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Some teaching strategies for meeting IELTS learners’ needs

Some teaching strategies for meeting IELTS learners’ needs. IATEFL Harrogate April 2014. Talk content. Exploring some IELTS teaching strategies through Looking at Mission IELTS 2. Mission IELTS. IELTS 5-6.5. IELTS 7 and above.

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Some teaching strategies for meeting IELTS learners’ needs

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  1. Some teaching strategies for meeting IELTS learners’ needs IATEFL Harrogate April 2014

  2. Talk content • Exploring some IELTS teaching strategies through • Looking at Mission IELTS 2

  3. Mission IELTS IELTS 5-6.5 IELTS 7 and above

  4. Success at IELTS = language proficiency + ideas and knowledge of the world + exam familiarity

  5. Strategy 1(language proficiency) Customise language work to each IELTS paper

  6. IELTS learners’ language needs Writing • Range and accuracy of grammar and vocab. • Register • Coherence and cohesion Speaking • Fluency • Accuracy • Range of language • Intelligible pronunciation Listening • Range of genres, accents, speed, text lengths, interaction patterns • Accuracy of language • Register • Coherence and cohesion Reading • Grammar • Vocabulary • Coherence and cohesion

  7. Strategy 2 (language proficiency) • Work on developing or • revising strategies for • - Listening - Reading • Writing - Speaking

  8. IELTS learners’ skills needs Writing • Process writing strategies Speaking • Confidence, assertiveness • Intelligible pronunciation • Physical expressiveness • Fluency • Discourse management • Accuracy Listening • Using correct strategy: specific info., detail, prediction etc. • Understanding paraphrasing Reading • Using the correct strategy: reading for detail, inference etc . • Understanding paraphrasing

  9. Strategy 3 (ideas and knowledge of the world) Develop learners’ ideas and knowledge of the world

  10. IELTS learners’ needs for ideas and knowledge of the world

  11. (Bloom’s taxonomy, revised by Anderson and Krathwohl, 2000)

  12. Some tasks from Mission IELTS that develop higher-order thinking skills

  13. Some tasks from Mission IELTS that develop higher-order thinking skills

  14. Strategy 4 (exam familiarity) Familiarise students with exam task types and answer formats

  15. IELTS learners’ exam needs Writing • Dealing with timing • Answering relevantly • Following instructions • Meeting min. word limits Speaking • Understanding the 3 parts • Understanding the examiner’s role • Part 2- using preparation time effectively Listening and Reading • Familiarity with task types • Following instructions • Dealing with misleading word spots • Hearing texts only once (L) • Completing the answer sheet correctly (R)

  16. Strategy 5 (exam familiarity) Raise students’ awareness of speaking and writing assessment criteria and how to achieve them

  17. Learners’ self-monitoring needs • Knowing the speaking and writing assessment criteria • Understanding what they mean in practice • Being able to apply them to their own speaking and writing output

  18. In the IELTS Speaking test you will be assessed on Fluency and coherence: so speak at a natural speed and 8)……………………… your ideas well. Lexical resource: so use a range of relevant vocabulary to talk abut topics Grammatical range and accuracy so develop answers in different ways to show a range of language Pronunciation: so practise being accurate with intonation, word stress, sentence stress and individual 9) ………………………

  19. Ex. 3 Listen again to each candidate and note down everything you notice about their Fluency- flow of language, naturalness of delivery Coherence – relevance and development of ideas

  20. IELTS learners’ needs common to all papers • Ideas • Ideas and world knowledge Language - Grammar - Spelling - Vocabulary - Discourse - Skills + subskills - - Genres • Exam • - Familiarity with task types, answer formats, timing • Reading and following • instructions • - Self-monitoring

  21. 2. Work on developing or revising strategies for the four skills 5 IELTS teaching strategies 1. Customise language work to each IELTS paper 3. Develop learners’ ideas and knowledge of the world

  22. 5 IELTS teaching strategies 5. Raise students’ awareness of speaking and writing assessment criteria and how to achieve them 4. Familiarise students with exam task types and answer formats

  23. Mission IELTS IELTS 5-6.5 IELTS 7 and above

  24. 26 Components of Mission IELTS Mission IELTS 1 • Student’s Book Academic + CD • General Training Supplement • Teacher’s Book • Workbook + CD Mission IELTS 2 • Student’s Book Academic + CD • Teacher’s Book • Practice Tests +CD

  25. 27 Shape of units in Mission IELTS Vocabulary focus  Skills focus  Grammar focus  Exam focus (Tips → exam practice → debriefing) 27

  26. Mission IELTS Teacher’s Book - Info. on exam • Info. on assessment criteria and marking • For each activity in each unit - aims - classroom tips - answer keys/ sample answers • List of useful websites for teachers • Tapescripts 28

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  28. Thanks!!

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