IELTS Focus – Work for Week 2 General Training
This programme comprises the following weekly components:
4 (3 plus word of the day) set exercises each day (Mon to Fri) on Gapfillers (these are in the Gapfillers Daily Practise panel and dated – in the middle of the home page) This should take you around 1 to 2 hours to complete everything, depending on the type of exercise.
2 supplementary reading and listening exercises from Gapfillers plus 2 each of IELTS reading and listening exercises.
Both a task one and task two exercise. I will also give you the questions for task 1 and task 2 which you can complete and send via email.
The Gapfillers listening exercises can be quite long so break them up into sections that you find manageable. Don’t treat any of the exercises (IELTS too) like test practice, make sure you find all the answers however long it takes – these are to train your skills- getting the answers is key, speed can come later.
Finally, 2 weekly Skype lessons for checking the week’s work and practising the speaking part of the test
Just follow the links to the exercises. It is possible to do them on the screen using the magnifier but you may want to download and print and create an IELTS folder to work from.
Doing the exercises
– Make sure you make a note of your scores (we will discuss these)
– Try the exercises more than once if you need to
– Make a note of anything that you don’t understand or is confusing
Schedule – week 2
This week we will continue to focus on getting right answers so don’t worry about timings.
Day 1
– Complete the daily exercises on Gapfillers – grammar, writing and news bulletin.
– Complete the extra reading exercise on Gapfillers
– Complete the IELTS listening exercise – just try and find the right answers (make a note of how long it takes and your score) – you can repeat it if you like (make a note of how many times you need to listen to find all the answers
– Prepare a plan for Task one
Day 2
– Complete the daily exercises on Gapfillers – grammar, reading and news bulletin.
– Complete and extra listening exercise on Gapfillers
– Complete the IELTS reading exercise (Week 1 Day 2)- DON’T TIME THIS just try and find the right answers (make a note of how long it takes and your score)
– Write Task one and send it to me (send me your plan too)
Skype Speaking session
Day 3
– Complete the daily exercises on Gapfillers – grammar, listening and news bulletin.
– Complete and extra reading exercise on Gapfillers
– Complete the IELTS listening exercise – just try and find the right answers (make a note of how long it takes and your score) – you can repeat it if you like (make a note of how many times you need to listen to find all the answers
– Prepare a plan for Task two
Day 4
– Complete the daily exercises on Gapfillers – grammar, reading and news bulletin.
– Complete and extra listening exercise on Gapfillers
– Complete the IELTS reading exercise (Week 1 Day 4) – DON’T TIME THIS just try and find the right answers (make a note of how long it takes and your score)
– Write Task two and send it to me (send me your plan too)
Day 5
– Complete the daily exercises on Gapfillers – grammar, listening and news bulletin.
– Complete and extra reading exercise on Gapfillers
– Choose two daily news bulletins from the archive to complete.
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Skype Speaking session
Here are some exercises in articles – they often cause problems in writing
1. Articles –
2. Articles the final frontier
3. A, an, the and leaving blank
4. Use of articles
Check:
– Did you complete all the daily exercises (3 per day plus word of the day)
– Did you make a note of all your scores and timings?
– Did you make a note of any problems or things you didn’t understand?
– Did you send me your writing exercises via email and did you plan these first?
Next week we will focus on increasing speed in reading without losing accuracy and picking out key words in listening so you don’t miss a question