TEFL Specialisation: Teaching IELTS Preparation
IELTS learners arrive with a target band and a deadline.
About this course
IELTS learners arrive with a target band and a deadline. This 50-hour specialisation helps qualified teachers guide them there, combining a clear understanding of the test format and band descriptors with practical strategies for Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.
You will learn to mark writing and speaking against the public descriptors, run mock tests and design courses that build genuine language ability rather than just test tricks. Micro-teaching with feedback rounds off the course, and you finish with a portfolio and an Alalamia certificate.
What you'll learn
- Explain the structure of the IELTS Academic and General Training tests
- Interpret the public band descriptors for Writing and Speaking
- Teach strategies for each Listening and Reading question type
- Help learners plan and write Task 1 and Task 2 responses
- Prepare learners for all three parts of the Speaking test
- Design an IELTS preparation course that also builds real language ability
- Use practice tests and feedback to track progress towards a target band
Curriculum
- Academic and General Training compared
- Test format and timing
- How band scores work
- Who takes IELTS and why
- The four sections of the Listening test
- Question types and strategies
- Predicting and note completion
- Common learner errors
- Academic and General Training reading texts
- Skimming, scanning and detailed reading
- True, False, Not Given and matching tasks
- Time management
- Describing charts, graphs and processes (Academic)
- Letter writing (General Training)
- Using the band descriptors
- Model answers and feedback
- Essay types and planning
- Building and supporting arguments
- Coherence, cohesion and range
- Marking and feedback techniques
- The three parts of the Speaking test
- Fluency and extended answers
- Pronunciation and lexical range
- Running mock speaking tests
- Diagnostic testing and target bands
- Balancing test skills and language development
- Intensive versus longer courses
- Motivating exam learners
- Using practice tests effectively
- Tracking and reporting progress
- Micro-teaching and peer feedback
- Specialisation portfolio
Who it's for
Qualified English teachers who teach, or want to teach, IELTS preparation classes.
Before you start
- A TEFL certificate of at least 120 hours, or equivalent teaching experience
- English at CEFR C1 or above
Part of these Alalamia diplomas
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