these questions? 1. How many writing tasks are there? 2. How many words should each task be? 3. What are the students graded on? 4. What do your students need to know about each task? 5. What type of questions are on each writing task?
27 Writing Test - Answers
1. How many writing tasks are there? 2
2. How many words should each task be? Task 1 minimum 150; Task 2 - minimum of 250. 3. What are the students graded on? • Task achievement • Coherence and cohesion • Lexical resources • Grammatical Range + Accuracy
28 Writing Test - Answers
4. What do your students need to know about each
task? Task 1 is worth 1/3 and task 2 is worth 2/3. So, if task 1 = 6 but task 2 is a 5, overall = 5.5 (6X.333 + 5X.667=1.998 + 3.335 =5,333) OR Task 1 =5 and task 2=7, so overall = 6.5 (5X.333 + 7X.667=1.665 + 4.669 =6.334)
29 Writing Test - Answers
5. What type of questions are on each writing task?
Task 1: graph, chart, table, diagram (describe, summarize and/or explain information • Presenting data • Describing process (steps/stages) • How something works (diagram) • Describe a plan or design Task 2: Write in response to a/an • Point of view • Argument • A problem 30 Writing material Let us look at a few writing tasks and discuss tasks students could do with them.
1. 7a:Writing: Write an introduction A: Task 2 Cause & Effect
essay
• What else can students do with the task besides choose the best answer? 2. 7a:Writing: Write an introduction B: Task 2 Cause & Effect essay
• What can be done before the students write?
• What can be done with it after the writing
31 Important for students Important for students • Students will need to expose themselves to as much English as possible. • There is paper based and computer based tests • To move up ½ a point in IELTS one needs to study about 200 hours (when 5.5 and above ) • Need to learn how to write an overview for task 1 (graphs/tables/diagrams) • DO NOT copy the question for the overview. • Take the time to make an outline for your writing as it will save time in the end and be more organized. • Take the 1 minute to prepare for task 2 in speaking test!!!! • Do as many practice reading tests as possible to work on time management- many candidates don’t finish the last reading –or start with the last reading. 33 Questions and Answers Thank you for coming!
