Scheme of Work Exam Course: IELTS
Course Length: 53 Lessons Lesson Length: 100 minutes
Course Aims: By the end of this course the students will:
have progressed in terms of their awareness of the makeup and
•
expectations of each part of the IELTS exam.
have developed the relevant subskills, in order to improve their
•
performance in each exam paper. Such as skimming and scanning for in
the reading paper and using cohesive devices in the writing paper.
have improved in their understanding and use of different language
•
systems, such as English tenses, conditionals, relative clauses and
affixation.
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Course Outline
Lesson
Topic/
Number Lexical focus
(Unit)
Grammar/Langu Exam Focus
age Objectives
1 (1)
Listening: Section 1
(sentence completion)
Likes and
Reading: – One Text
Dislike
(matching headings to
paragraphs; sentence
completion; true/false/not
given)
Speaking: Section Two
Present Tenses Writing: Section 1 (a line
graph)
Describing
People
2 (1)
3 (1)
1.
Verbs of
Movement
Self-Study
Suggestions:
Materials
CB Courseboo
k
CB pp.6-8
CB pp.9-12
CB pp.1315
Indicate to
students the
free activities
they can find at
4 (2)
https://www.ca
mbridgeenglish.o
rg/learningenglish/activitie
s-for-learners/
Cause and
Effect
5. (2)
6. (2)
2.
7. (3)
8. (3)
Evaluating
Adjectives
Past
Simple/Present
Perfect
Linking Words
Habit in the
Past
Self-Study
Suggestions:
direct students
to advice
sections
regarding
Speaking Part
Two on you tube.
e.g.
https://www.yo
utube.com/watc
h?v=dqiOv0w7aI
Sports
Adjective/prepo
sition
collocations
Ing/ed
Adjectives
Listening: Section Two
(multiple choice; multiple
matching)
Reading: – One Text
(true, false, not given;
multiple matching;
choosing a suitable
heading).
Speaking: Task 2
Writing: Task 2 (opinion
essay)
CB pp.1820
Listening: Section 3
CB pp.3033
Speaking: Section 3
Reading: – One Text
(finding information in
CB pp. 3436
CB pp.2224
CB pp.12627
9. (3)
Comparisons
10 (3)
Progress test:
Assessment of
Students
progress
3.
paragraphs; true; false;
not given)
Writing: Task One (a
table)
CB pp. 3739
Progress
Test
Self-Study
Suggestions:
direct students
to listening
advice videos on
you tube. e.g.
https://www.yo
utube.com/watc
h?v=q8qmJeBxk
4Q
11
12. (4)
General Nouns
13. (4)
Countable
Nouns
14.
(4)
Developing
Ideas
Ready for Listening Test
Practice (Section 1 –
sentence completion;
labelling map) (Section 2multiple matching; multiple
choice) (Section 3 –
multiple choice; multiple
choice; table completion)
(Section 4 – multiple
choice; labelling a
diagram).
Listening: Section 4
(sentence completion;
multiple choice)
Speaking-Part 1
Reading-One Text
(summary completion;
yes/no/not given)
Speaking: Part three
Writing Task 2 (a
problem solution essay)
CB pp.4247
CB pp.4850
CB pp.5155
CB pp.5557
4.
15.
(5)
Self-study
suggestions:
Direct students
to IELTS
reading advice
on you.tube:
https://www.yo
utube.com/watc
h?v=N0ePX99G
M70
Adjective/Noun
Collocations
The Future
16.
(5)
Forming
adjectives
from nouns
17.
(5)
Verbs of
prediction
18.
(6)
19.
(6)
Self-study
Suggestions:
Direct students
to Business
Bites section in
Metro
Newspaper –
relevant
vocabulary for
IELTS Writing
Task One.
Lifecycles and
Processes
Conservation
Listening: Section 1
(sentence completion;
multiple choice; table
completion).
Speaking Part 3
Reading: One Text
(paragraph completion;
multiple choice;
comprehension questions)
Writing Part One (pie
charts)
CB pp.6064
CB pp.6567
CB pp.6769
Reading: One Text
CB pp.72(finding information in
75
paragraphs; true/false/not
given/complete a flow
chart)
Speaking: Part two
CB pp.7779
20.
(6)
Transitive and
intransitive
verbs
Describing
Sequences
Listening: Section 2
(multiple choice; labelling a
map; sentence completion)
Writing: Part One (a
process)
CB p.76
pp.80-81
Self-Study
advice:
Direct students
to IELTS
describing a
process for
IELTS part one
videos on you
tube. e.g.
www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=KNX
vnbxU61w
21.
Progress test:
Assessment of
Students
progress
22.
23.
(7)
Work
24.
(7)
Collocations
Progress
Test
Ready for Reading Test
Practice (true/false/not
given; yes/no/not given;
matching headings;
summary completion;
sentence completion).
Speaking: Part 3
Reading: One Text
(sentence completion;
multiple matching; multiple
choice).
Listening: Section 3
(multiple choice; sentence
completion; comprehension
questions). Speaking: Part
2
CB pp. 8491
CB pp.9296
CB pp.9699
25.
(7)
Type 1,2 and
3 Conditionals
Writing: Task
2(advantages and
disadvantages)
CB p.98
and pp.
100-101
Writing: Task one (a map)
CB pp.104105
CB pp.106109
Self-Study
advice: direct
students to
writing an
advantages and
disadvantages
essay video on
you tube.
26.
(8)
27.
(8)
https://www.yo
utube.com/watc
h?v=8k72GtBYb
Ss
Nouns relating
to places.
Referring in a
text
28.
(8)
Reading: One Text
(multiple matching; table
completion; multiple
choice).
Listening: Section 4
(sentence completion)
Speaking: parts 2 and 3
CB p.110
and p.113
Self-Study
advice: direct
students to
writing an
advantages and
disadvantages
essay video on
you tube.
30.
(9)
https://www.yo
utube.com/watc
h?v=PhVlFDNA
mUQ
Beauty
Speaking: Part 2
Reading: One Text
(sentence completion;
CB pp.116
-120
31.
(9)
Prefixes: underand over-
32.
(9)
Modal verbs
for evaluating
multiple matching; finding
information in paragraphs)
Listening: Section 3
(sentence completion;
multiple matching)
Speaking: Part 3
Writing: Task 2 (opinion
essay)
CB pp.121123
CB pp.123
pp.124125
Self-Study
advice: it’s
worth pointing
out to students
the number of
free
newspapers,
which are
available online.
www.theguardia
n.com or
www.mailonline.c
om
33
34.
(10)
Progress test:
Assessment of
Students
progress
Art
35.
(10)
-
36.
(10)
Defining
relative
clauses
Self-Study
advice: watch
you tube videos
Progress
Test
Reading: One Text
(summary completion;
diagram labelling)
Speaking: Part 3
Listening: Section 2
(multiple choice; sentence
completion)
Speaking: Part 2
Writing: Task 2 (opinion
essay)
CB pp.140144
CB p.142
pp.146147
CB p.145
pp.148149
37.
(11)
38.
(11)
39. (11)
40. (12)
41. (12)
on writing an
opinion essay.
The Family
Reading: One Text
(sentence completion;
finding information in
paragraphs; multiple
choice)
Listening: Section 1
(sentence completion)
Speaking: Part 2
Suffixes: -hood
and -ship
Type 1 and 2
Conditionals
Self-Study
advice: point
the students in
the direction of
bbc i-player or
4OD – subtitled
TV programming
which is good
for listening
development.
Adjectives with
multiple
meanings
Words related
to memory
42. (12)
Articles
Self-Study
Advice: direct
students to you
tube videos on
writing
Problem/Solutio
ns essays.
Writing: Task 2 (opinion
essay)
Listening: Section 2
(multiple choice; sentence
completion)
Speaking: Parts 1 and 2
Reading: One Text
(summary completion; true;
false; not given).
Writing; Task 2
(opinion/suggesting
solutions)
CB pp.
152- 155
and p. 158
CB pp.155157
CB pp.159161
CB pp.164166
CB p.167
pp.169-171
CB pp.172173
43.
Progress test:
Assessment of
Students
progress
44.
45.
(13)
Nouns related
to systems
46.
(13)
Modal Verbs to
Adjective
47.
(13)
48.
(14)
Concession and
developing
ideas
Self-Study
Advice:
Watching you
tube videos on
speaking part 3.
Money
49.
(14)
Word building:
Values and
Beliefs
50.
(14)
Substitution
and Ellipsis
Self-Study
advice: Advise
students that
watching TED
Progress
Test
Ready for Speaking Test
Practice: Speaking Parts
One, Two or Three.
Listening: Section 3
(multiple choice; multiple
matching; multiple choice)
Speaking: Parts 2 and 3
Reading: One Text
(headings matching;
yes/no/not given; multiple
choice).
Writing: Part 1 (a table)
CB pp.176180
Listening: Section 4
(multiple choice; sentence
completion)
Speaking: Part 3
Reading: One Text (finding
information in paragraphs;
multiple matching;
sentence completion;
choosing an appropriate
heading).
Writing: Task 1 (pie and
bar charts)
CB pp.194196 and
p.201
CB pp182184
pp.189190
CB.
pp.185188
CB pp.
188-189
and p.190
CB pp.197200
CB 200201
pp.202203
Talks is good
preparation for
Listening Part 4.
53.
Progress
Test
Progress test:
Assessment of
Students
progress
Progress
Test