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Bizsmart is one of the Top institutes providing coaching in IELTS Bangalore
Aim of the course:
To prepare students for further ESOL or mainstream study destinations (including foundation preparation for the IELTS examination)
To assist students to communicate more effectively and confidently in a variety of settings.
Learning Outcomes:
SPEAKING: make predictions, express hypotheses, express opinion and respond to others; make arrangement with known person by telephone; give
advice; demonstrate more complex numeracy skills; report speech.
LISTENING: listen for main and supporting ideas; listen for specific information; predict information; recognize formal and informal language features.
READING: read globally; read for a detailed understanding; demonstrate dictionary skills; scan a text for specific information; predict information; process
text-based numerical information.
WRITING: write a formal letter; write a complaint; express and justify a point of view in writing; edit and correct own written texts.
Bizsmart is one of the best IELTS Training Institute in Marathahalli Bangalore
Week 1 Course Content
Listening Anticipating the text –
Using picture/graphic clues
Predicting from questions
Identifying how many speakers
Identifying relationships between speakers
Predicting language according to relationships/topics
Identifying reason/purpose of conversation
Task: Identify the differences between spoken and written
languageListening for Specific Information-
Predicting the required words
Identifying key words
Identifying word classification
Dates, times, numbers, names etc.
Task: Form filling
ReadingOrientation to the Text
Using the text to make predictions about content
Headings, titles; bold, underlined, italic words etc
Using pictures, graphics, tables, graphs etc
Identifying genre
Identifying the audience
Understanding paragraphs
Task: Identify topic sentences
WritingDescribing facts and figures-
Bar and pie charts
tables
Describing trends-
Line graphs
Examining axis
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2. Speaking
Introducing oneself-
Focus on fluency
Linking ideas
Predicting topics/familiar situations
Providing personal information
Task: Part 1 of speaking test
Week 2 Course Content
ListeningListening for detail
Identifying key words
Identifying when there is a need to listen
Predicting possible context of the language
Task: multiple choice and picturesListening for the main ideas
Separating main ideas from supporting detail
Identifying main ideas
Recognising introductory phrases
Developing the main idea
Task: Multiple choice
ReadingScanning for specific information and details-
Understanding the layout
Getting an idea of where information might be
Increasing reading speed
Getting the gist
Checking predictions
Task: Form filling and chart/table completion
WritingSummarising data In a table-
Selecting important information
Comparing data
Grouping information
Describing a process-
Cohesion
Sequencing
Essay structure
SpeakingPlanning a talk-
Explaining how you feel or felt in the past
Giving short answers to follow up questions
Task: Part 2 of speaking
Week 3 Course Content
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3. Listening
Interpreting meaning
Understanding the speaker’s attitudes
Stress
Interpreting intonation
Prosodic features of speech including hesitations, repetitions,
avoidance, tone, etc
Task: multiple choiceIdentifying ‘signposting’ to aid understanding
Comparisons
Contrasts or opposites
Examples
Cause/effect, result
Additional information
Framework or stages of a talk
Task: note completion and labeling a diagram
ReadingIdentifying main ideas and supporting ideas-
Topics – the main idea
Paragraphs
Topic sentences in paragraphs
Differentiating between main idea and supporting comments
Organization of paragraphs
Locating specific information quickly
Cohesion between and within paragraphs
Paragraph headings
Summarizing paragraphs
Task: multiple choice, note taking, matching paragraph headings
WritingApproaching the task-
Understanding instructions
Forming ideas
Organizing ideas into paragraphs
Structuring an argument
SpeakingPlanning the talk-
Approaching the topic
Expanding ideas
Signposts and cohesion
Fluency
Developing the main idea through sub-topics
Task: Part 2 of speaking
Week 4 Course Content
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4. Listening
Completing Gap-fill question types
Identifying specific information
Predicting the type of word(s) required
Using the other written information as an aid
Selecting key wordsCompleting short answer question types
Analysing the task
Understanding requirements
Note taking
Summarising
Identifying key words
Specifying the topic
ReadingUnderstanding an argument
Understanding the argument
Making references
Paraphrasing argument
Separating fact and opinionReading strategies – question types
Short answer question types
Sentence completion
Completing a summary
WritingPresenting an argument-
The introduction
Expressing views
Making concessions
Refuting an argument
The conclusion
SpeakingExploring the Theme
Intonation
Stress
Prosodic features for “thinking time”, hesitations
Explaining how things work
Expressing and justifying opinions
Discussing advantages and disadvantages
Task: Part 3 of speaking
Week 5 Course Content
ListeningCompleting multiple choice question types
Predicting text content
Predicting possible answers
Identifying obvious incorrect answers
Identifying ‘almost but not quite’ correct answers
Identifying key words/phrasesCompleting true/false question types
Recognition of modifying words/phrases
Unconditional or all-inclusive qualifying words
Understanding instructions
Identifying key words
Identifying topic words
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5. Reading
Recognising fact, opinion, claim, writer’s attitude-
Recognising the language of fact, opinion, claim
Differentiating meaning
Deduction
Inferring
Evaluating Information
Task: Yes/No/ Not Given, Multiple choice
WritingEssay Writing
Giving opinions
Cause and effect
SpeakingExploring the Theme
Fluency and cohesion
Reasoned responses
Justifying opinions
Speculating
Task: Parts 2 and 3 of speaking
Everybody takes the same Listening and Speaking components. It is the Reading and Writing components that differ.
You will take the Listening, Reading and Writing tests all on the same day one after the other, with no breaks in between them. They are always taken in this
order.
Your Speaking test will either be after a break on the same day as the other three tests, or up to seven days before or after that. This will depend on your test
centre.
Understanding the format of each section
Listening
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Listening
30 minutes
You will listen to four recorded texts, monologues and conversations by a range of native speakers, and write your answers to a series of questions.
These include questions which test your ability to understand main ideas and detailed factual information, ability to understand the opinions and attitudes of
speakers, ability to understand the purpose of an utterance and the ability to follow the development of ideas.
A variety of voices and native-speaker accents are used and each section is heard only once.
Section 1
A conversation between two people set in an everyday social context.
Section 2
A monologue set in an everyday social context e.g. a speech about local facilities.
Section 3
A conversation between up to four people set in an educational or training context, e.g. a university tutor and a student discussing an assignment.
Section 4
A monologue on an academic subject e.g. a university lecture.
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Reading
60 minutes
The Reading component consists of 40 questions. A variety of question types is used in order to test a wide range of reading skills. These including reading for
gist, reading for main ideas, reading for detail, skimming, understanding logical argument, recognising writers’ opinions, attitudes and purpose.
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6. IELTS Academic
The Academic version includes three long texts which range from the descriptive and factual to the discursive and analytical. The texts are authentic and are
taken from books, journals, magazines and newspapers. These have been selected for a non-specialist audience but are appropriate for candidates entering
university courses or seeking professional registration.
IELTS General Training
The General Training version requires candidates to read extracts from books, magazines, newspapers, notices, advertisements, company handbooks and
guidelines. These are materials you are likely to encounter on a daily basis in an English speaking environment.
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Writing
60 minutes
IELTS Academic
The Writing component of IELTS Academic includes two tasks. Topics are of general interest to, and suitable for candidates entering undergraduate and
postgraduate studies or seeking professional registration.
Task 1
You will be presented with a graph, table, chart or diagram and asked to describe, summarise or explain the information in your own words. You may be
asked to describe and explain data, describe the stages of a process, how something works or describe an object or event.
Task 2
You will be asked to write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem. Responses to both tasks must be in a formal style.
IELTS General Training
The Writing component of IELTS General Training includes two tasks which are based on topics of general interest.
Task 1
You will be presented with a situation and asked to write a letter requesting information, or explaining the situation. The letter may be personal, semi-formal or
formal in style.
Task 2
You will be asked to write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem. The essay can be slightly more personal in style than the Academic
Writing Task 2 essay.
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Speaking
11 to 14 minutes
The Speaking component assesses your use of spoken English, and takes between 11 and 14 minutes to complete. Every test is recorded. The Speaking
component is delivered in such a way that it does not allow candidates to rehearse set responses beforehand.
Part 1
The Examiner will ask you general questions about yourself and a range of familiar topics, such as home, family, work, studies and interests. This part lasts
between four and five minutes.
Part 2
You will be given a card which asks you to talk about a particular topic. You will have one minute to prepare before speaking for up to two minutes. The
examiner will then ask one or two questions on the same topic to finish this part of the test.
Part 3
You will be asked further questions connected to the topic in Part 2. These questions will give you the opportunity to discuss more abstract ideas and issue.
The part of the test lasts between four and five minutes.
IELTS | Institutions – How is IELTS marked?
IELTS has a rigorous, quality-assured system for marking every IELTS test.
Marking is carried out by trained examiners who follow standardised guidelines. The examiners hold relevant teaching qualifications and are certificated by
Cambridge English Language Assessment. Each examiner is tested every two years to retain their certification. They are also involved in ongoing training.
The IELTS integrated system of recruitment, training, benchmarking, certification and monitoring for IELTS examiners ensures they are fully qualified,
experienced and effective.
Candidates receive scores on a Band Scale from 1 to 9. A profile score is reported for each skill. The four individual scores are averaged and rounded to
produce an Overall Band Score. Overall Band Scores and scores for each sub-test (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking) are reported in whole bands or
half bands.
Overall Band Score
Candidates receive a Test Report Form setting out their Overall Band Score and their scores on each of the four sub-tests: Listening, Reading, Writing and
Speaking. Each of the sub-test scores is equally weighted. The Overall Band Score is calculated by taking the mean of the total of the four individual sub-test
scores.
Overall Band Scores are reported to the nearest whole or half band. For the avoidance of doubt, the following rounding convention applies; if the average across
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7. the four skills ends in .25, it is rounded up to the next half band, and if it ends in .75, it is rounded up to the next whole band.
Thus, a candidate achieving 6.5 for Listening, 6.5 for Reading, 5.0 for Writing and 7.0 for Speaking would be awarded an Overall Band Score of 6.5 (25 ÷ 4 =
6.25 = Band 6.5).
Likewise, a candidate achieving 4.0 for Listening, 3.5 for Reading, 4.0 for Writing and 4.0 for Speaking would be awarded an Overall Band Score of 4.0 (15.5 ÷
4 = 3.875 = Band 4.0).
On the other hand, a candidate achieving 6.5 for Listening, 6.5 for Reading, 5.5 for Writing and 6.0 for Speaking would be awarded band 6 (24.5 ÷ 4 = 6.125 =
Band 6).
For more information on how IELTS test material is produced, please see the
IELTS Question Paper Production Process (PDF, 98KB).
Listening and reading
IELTS Listening and Reading papers contain 40 items and each correct item is awarded one mark; the maximum raw score a candidate can achieve on a
paper is 40. Band scores ranging from Band 1 to Band 9 are awarded to candidates on the basis of their raw scores.
Although all IELTS test materials are pretested and trialled before being released as live tests, there are inevitably minor differences in the difficulty level
across tests. In order to equate different test versions, the band score boundaries are set so that all candidates’ results relate to the same scale of
achievement. This means, for example, that the Band 6 boundary may be set at a slightly different raw score across versions.
The tables below indicate the mean raw scores achieved by candidates at various levels in each of the Listening, Academic Reading and General Training
Reading tests and provide an indication of the number of marks required to achieve a particular band score.
Listening
Band score Raw score out of 40
5 16
6 23
7 30
8 35
Academic Reading
Band score Raw score out of 40
5 15
6 23
7 30
8 35
General Training Reading
Band score Raw score out of 40
4 15
5 23
6 30
7 34
The Academic and General Training papers are graded to the same scale. The distinction between the two modules is one of genre or discourse type.
Academic papers may contain source texts featuring more difficult vocabulary or greater complexity of style. It is usual that, to secure a given band score, a
greater number of questions must be answered correctly on a General Training Reading paper.
Writing and speaking
When marking the Writing and Speaking sub-tests, examiners use detailed performance descriptors which describe written and spoken performance at each
of the 9 IELTS bands.
Writing
Examiners award a band score for each of four criterion areas: Task Achievement (for Task 1), Task Response (for Task 2), Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical
Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. The four criteria are equally weighted.
Speaking
Examiners award a band score for each of four criterion areas: Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy and
Pronunciation. The four criteria are equally weighted.
Versions of the band descriptors for Writing and Speaking have been developed to help stakeholders better understand the level of performance required to
attain a particular band score in each of the criterion areas. IELTS examiners undergo intensive face to face training and standardisation to ensure that they
can apply the descriptors in a valid and reliable manner.
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