I am new to TES.com resources!
My resources are English language learning audio and video.
This material was written while I was an full-time IELTS examiner and British Council teacher trainer in China. All content is recorded in a professional recording studio so the quality is excellent.
It would be great to have some feedback from you and if possible a nice helpful review so others can also find me.
Regards... Sian
I am new to TES.com resources!
My resources are English language learning audio and video.
This material was written while I was an full-time IELTS examiner and British Council teacher trainer in China. All content is recorded in a professional recording studio so the quality is excellent.
It would be great to have some feedback from you and if possible a nice helpful review so others can also find me.
Regards... Sian
The Speak Out course comprises 4 modules of 25 short dialogues in the form of MP3 audio files and accompanying transcripts.
This course is designed for people who want to study in, or travel to the UK. The motivation was to introduce learners to language as it is spoken in real life rather than how it is presented in a course book.
This course is divided into four modules, the first two of which are for pre intermediate students and the second two for intermediate students although there is language in the dialogues which could be useful for higher levels.
The dialogues are short because they were designed to be delivered to a mobile phone to be done as self-study and then worked on in class. There are also pdf transcripts for each audio so the listener can read along at the same time.
Each audio also has a language point – some colloquial language or slang or idiom or other common expression. They are deliberately short and can be drilled in class in role plays exercises too.
The story follows a student who has moved to the UK to study a master’s degree. It follows him as he navigates transport, renting a house, booking hotel, making reservations in restaurants and meets friends and neighbours.
Pre-intermediate
Straight talking
Talk the talk
Intermediate
3) Spit it out
4) Talk is cheap
There is a sample of the dialogues to download from Google Drive here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BghwXwSpiWdW81lEiBSlhhnFQmzFVyuk/view?usp=sharing and on Youtube there is a sample of various modules of the course here. https://youtu.be/DiBfjrfiYxo
The Speak Out course comprises 4 modules of 25 short dialogues in the form of MP3 audio files and accompanying transcripts.
This course is designed for people who want to study in, or travel to the UK. The motivation was to introduce learners to language as it is spoken in real life rather than how it is presented in a course book.
This course is divided into four modules, the first two of which are for pre intermediate students and the second two for intermediate students although there is language in the dialogues which could be useful for higher levels.
The dialogues are short because they were designed to be delivered to a mobile phone to be done as self-study and then worked on in class. There are also pdf transcripts for each audio so the listener can read along at the same time.
Each audio also has a language point – some colloquial language or slang or idiom or other common expression. They are deliberately short and can be drilled in class in role plays exercises too.
The story follows a student who has moved to the UK to study a master’s degree. It follows him as he navigates transport, renting a house, booking hotel, making reservations in restaurants and meets friends and neighbours.
Pre-intermediate
Straight talking
Talk the talk
Intermediate
3) Spit it out
4) Talk is cheap
There is a sample of the dialogues to download from Google Drive here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NKQFgFmDdzO_TYP7MRu1IZJstwNG5VRZ/view?usp=sharing
and on Youtube there is a sample of various modules of the course here. https://youtu.be/DiBfjrfiYxo
The Speak Out course comprises 4 modules of 25 short dialogues in the form of MP3 audio files and accompanying transcripts.
This course is designed for people who want to study in, or travel to the UK. The motivation was to introduce learners to language as it is spoken in real life rather than how it is presented in a course book.
This course is divided into four modules, the first two of which are for pre intermediate students and the second two for intermediate students although there is language in the dialogues which could be useful for higher levels.
The dialogues are short because they were designed to be delivered to a mobile phone to be done as self-study and then worked on in class. There are also pdf transcripts for each audio so the listener can read along at the same time.
Each audio also has a language point – some colloquial language or slang or idiom or other common expression. They are deliberately short and can be drilled in class in role plays exercises too.
The story follows a student who has moved to the UK to study a master’s degree. It follows him as he navigates transport, renting a house, booking hotel, making reservations in restaurants and meets friends and neighbours.
Pre-intermediate
Straight talking
Talk the talk
Intermediate
3) Spit it out
4) Talk is cheap
There is a sample of the dialogues to download from Google Drive here https://drive.google.com/file/d/11bHZasEuQJPk8Qr7a4nzE4cagdhh3RuW/view?usp=sharing and on Youtube there is a sample of various modules of the course here. https://youtu.be/DiBfjrfiYxo
This huge set of materials was produced in a professional recording studio and made to sound like it is set in a cafe. It is a set of semi-scripted conversations around a theme bringing in grammar, vocab and listening comprehension.
There are video and audio for each section and pdf transcripts. There is a huge amount of material here and will keep you going for weeks.
This is a set of recordings and exercises within a larger programme, each set having international people with different accents.
Ginny is a British woman and talks about settling into a new country with a very different culture. She talks of cycling in the new city. Language focus is used to, get used, used to, used to doing etc.
There is a huge amount of material in this set and it will take you weeks to get through it all. I have uploaded the plan for the whole set of materials here. It is 15 pages outlining the whole set https://drive.google.com/file/d/10a8lM2Rg7mhurK_ueWJ7o_k0BE3RP0Gr/view?usp=sharing]
It also has the grammar etc. exercises. However it is of limited use without the audio/video content which I am hoping you will buy.
A sample of the video content is on Youtube [https://youtu.be/k5T0JX4UdWQ ]
There are the following files in this resource pack
PDF Ginny set plan, transcript and exercises (see free link above)
MP3 Ginny introduction & conversation part 1 audio
MP3 Ginny conversation part 1 (no intro)
MP4 Ginny introduction & conversation part 1 video
PDF Ginny introduction & conversation part 1 transcript
MP3 Ginny conversation part 2 audio
MP4 Ginny conversation part 2 video
PDF Ginny conversation part 2 transcript
MP3 Ginny anecdote audio
MP4 Ginny anecdote video
PDF Ginny anecdote transcript
MP3 Ginny language focus audio
MP4 Ginny language focus video
PDF Ginny language focus transcript
MP3 Ginny listening comprehension test audio
PDF Ginny listening comprehension questions
DOC Ginny listening comprehension questions
MP3 listening test – shared bikes
MP4 listening test – shared bikes
PDF listening test transcript – shared bikes
DOC listening test questions – shared bikes
MP3 pronunciation exercise
PDF Grammar quiz with answers
DOC Grammar quiz with answers
PDF vocabulary exercises
DOC vocabulary exercises
PDF writing tasks (IELTS type)
DOC writing tasks (IELTS type)
This huge set of materials was produced in a professional recording studio and made to sound like it is set in a cafe. It is a set of semi-scripted conversations around a theme bringing in grammar, vocab and listening comprehension.
There are video and audio for each section and pdf transcripts. There is a huge amount of material (28 files in total) to keep you going for weeks.
This is a set of recordings and exercises within a larger programme, each set having international people with different accents. Ans is a Dutch woman and the theme of this conversations are shared offices, cultural differences in greetings, feeling awkward, modifiers and intensifiers.
There is a huge amount of material in this set and it will take you weeks to get through it all. I have uploaded the plan for the whole set of materials here. It is 9 pages outlining the whole set [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q_lqafhx0Uw7gFiLiRmisYKY9yJUeKQF/view?usp=sharing] It also has the grammar etc. exercises. However it is of limited use without the audio/video content which I am hoping you will buy.
A sample of the video content is on Youtube [https://youtu.be/MwPoZBuLTe0]
There are the following files in this resource pack (approx 25 mins of MP4 in total and a similar length of MP3 audio)
PDF full transcript and set plan
MP3 Introduction to cafe and Ans
PDF Introduction transcript
MP3 Ans conversation part 1 audio
MP3 Ans intro plus conversation part 1 audio
MP4 Ans conversation part 1 video
PDF Ans conversation part 1 transcript
MP3 Ans conversation part 2 audio
MP4 Ans conversation part 2 video
PDF Ans conversation part 2 transcript
MP3 Ans anecdote audio
MP4 Ans anecdote video
PDF Ans anecdote transcript
MP3 Ans language focus audio
MP4 Ans language focus video
PDF Ans language focus transcript
MP3 Ans listening comprehension test audio
MP4 Ans listening comprehension test video
PDF Ans listening comprehension transcript
MP4 listening test – Free hugs
PDF listening test transcript – Free hugs
MP3 Introduction to grammar
PDF Grammar test with answers
PDF vocabulary exercises
DOC vocabulary exercises
PDF writing tasks (IELTS type)
I offer here a new professionally produced mock IELTS test. It was created by experienced IELTS examiners using British Council type questions, timings, word count etc. Your students will never have seen or heard this content before.
I have used a professional recording studio and voice actors.
There are two mock tests - A & B. This resource offers test B.
The test does not have speaking section as that is very easy for teachers to create questions themselves. The most difficult parts of the test for a teacher to make are offered here;
Listening
Reading
Writing
In addition I have made the answer paper look like an IELTS answer paper and answers are provided.
What this resource includes;
Listening test
MP4 - listening test B 25 mins long
PDF Listening test B answers
PDF Listening test B question paper
Reading test
The reading test is presented as a standard question paper. In addition, I have also included a scrolling text format so that the students know at what speed to read. This can be used in class projected onto the wall and students read it quietly as it scrolls.
MP4 reading test B passage 1 15 minutes
MP4 reading test B passage 2 15 minutes
MP4 reading test B passage 3 15 minutes
PDF Reading test B question paper
PDF Reading test B answers
Writing test
PDF Writing task 1
Other documents
DOC IELTS tests A & B further information
DOC IELTS tests A & B control sheet
Other bonus content
MP3 Bonus listening test (not IELTS style)
MP4 Bonus listening test - as above but video version
I have put a short sample of the listening and reading tests here
[https://youtu.be/N-6plYDYqcs] you can see and hear the quality.
The samples I have made are from tests A & B.
Note: the audio mentions a Chinese company Shanghai Training - this is my old company - closed now. I have 100% of the copyright for this material.
These are audio files for IELTS students and have suggestions for improvement of the most common mistakes made in the speaking and writing tests.
They are best delivered to the students by dropping them into a WhatsApp group as a daily resource. They can also be used as a springboard for wide-ranging discussion around the topic.
There are 30 in total, 10 in each resource pack. Help yourself and let me know how you get on.
All my resources are recorded in professional recording studios.
These are audio files for IELTS students and have suggestions for improvement of the most common mistakes made in the speaking and writing tests.
They are best delivered to the students by dropping them into a WhatsApp group as a daily resource. They can also be used as a springboard for wide-ranging discussion around the topic.
There are 30 in total, 10 in each resource pack. Help yourself and let me know how you get on.
All my resources are recorded in professional recording studios.
These are audio files for IELTS students and have suggestions for improvement of the most common mistakes made in the speaking and writing tests.
They are best delivered to the students by dropping them into a WhatsApp group as a daily resource. They can also be used as a springboard for wide-ranging discussion around the topic.
There are 30 in total, 10 in each resource pack. Help yourself and let me know how you get on.
All my resources are recorded in professional recording studios.
I offer here a new professionally produced mock IELTS test. It was created by experienced IELTS examiners using British Council type questions, timings, word count etc. Your students will never have seen or heard this content before.
I have used a professional recording studio and voice actors.
There are two mock tests - A & B. This resource offers test A.
The test does not have speaking section as that is very easy for teachers to create questions themselves. The most difficult parts of the test for a teacher to make are offered here;
Listening
Reading
Writing
In addition I have made the answer paper look like an IELTS answer paper and answers are provided.
What this resource includes;
Listening test
MP4 - listening test 25 mins long
PDF Listening test A answers
PDF Listening test A question paper
Reading test
The reading test is presented as a standard question paper. In addition, I have also included a scrolling text format so that the students know at what speed to read. This can be used in class projected onto the wall and students read it quietly as it scrolls.
MP4 reading test A passage 1 15 minutes
MP4 reading test A passage 2 15 minutes
MP4 reading test A passage 3 15 minutes
PDF Reading test A question paper
PDF Reading test A answers
Writing test
PDF Writing task 1 - homeownership graph and language essay title
Other documents
DOC IELTS tests A & B further information
DOC IELTS tests A & B control sheet
Other bonus content
MP3 Bonus listening test (not IELTS style)
MP4 Bonus listening test - as above but video version
I have put a short sample of the listening and reading tests here
[https://youtu.be/N-6plYDYqcs] you can see and hear the quality.
The samples I have made are from tests A & B.
Note: the audio mentions a Chinese company Shanghai Training - this is my old company - closed now. I have 100% of the copyright for this material.