A range of activities to get the students talking, thinking about their use of grammar, expanding their lexical resource for common IELTS Speaking exam topics as well as links to other useful sites for students to practise their own examiner skills by listening to samples and assessing them. Activities to improve vocabulary, including high level lexical resource such as discourse markers, and give the students opportunities to practise the important Part 2 section.

This booklet should last 3-6 lessons. It features top tips for doing well in the exam, useful vocabulary, sample questions and answers for Writing Tasks 1 and 2. Contents: General tips for the writing exam parts 1 and 2 classifying ideas Process Diagrams - grammar, phrases and practices Exercises sentence structure Grammar and language for process diagrams Sample Essay questions Connectives Writing introductions Writing exercises for tasks 1 and 2 Problem /solution essays Forming the passive Model answers Grammar/prepositions Prepositions Peer assessment tasks Grammar for line graphs Task 1 and 2 Model answers Language for line graphs Checklist for IELTS writing Question types and structures Example structures Planning an answer

This booklet should last 3-5 lessons. Contents 4. Exam Information 5. Question types 6. General information 7. Useful links for reading practice 8. Useful language 9.-15… True/False Not Given Tips and practice 16. Answers 17. Links to web resources 18-23. Matching headings Tips and practice 24. Answers 25. Traps in the exam 27- 32. Multiple choice Tips and practice 33.-34. Answers 34.-37 practice paper 38. -44. answers/skimming practice/answers 44.-59 Practice test with answers explained in detail 59-72 Practice tests and answers 73-89 Practice tests and answers

A ‘getting to know you’ activity as well as useful tips on settling into a new location and advice from previous students.

A reading article, vocabulary check and picture match activities with teacher’s answers included.

A fun quiz on power-point with accompanying worksheet for an induction activity to welcome international students or as part of covering a food topic.

A plan for a year of teaching 3x lessons per week including ideas for topics, homework and assessments. This is a homework and assessment schedule - not a detailed scheme of work.

This is a lesson’s worth of resources covering the topic of music and potential questions which could come up in the IELTS Speaking and Writing exams. It also has a listening practice using a BBC documentary with the YouTube link included and a worksheet of questions for the documentary. Vocabulary skills activity and sample answers to the practice IELTS essay question included.

A power-point with worksheets (differentiated materials) to deliver an introductory lesson to the IELTS Listening exam, looking at key skills, key terms and giving the students a practice (using one of the Cambridge sample papers).

This could be an individual or paired task where the students go through common issues with grammar in the IELTS Writing, such as which word are followed by a gerund/infinitive or countable/uncountable nouns. Includes answer sheet.

Four IELTS Writing task 1 sample answers and three task 2 sample answers to complement Cambridge IELTS Book 9 Test 2. It is a good task for the students to work on their own self-assessment skills, looking for positive/negative points and helping them to compare to their own work. Could then lead the students to do a peer-assessment swap of their own work.

A power-point and worksheet for a team activity based on the Christmas topic for International students.

A list of the most common words heard in the IELTS listening exams categorised by common topics.

Sample questions with suggestions for planning an answer, tips on what to do/what not to do and short sample answers for the students think about preparing their own practice answers.

A complete lesson with differentiated tasks for lower/higher ability learners focusing on the topic of Fashion and Beauty. Resources include power-point, discussion questions, IELTS Speaking practice, IELTS Listening practice and IELTS reading practice with vocabulary focus and option to complete a writing task.

Some practice questions (with images) and sample answers for students to do some assessment work and encourage peer/self-assessment. Activities for preparing for the process diagram question in IELTS Writing task 1.

A whole lesson with activities, IELTS reading practice, IELTS Speaking practice and homework/extension activities as well as a power-point to get the students discussing the topic of money.