by Fatime Losonci | IELTS listening sub-skills, IELTS reading sub-skills, IELTS speaking sub-skills, IELTS writing sub-skills
Have you heard?! ALL 7 of my IELTS teacher training books are on SALE as of today, for 10 days (until the 24 Dec 2022)! Some of this content is normally EXCLUSIVE to my Bootcamp only (which is why you won’t find Listening, Reading, or Speaking on Amazon either,...
by Fatime Losonci | IELTS reading sub-skills
I love hearing about the different teaching contexts IELTS teachers work in. I just don’t like to hear about the HURDLES y’all face day in, day out… :O For example, as one teacher describes “Not being able to spend time on building or even...
by Fatime Losonci | IELTS listening sub-skills, IELTS reading sub-skills, lesson planning
Sometimes we hear the complaint from our IELTS students that the exam requires too much ‘TECHNICAL’ knowledge (of engineering, biochemistry, architecture, neuropsychology, etc. …). And while it’s true that (the ACADEMIC module of) the exam...
by Fatime Losonci | IELTS reading sub-skills
Sometimes just formulating the right questions is a LEARNING TECHNIQUE on its own right. I think these are some of the key questions to consider when teaching SENTENCE COMPLETION questions on the IELTS reading test: 1) How familiar are your learners with SENTENCE...
by Fatime Losonci | IELTS reading sub-skills
Summary completion exercises in the reading part of the IELTS exam require that candidates know what WORD CLASS (or part of speech) is missing from the gaps. If your students struggle with this, give them a set of exercises to raise their awareness of this important...
by Fatime Losonci | IELTS listening sub-skills, IELTS reading sub-skills
It might be a good idea to help your learners notice that synonyms are CONTEXT-dependent. After a RECEPTIVE skill lesson (i.e. reading or listening), consider giving them an exercise such as the following. EXERCISE 1 Look at the words from the audio below, and match...
by Fatime Losonci | IELTS listening sub-skills, IELTS reading sub-skills, lesson planning
Many IELTS teachers I talk to admit that they feel more confident when scaffolding PRODUCTIVE skills. For example, when teaching SPEAKING, they just give a bit more time for students to brainstorm, or take notes (even in Parts 1 and 3). Or when teaching WRITING, they...
by Fatime Losonci | IELTS reading sub-skills
When asked about a struggle that IELTS students can have with the READING test in particular, a teacher on LinkedIn raised a very …well, INTERESTING point. 😀 Namely, that for some students, IELTS texts can be TOO INTERESTING. This can become a problem because...
