IELTS Academic – Practice Course

Course Curriculum

1. Week 1: Reading Practice
   • Introduction to IELTS Academic Reading format, question types, and time-management strategies.
   • Skimming, scanning, identifying main ideas, and locating specific information.
   • Multiple-choice questions, True/False/Not Given, and Yes/No/Not Given.
   • Matching headings, matching information, matching features, and matching sentence endings.
   • Sentence completion, summary completion, note completion, and short-answer questions.
   • Practice with academic passages of varying difficulty and timed reading exercises.
   • Weekend: All Modules Mock Test 1 — Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.
2. Week 2: Writing Practice
   • Introduction to IELTS Academic Writing format, assessment criteria, and time management.
   • Writing Task 1: Charts, graphs, tables, maps, and process diagrams.
   • Writing Task 1: Identifying key features, writing overviews, and making comparisons.
   • Writing Task 2: Opinion, discussion, advantages and disadvantages, and problem-solution essays.
   • Essay structure, idea development, paragraph coherence, and logical arguments.
   • Vocabulary, grammatical range, accuracy, and common error correction.
   • Weekend: All Modules Mock Test 2 — Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.
3. Week 3: Listening Practice
   • Introduction to IELTS Listening format, question types, and test strategies.
   • Identifying keywords, paraphrases, specific information, and distractors.
   • Form completion, note completion, table completion, and sentence completion.
   • Multiple-choice questions, matching, and short-answer questions.
   • Map labelling, plan labelling, and understanding directions.
   • Listening to conversations and monologues in everyday, educational, and academic contexts.
   • Weekend: All Modules Mock Test 3 — Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.
4. Week 4: Speaking Practice
   • Introduction to IELTS Speaking test format and assessment criteria.
   • Part 1: Answering questions about familiar topics naturally and confidently.
   • Part 2: Cue-card practice, preparation strategies, and extended speaking.
   • Part 3: Expressing opinions, explaining ideas, comparing alternatives, and discussing abstract topics.
   • Improving fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical accuracy.
   • Full speaking simulations and feedback based on IELTS Speaking assessment criteria.
   • Weekend: All Modules Mock Test 4 — Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.
   • Final Performance Review: Analyse progress, identify remaining weaknesses, and provide personalized recommendations for exam readiness.