IELTS™ Course Content

Some content is exclusively available in Gold courses.

Listening
Reading
Speaking
Writing 1 (GT)
Writing 1 (Ac.)
Writing 2
Listening
Listening Lesson 1: Overview of IELTS™ listening, question types, and note-taking skills
Lesson 2: Responding to multiple-choice and matching questions
Lesson 3: Responding to matching questions
Lesson 4: Responding to plan, map, diagram labelling questions
Lesson 5: Responding to sentence-completion and short-answer questions
Lesson 6: Responding to form, note, table, flow-chart, and summary completion questions
Gold Lesson 7: Efficient note-taking
Lesson 8: Identifying main points and supporting details in conversations
Lesson 9: Time management and multi-tasking
Lesson 10: Handling difficult listening passages
Lesson 11: More practice and tutor feedback
Lesson 12: Complete review of the lessons and final feedback
Reading The lesson topics are the same for the Academic and General Training courses. However, the content is different for each.
Standard Lesson 1: Overview of IELTS™ reading, question types, test instructions and common test-taking tips
Lesson 2: Responding to multiple-choice, "True/False/Not Given", and "Yes/No/Not Given" questions
Lesson 3: Responding to matching questions (information, headings, features, sentence endings)
Lesson 4: Responding to summary, note, table, flow chart-completion and diagram-labelling questions
Lesson 5: Responding to sentence-completion and short-answer questions
Lesson 6: Review of IELTS™ question types and tutor feedback
Gold Lesson 7: Identifying main points and supporting details in conversations
Lesson 8: Identifying main points and supporting details in conversations
Lesson 9: Reading under time pressure
Lesson 10: Handling difficult reading passages
Lesson 11: More practice and tutor feedback
Lesson 12: Complete review of the lessons and final feedback
Speaking All our IELTS™ speaking lessons are conducted via Skype.
The course content might vary for band scores below 5.5.
Standard Lesson 1: Introduction to IELTS™ Speaking, greeting and introduction to Part 1
Lesson 2: Part 1 practice, feedback and introduction to Part 2
Lesson 3: Part 2 practice and feedback
Lesson 4: Part 2 practice, feedback and introduction to Part 3
Lesson 5: Part 3 practice and feedback
Lesson 6: Full speaking practice and complete feedback
Review session: Round-up of the previous lessons and overall assessment
All the sessions below include full speaking practice.
Gold Lesson 7: Using complex structures in speech
Lesson 8: Pronunciation (connected speech and sentence stress)
Lesson 9: Pronunciation (intonation)
Lesson 10: Organizing and linking points
Lesson 11: Avoiding redundancy
Lesson 12: Tips to make your speech sound natural
Review session: Round-up of the previous lessons and overall assessment
Writing Task 1
(General Training)
Standard Lesson 1: Introduction to IELTS™ General Training Writing Task 1, types of letters, topics and the letter layout.
Lesson 2: Complaint and request letters
Lesson 3: Invitation and arrangement letters
Lesson 4: Application or resignation
Lesson 5: Informative and explanation letters
Lesson 6: Apology letters
All the lessons below include at least one letter-writing practice.
Gold Lesson 7: Using the right vocabulary in formal letters
Lesson 8: Using complex structures in formal letters
Lesson 9: increasing efficiency in letter-writing
Lesson 10: Complete review and feedback
Writing Task 1
(Academic)
Standard Lesson 1: Introduction to IELTS™ Academic Writing Task 1 and general organization of the Task 1 report
Lesson 2: Describing bar and pie charts
Lesson 3: Describing tables
Lesson 4: Describing graphs
Lesson 5: Describing maps
Lesson 6: Describing diagrams
All the lessons below include at least one writing practice.
Gold Lesson 7: Common academic-level vocabulary for Task 1
Lesson 8: Using complex structures
Lesson 9: Avoiding redundancy in your writing
Lesson 10: Complete review and feedback
Writing Task 2
Standard Lesson 1: Types of topic questions and differences between General Training and Academic question topics
Lesson 2: Brainstorming, organizing and outlining
Lesson 3: Developing the introductory paragraph
Lesson 4: Developing the body and concluding paragraphs
Lesson 5: Full writing practice and feedback
Lesson 6: Complete review, full writing practice and feedback
All the lessons below include full writing practice and feedback.
Gold Lesson 7: Using academic-level vocabulary
Lesson 8: Utilizing complex sentence structures
Lesson 9: Avoiding redundancy
Lesson 10: Complete review and feedback