Getting to know IELTS

Getting to know IELTS

Rodolfo Caranti & Seth Sokol

IELTS is the wildly popular and exponentially growing international standardised test of English. In this session, Rodololfo, the IELTS administrator, and Seth, who teaches the monthly IELTS exam preparation course, explore what IELTS is and why it is important to teachers and students of English.

This session presents the exam in its historical context, details the the exam format, and argues that this is the test many of our students need, even if they don’t know it. As Rodolfo explains, to be an internationally mobile global citizen one needs two things: IELTS and a passport.

IELTS Papers – ACADEMIC  IELTS Papers – GENERAL  Get to know your…   IELTS – an overview

IELTS for Teachers

IELTS for Teachers

Seth Sokol & Maggie Temple

This sessions addresses the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam.

It is designed to: first, introduce the exams to teachers who aren’t familiar with it; and, second, to provide tips on how to teach aspiring IELTS candidates.

The session addresses the profile of candidates who sit for the exam, provides an overview of the different parts of the exam, discusses how the scores are computed, presents a variety of materials that can be used to prepare IELTS candidates, allows participants to practice a component of the test, and finishes by providing a list of tips that teachers can relay to their students.

Maggie & Seth’s Top Ten Tips  Instant IELTS quiz  Quiz – key  Teacher Training IELTS Session Outline