Introduction
Focus on IELTS is an online course designed for students who are thinking of taking the Cambridge IELTS exam. It consists of 12 modules and 200 units of English and provides approximately 120 hours of study for students.
Course aims
- Take students from CEFR B2 up to C1.
- Provide coaching and practice in all areas of the IELTS exam to ensure students are fully prepared when taking the test.
- Blend grammatical structures necessary for this level with vocabulary, including collocations, phrasal verbs, idioms, spelling, reading, listening, writing, and speaking.
Граматика
By the end of the course, students will be able to…
- Use present, past, and future tenses accurately in the simple and continuous forms.
- Be proficient in the use of perfect tenses in the simple and continuous forms.
- Use conditionals to talk about real and unreal situations in present, past, and future situations.
- Report what people said using correct verb forms and appropriate reporting verbs.
- Talk about actions and states using active and passive forms appropriately.
- Use modal verbs appropriately for various functions, including past modals when necessary.
- Use a variety of linking words and phrases to express ideas such as addition, contrast, reason, and conclusion.
- Use verbs correctly in terms of transitivity and what forms follow them.
- Compare adjectives and adverbs using more advanced comparatives and superlatives.
- Talk about quantity.
Речник
- Learn approximately 1000 lexical items, including gradable and non-gradable adjectives, adverbs, phrasal verbs, idiomatic language, and lexical sets.
Skills
- Gain exposure to and practice in reading and listening to formal and informal materials from a range of settings and registers.
Unit Summary
Module 1
- Граматика: Present Tenses
- Речник: Adjectives of character and mood
- Граматика: Past Tenses
- Речник: Jobs and professions
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 01
- Spelling: Spelling test 01
- Четене: A Winter’s Tale
- Слушане: Chess
- Четене: Buddhism
- Слушане: A traffic report
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 01 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – Short-answer questions
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – Short-answer questions
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Listening – Multiple Choice
- Exam: IELTS practice: Listening – Multiple choice
Module 2
- Речник: Parts of the body
- Граматика: Countable and Uncountable nouns
- Речник: Transport
- Граматика: Comparatives and superlatives
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 02
- Spelling: Spelling test 02
- Четене: Michelangelo
- Слушане: The internet
- Четене: Oxford
- Слушане: Waiting at the airport
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 02 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – Matching headings
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – Matching headings
Module 3
- Речник: Feeling ill 1
- Граматика: Present Perfect
- Речник: Feeling ill 2
- Граматика: Present Perfect Continuous
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 03
- Spelling: Spelling test 03
- Четене: Shakespeare’s early life
- Слушане: Working in London
- Четене: The European Commission Audit
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 03 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – Complete a table
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – Complete a table
Module 4
- Речник: Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
- Граматика: Going to and Will
- Речник: Confusing Words 1
- Граматика: Future Continuous
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 04
- Spelling: Spelling test 04
- Четене: The Naadam festival in Mongolia
- Слушане: Zimbabwe
- Четене: Being polite in Japanese
- Слушане: Brand loyalty
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 04 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – Who thinks what?
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – Who thinks what?
Module 5
- Речник: Clothes 1
- Граматика: So and Such
- Речник: Clothes 2
- Граматика: Too and Enough
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 05
- Spelling: Spelling test 05
- Четене: Aspirin
- Слушане: Robots for the home
- Четене: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Слушане: How luxury brands are surviving the recession
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 05 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – Choosing from a list
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – Choosing from a list
Module 6
- Речник: Containers
- Граматика: Say and Tell
- Речник: Household chores
- Граматика: Ed and Ing adjectives
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 06
- Spelling: Spelling test 06
- Четене: Garlic
- Слушане: Innovative advertising techniques
- Четене: NAFTA
- Слушане: The Tin Drum
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 06 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS Coaching: Writing – a problems and solutions essay
Module 7
- Речник: Shops
- Граматика: Articles
- Речник: Verbs connected with cooking
- Граматика: Few and a few
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 07
- Spelling: Spelling test 07
- Четене: Advertising techniques
- Слушане: Branding a product
- Четене: Customer service
- Слушане: Innovative retail methods
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 07 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – Multiple choice questions
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – Multiple choice questions
Module 8
- Речник: Shapes and dimensions
- Граматика: Gerunds and infinitives
- Речник: Confusing words 2
- Граматика: Conjunctions and connectors
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 08
- Spelling: Spelling test 08
- Четене: The history of the bicycle
- Слушане: Cycling in the city
- Четене: How to improve road safety
- Слушане: A debate on car use
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 08 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – Yes/No/Not Given questions
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – Yes/No/Not Given questions
Module 9
- Речник: Things in the bedroom
- Граматика: Past Perfect
- Речник: Things in the kitchen
- Граматика: Past modals – Must and Should
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 09
- Spelling: Spelling test 09
- Четене: The psychology of colour
- Слушане: Colour in marketing
- Четене: How companies use colours
- Слушане: The use of colours in branding
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 09 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – True/False/Not Given questions
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – True/False/Not Given questions
Module 10
- Речник: Things in the living room
- Граматика: Passive voice
- Речник: Parts of the house
- Граматика: Question tags
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 10
- Spelling: Spelling test 10
- Четене: How homes have changed over the years
- Слушане: Living in a tiny house
- Четене: The rise of apartment living
- Слушане: Future homes
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 10 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – Sentence completion
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – Sentence completion
Module 11
- Речник: Make and do
- Граматика: Relative Clauses
- Речник: Confusing words 3
- Граматика: Verb Patterns
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 11
- Spelling: Spelling test 11
- Четене: Health and well-being
- Слушане: Staying fit in the office
- Четене: The impact of exercise on mental health
- Слушане: Nutrition and fitness
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 11 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Writing – Essay planning
- Exam: IELTS practice: Writing – Essay planning
Module 12
- Речник: Animals
- Граматика: Reported Speech
- Речник: Adjectives of character
- Граматика: Third Conditional
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 12
- Spelling: Spelling test 12
- Четене: Zoos and animal welfare
- Слушане: Should we ban zoos?
- Четене: The ethical treatment of animals
- Слушане: Animal rescue efforts
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 12 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – Summary completion
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – Summary completion
Follow-up
Students completing the Focus on IELTS course should feel confident in tackling any advanced course, including our Advanced Power or Focus on CAE course.