Lesson Plans: IELTS

Looking at what IELTS Speaking Part One questions are always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely and never.

Speaking with vocabulary from IELTS exam listening and reading texts on business and economics

Changed sounds in IELTS Listening answers at natural speed

Short texts with tips on how to do true/ false/ not given, diagram labelling, etc, followed by comprehension questions of that type.

Missing sounds in fast IELTS gapfill answers

Discussing good tactics for doing and preparing for the IELTS Listening test.

The most common future verb forms in IELTS Speaking, Writing Task One and Writing Task Two review, starting with matching the examples to different parts of the test and then trying to remember them.

Comparing IELTS Academic parts and to other exams.

Things that make IELTS Reading tricky and aspects that make it more manageable, with how to tackle the issues and how to fully exploit the help that is available.

Learning comparing phrases by comparing finished IELTS Writing Task 1 essay with each other.

Using vital phrases for IELTS Writing Task 1 process tasks then trying to remember them, with a word puzzle to help recall the phrases and discussion of typical confusions in phrases to talk about steps in a process.

Students discuss how to use official IELTS Writing Task One practice tests, put suggested stages in order, read a model process task essay with suggested steps, then try to remember useful language for describing flowcharts.

Students choose good advice for completing IELTS Writing Task 1 essays, then try to remember the language for doing the good things to do, including useful phrases for introductions and the body.

More complex and higher level phrases for IELTS Writing Task 2 essays.

Avoiding repeating language in IELTS Writing Task 1 by paraphrasing words and phrases practice, with stimulating practice activities and language from real tasks to think of other ways of saying.

What to do and not to do in IELTS Writing Task 2 review, starting with crossing off bad tips and ending with brainstorming useful language for doing the good things.

What you should do in IELTS Writing Task 1 and/ or IELTS Writing Task 2 review, starting with a fun fast reactions game, good for learning the similarities and differences between the two kinds of essay.

Avoiding common spelling mistakes in IELTS Writing Tasks 1 and 2 by learning spelling rules such as Magic E, homophones and silent letters, starting with an error correction stage then working out what the patterns are.

Students use and try to remember suitable verbs for describing flowcharts, including multiword verbs, antonyms, and verbs with the same meaning, ending with brainstorming stages.

Phrases before and after IELTS answers that reinforce right and wrong answers simplest responses game

Guided analysis of IELTS Listening tests for task types, instructions, difficulties, etc

Discussing how to do and prepare for the IELTS Listening test.

Students discuss what to expect and what to do in IELTS Listening tests, then try to remember the example words and phrases from official tests that are given.

Things that make IELTS Listening more difficult and easier review, with ways to tackle the problems and take advantage of the good points.

Students correct mistakes in real IELTS Listening gapfill task answers, including common mistakes with spelling, grammar, use of numbers, and use of units.

IELTS Speaking first lesson with needs analysis interviews and exam tips

Students reflect on how their IELTS Reading practice went, practise comparisons language as they work in pairs, and compare ideas for how to do better, including self-study tips.

Photocopiable guided analysis of whole IELTS Reading tests, includng discussion of the best tactics in the IELTS Reading exam and during self-study to improve reading skills.

Discussing the best ways to do and prepare for the IELTS Reading test.

Count and non-count nouns in IELTS Speaking and IELTS Writing review.

Articles etc in IELTS Speaking and IELTS Writing guessing game

Students set each other IELTS Speaking Parts One, Two and Three questions on the topic of reading, including typical IELTS Speaking question stems, so good for IELTS Speaking, as an IELTS Reading warmer, and as a way into discussing IELTS Reading tactics

Analysing IELTS Speaking exam videos worksheets

Past, present and future questions on common IELTS Speaking Part One topics

Students work their way around a board by using typical phrases for communicating in IELTS Speaking like checking phrases and filling silence phrases, then brainstorm useful phrases and vocabulary for Speaking Part One.

Typical mistakes in answer to IELTS Speaking Part One questions

Competing to use suitable phrases to check what the question means, fill silence, etc.

Showing range of language in IELTS Speaking Part One by avoiding repeating words practice, with vocabulary from typical IELTS Speaking topics and questions to say another way.

Synonyms and common confusions in IELTS Speaking Part One questions, functional language and vocabulary, including a fun quick reactions game and useful language for making comparisons.

Giving opinions in IELTS Speaking Part Three practice questions on the topic of doing and preparing for IELTS Reading, good for linking the two skills/ papers together.

Common IELTS Speaking Part Three question stems on nature and the environment, model speaking answers to match to the questions, then exercises to help memorise useful language from those answers.

Useful phrases in model IELTS Speaking Part Three answers on nature.

Seeing what IELTS Speaking Part Two tasks have in common and then write similar tasks.

Students work out similarities and differences between IELTS Speaking Part Two presentation tasks, then use that analysis to help make similar tasks for each other.

Comparing your ideas for useful functional language for IELTS Speaking Part Two with a list of useful phrases.

Students answer IELTS Speaking questions in good and bad ways, then discuss how useful or not those ways of speaking are.

Guessing or remembering the details of the IELTS Speaking test

Students make and ask each other typical IELTS Speaking Part One, Part Two and Part Three questions based on a fun dice game, including typical questions stems to use.

Typical mistakes with functional language in IELTS Speaking correction and brainstorming, with a big list of useful phrases

Comparing different kinds of IELTS Writing Task 1 tasks.