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Teach IELTS Essays
You can buy this Course for $ 69 or try Demo first
About the course
Level
Experienced, Expert
Your Students
Adults, Teenagers
Required time
13 hours
This course will help you learn or refresh important aspects of IELTS essay writing. You will get equipped with techniques and strategies that will make preparation for IELTS smooth and effective both for you and your students.
In this course, we will be looking at:
- important requirements for writing IELTS essays;
- types of IELTS essays & how to organize ideas clearly and logically;
- assessment criteria examiners use to assess essays;
- the system of teaching IELTS essay writing, including effective tasks and activities for developing essay writing skills;
- time management and typical problems & solutions with essay writing.
This is a practical course that will help you turn this knowledge into practical ideas for your lessons.
Course Program (in Ukrainian)
Download PDFKeywords
- Exams
- Exam Preparation
- IELTS
- Writing
Course authors and tutors
Andrii Pigariev
Course Author, Course Tutor
DOS, CELTA, CELT-P/S Course trainer, International speaking examiner, Conference speaker
Anfisa Kramarenko
Course Editor
CELTA certified teacher of General English, Business English, Exam Preparation, International speaking examiner
What's in the course?
Variety of inputs
Interesting texts, video lectures and tutorials, audio tracks to keep you engaged
Variety of tasks
Tasks with closed (True/False, multiple choice, matching) and open questions (reflection tasks with suggested answers)
Sample answers for IELTS essay questions
The model answers demonstrate how tips and strategies for approaching the question work
Knowledge bank
To keep the new knowledge organised and to give you the opportunity to return to it when needed, including templates for organising IELTS essays
Final test
To track your progress and a must if you would like to receive a certificate
Useful resources
For further reading and study
Course Outline
Strict Order
This course consists of integral units that should be done in a strict order. Within each unit, the tasks follow a strict order and should be done one by one.
Key requirements and understanding tasks
Essay types and structure
How essays are assessed
Teaching IELTS essays step by step
Task and activities to teach IELTS essays
Typical student problems and solutions to them
Final test
Course outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will:
- be better aware of general requirements for writing IELTS essays
- learn how to recognise all types of IELTS essays
- be better able to understand how to organise ideas in IELTS essays
- be better aware of assessment criteria for writing essays
- learn how to help students practise with IELTS essays systematically
- be better aware of tasks and activities to help students practice IELTS writing skills
- be better aware of how to help students manage time under exam conditions
- be better aware of possible students’ problems with writing IELTS essays and effective solutions to them
The skills you will learn:
- organising ideas in IELTS essays
- helping students practise with IELTS essays
- creating tasks and activities to help students practice IELTS writing skills
- managing students' time under exam conditions
- anticipating and effectively solving students’ problems with writing IELTS essays
Certificate
Based on the results of the final test you will get:
0–69% — Certificate of Attendance
70–89% — Certificate of Completion
90–100% — Certificate of Completion with Merit
Certificate will appear in your Profile.
