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How to Teach IELTS Listening
You can buy this Course for $ 69 or try Demo first
About the course
Level
New to TEFL/TESOL, Experienced, Expert
Your Students
Adults, Teenagers
Required time
10 hours
This course will enable you to get a better understanding of how to teach your students IELTS listening. You will familiarise yourselves with techniques and strategies that will make preparation for the IELTS listening section smooth and effective.
In this course, we will focus on:
- the format of the listening section, its parts, task types
- the cycle of the listening task completion
- listening microskills and useful strategies for particular types of tasks
- the system of teaching IELTS listening and how to include the listening section in the IELTS preparation course
- typical problems your learners face while completing listening exam tasks
- practical solutions to cope with the problems.
This practical course will help you to upgrade teaching IELTS listening and enhance your learners' listening skills.
Course Program (in Ukrainian)
Download PDFKeywords
- Exams
- Exam Preparation
- IELTS
- Listening
Course authors and tutors
Olena Bochkarova
Course Author
DELTA, CELTA certified teacher of General & Business English, IELTS Prep, International Speaking Examiner
Yulia Chorna
Course Editor
DELTA Module 1, CELTA certified teacher of General & Business English
What's in the course?
Variety of inputs
Video and audio tutorials that will keep you engaged, interesting and useful comments and tips that are very practical and applicable
Variety of tasks
Tasks with closed (True/False, multiple choice, matching) and open questions (reflection tasks with suggested answers)
Knowledge bank
It is very well-structured and allows you to revise the most important aspects of the unit. Also, it contains information about strategies, task types, practical advice, and useful tips for learners. You can return to the knowledge bank any time you need it
Final test
It provides feedback on what material and how well you have mastered it. Moreover, it is a must if you would like to receive a certificate
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.
Getting ready to listen
Completing a listening task cycle
Strategies and tips (Part 1)
Strategies and tips (Part 2)
Following a lecture
Listening section logistics
Difficulties learners face in the listening section
Final test
Course outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will:
- be better aware of the IELTS listening section format
- learn about different task types in the listening section
- understand essential exam strategies for listening tasks
- be better aware of the task cycles in the listening section
- be better able to organise the teaching of the IELTS listening section
- be better aware of how to help students perform better under exam conditions
- be better aware of possible students’ problems with listening tasks and effective solutions to them
The skills you will learn:
- planning a lesson to teach IELTS listening
- incorporating the listening section into a bigger exam preparation course
- analysing the instructions for the task and teaching learners how to do it
- choosing an effective strategy depending on the task type
- organising timed practice and mock listening tests
- anticipating and effectively solving learners’ problems with IELTS listening tasks
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.
