IELTS Needs Analysis & Tips - First Lesson

IELTS Needs analysis and exam tips first lesson

Interview each other about your needs for English and IELTS and make brief notes.

Name:
Job
Present	Past	Future
(General) education
Present	Past	Future
Studies of English
Present	Past	Future
Use of English
Present	Past	Future
IELTS and other English language exams
Present X	Past	Future
Reasons for taking IELTS
Advice on/ Opinions on the IELTS exam

Look at an IELTS exam to continue your discussion.

Use some of these suggestions to extend your discussion on IELTS exam tips.

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Listening

• Ways the exam is difficult and how to cope with those difficulties
• Tactics in the exam, including how to use the time before sections and after the recording has finished
• Things to listen out for
• What to do if you don’t know an answer
• Ways to improve your vocabulary for this paper
• The best things to listen to outside class and how to listen to them
• How to use practice papers
• General tips on improving listening skills

Reading

• Ways the exam is difficult and how to cope with them
• Tactics in the exam, including time management
• What to do if you don’t know an answer
• Ways to improve your vocabulary for this paper
• How to select which vocabulary to learn
• The best things to read outside class and how to read them
• How to use practice papers
• General tips on improving reading skills

Writing

• Ways the exam is difficult and how to cope with them
• Language you will need for the different parts of the paper
• Tactics in the exam, including time management
• Ways to make sure you answer the question
• Ways to organise your information well
• Ways to improve your accuracy
• Ways to improve the complexity of the language you use
• Ways to practice outside class
• Reading that could improve your writing

Speaking

• Ways the exam is difficult and how to cope with them
• Language you will need for the different parts of the paper
• Ways to improve your accuracy (including spelling, grammatical accuracy and correct use of vocabulary)
• Ways to improve the complexity of your language
• Ways to improve your fluency
• Ways to improve your pronunciation
• The best ways to practise speaking outside class
• Listening that could improve your speaking
• What to do if the question is difficult
• What to do if the question is impossible

Write three questions about the exam, for example about the topics above, to ask the whole class and then your teacher.