Pre-IELTS Course Outline

Module Skills Lesson Type

Speaking & Listening 1.1
1 1. Unit question: What are you interested in?
2. Listening: Are you interested in History?
3. Vocabulary: Collocations for hobbies and interests
4. Say what you think
5. IELTS Focus: Listening: Forms and table completion
& Multiple choice questions
6. Practice for the test

1.2
1. Grammar: Simple present of ‘be’ and of other verbs
2. Pronunciation: Simple present third-person ‘-s/-es’
3. Speaking Skill: Keeping a conversation going
4. Note-taking Skill: Writing important words
5. Unit Assignment: Interview and introduce a classmate
6. IELTS Focus: Speaking: Understanding Speaking
Test Part 1

2.1
1. Unit question: What makes a good school?
2. Listening: Let’s take a tour
3. Listening Skills: Listening for examples
4. Note-taking Skills: Taking notes on examples
5. Building vocabulary: Using the dictionary: antonyms
6. Say what you think
7. IELTS Focus: Listening: Answering Multiple-Choice
Questions – Completing Flow Charts
8. Practice for the test

2.2
1. Grammar: Adjectives; Adverb + adjectives
2. Pronunciation: Sentence stress
3. Speaking Skill: Giving opinions
4. Unit Assignment: Plan a perfect school
5. IELTS Focus: Speaking Part 1: Education

Reading & Writing 1.1

1. Unit question: Do students spend too much time in
school?
2.1 Reading 1 – Preview the Reading
2.2 Reading 1 - Work with the Reading: True/False/;
Short answer questions
3. Building vocabulary: Word families
4. Reading Skill: Scanning for names, dates, and times
5. Write what you think
6. Writing Skill: Capitalization and punctuation
7. Grammar: Simple present
 8. Unit Assignment: Give information about a school
9. IELTS Writing task 2

1.2
1. Unit question: When do we eat special foods?
2.1 Preview the Reading: Matching headings; True/False
2.2 Work with the Reading
3. Skill Review: Scanning for information
4. Building vocabulary: Using the dictionary
5. Grammar: Adjectives and adverbs
6. Writing Skill: Writing complete sentences
7. Unit Assignment: Describe the people, food, and
activities at a celebration

1.3
1. Unit question: How do you have fun?
2.1 Preview the Reading
2.2 Work with the Reading: Matching features; Short
answer questions; Multiple choice
3. Building vocabulary: Verb + noun collocations
4. Reading Skill: Underlining and highlighting
5. Write what you think
6. Writing Skill: Capitalizing proper nouns
7. Grammar: Subject and object pronouns
8. Unit Assignment: Write about how you have fun
9. IELTS Writing Task 2

Speaking & Listening 3.1

2 1. Unit question: How do you choose your food?
2. Listening: Lifestyles and Food choices
3. Building vocabulary: Prefixes and suffixes
4. Pronunciation: Stressed syllables
5. Listening Skill: Listening for reasons
6. Say what you think
7. IELTS Focus: Listening: Notes completion, Table and
flowchart completion, Matching information
8. Practice for the test

3.2
1. Grammar: Verbs + gerunds or infinitives
2. Unit assignment: Design a survey and interview a
classmate
3. Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on an interview
4. Skill Review: Giving opinions
5. IELTS Focus: Speaking: Understanding Speaking
Part 2

4.1
1. Unit question: What makes something fun?
2. Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on reasons
 3. Listening: Why do you come to the park?
4. Skill Review: Listening for reasons
5. Building vocabulary: Collocations with ‘do’, ‘play’, and
‘go’
6. Say what you think
7. IELTS Focus: Listening: Notes completion, Matching
questions, Short-answer questions
8. Practice for the test

4.2
1. Grammar: Subject and object pronouns
2. Pronunciation: Reduced pronouns
3. Speaking Skill: Agreeing and disagreeing
4. Unit Assignment: Discussion about fun places in your
area
5. Speaking Part 2: Hobbies
6. Speaking Part 2: Family

Reading & Writing 2.1

1. Unit question: What is your favorite room?
2.1 Reading 1: Preview the Reading
2.2 Work with the Reading: Short answer questions;
Sentence completion
3. Write what you think
4. Reading 2: Building vocabulary
5. Skill Review: Underlining and highlighting
6. Building vocabulary: Word categories
7. Grammar: Preposition of location
8. IELTS Writing Task 1
9. Subject-verb agreement in difference sentence types
10. Unit assignment: Write about your favorite room

2.2
1. Unit question: How can you change an unhealthy
habit?
2.1 Reading 1 – Preview the Reading
2.2 Work with the Reading 1: Multiple choice,
True/False, Matching information
3. Reading Skill: Identifying pronoun references
4. Write what you think
5. IELTS Speaking Part 2
6.1 Reading 2: Preview the Reading
6.2 Reading 2 – Work with the Reading: Sentence
completion
7. Writing: Short discussion
8. Building vocabulary: Collocations
9. Grammar: Modals ‘can’, ‘could’, and ‘should’
10. Writing Skill: Using an editing checklist
11. Unit Assignment: Write about how to change an
unhealthy habit
 12. IELTS Writing Task 2

2.3
1. Unit question: Why do people live in cities?
2.1 Reading 1 - Preview the Reading: Vocabulary
2.2 Reading 1 - Work with the Reading: Multiple choice;
Matching heading; Short answer questions; Summary
main idea
3. Write what you think
4. Reading Skill: Building reading fluency
5.1 Reading 2 – Preview the Reading: Vocabulary
5.2 Reading 2 – Work with the Reading True/False;
Short answer questions
6. Write what you think
7. Building vocabulary: Word families
8. Grammar: Past of ‘be’’; Simple past affirmative
statements
9. Writing Skill: Identifying fragments and complete
sentences
10. IELTS Writing Task 1

Speaking & Listening 5.1

3 1. Unit question: What makes a good home?
2. Listening: How do you like your home?
3. Say what you think
4. Listening Skill: LIstening for opinions
5. Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on pros and cons
6. Listening: housing problems, housing solutions
7. Say what you think
8. IELTS Focus: Listening: Note completion, Multiple-
choice questions, Sentence completion, Labelling
diagrams
9. Practice for the test

5.2
1. Building vocabulary: Compound nouns
2. Pronunciation: Stress in compound nouns
3. Grammar: Prepositions of location
4. Unit Assignment: Design a home and give a
presentation
5. Skill Review: Agreeing and disagreeing
6. IELTS Focus: Speaking: Understanding Part 3 in the
Speaking Test
7. Practice for the test: Describe your dream house

6.1
1. Unit question: What do you do to stay healthy?
2. Listening 1: Health watch
3. Say what you think
4. Listening Skill: Listening for frequency
5. Note-taking Skill: Taking notes in a chart
 6. Listening 2: How often do you work out?
7. Say what you think
8. IELTS Focus: Listening: Notes and sentence
completion, Labelling diagrams
9. Practice for the test

6.2
1. Building vocabulary: Adjectives ending in ‘-ed’
2. Grammar: Modals ‘can’ and ‘should’
3. Pronunciation: Stressing important words
4. Speaking Skills: Asking for repetition
5. Unit Assignment: Make and discuss a health survey
6. Practice for the test: Speaking Part 3 - Health

Reading & Writing 3.1

1. Unit question: What events change our lives?
2 Skill Review: Building reading fluency
3.1 Reading 1 – Preview the Reading: Vocabulary
3.2 Reading 1 – Work with the Reading: Short-answer
questions; True/False
4. Write what you think
5.1 Reading 2 – Preview the Reading: Vocabulary
5.2 Reading 2 – Work with the Reading: Matching
Headings; Sentence completion
6. Write what you think
7. Building vocabulary: Using the dictionary
8. Grammar: Simple past with regular and irregular verbs
9. Writing Skill: Sentences with ‘and’
10. Unit Assignment: Write about an important even in
your life
11. IELTS Writing Task 2

3.2
1. Introduction to IELTS Writing Test
2. IELTS Writing Criteria
3. Writing tips and advice
4. Structuring a Task 2 opinion essay
5. Opinion essay and paragraph structure
6. Practice for the test
7. Intro to IELTS Reading Test
8. IELTS Reading criteria
9. Reading tips and advice
10. IELTS Reading: Identifying Information
11. IELTS Reading: True/ False/ Not Given

3.3
1. Writing Task 1: Analysing and Describing a table
2. Writing – Practice for the Test
3. Reading: Multiple choice questions
4. Reading - Practice for the test