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.
Gramatika
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.
Slovní zásoba
- 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
- Gramatika: Present Tenses
- Slovní zásoba: Adjectives of character and mood
- Gramatika: Past Tenses
- Slovní zásoba: Jobs and professions
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 01
- Spelling: Spelling test 01
- Čtení: A Winter’s Tale
- Poslech: Chess
- Čtení: Buddhism
- Poslech: 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
- Slovní zásoba: Parts of the body
- Gramatika: Countable and Uncountable nouns
- Slovní zásoba: Transport
- Gramatika: Comparatives and superlatives
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 02
- Spelling: Spelling test 02
- Čtení: Michelangelo
- Poslech: The internet
- Čtení: Oxford
- Poslech: 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
- Slovní zásoba: Feeling ill 1
- Gramatika: Present Perfect
- Slovní zásoba: Feeling ill 2
- Gramatika: Present Perfect Continuous
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 03
- Spelling: Spelling test 03
- Čtení: Shakespeare’s early life
- Poslech: Working in London
- Čtení: 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
- Slovní zásoba: Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
- Gramatika: Going to and Will
- Slovní zásoba: Confusing Words 1
- Gramatika: Future Continuous
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 04
- Spelling: Spelling test 04
- Čtení: The Naadam festival in Mongolia
- Poslech: Zimbabwe
- Čtení: Being polite in Japanese
- Poslech: 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
- Slovní zásoba: Clothes 1
- Gramatika: So and Such
- Slovní zásoba: Clothes 2
- Gramatika: Too and Enough
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 05
- Spelling: Spelling test 05
- Čtení: Aspirin
- Poslech: Robots for the home
- Čtení: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Poslech: 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
- Slovní zásoba: Containers
- Gramatika: Say and Tell
- Slovní zásoba: Household chores
- Gramatika: Ed and Ing adjectives
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 06
- Spelling: Spelling test 06
- Čtení: Garlic
- Poslech: Innovative advertising techniques
- Čtení: NAFTA
- Poslech: The Tin Drum
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 06 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS Coaching: Writing – a problems and solutions essay
Module 7
- Slovní zásoba: Shops
- Gramatika: Articles
- Slovní zásoba: Verbs connected with cooking
- Gramatika: Few and a few
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 07
- Spelling: Spelling test 07
- Čtení: Advertising techniques
- Poslech: Branding a product
- Čtení: Customer service
- Poslech: 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
- Slovní zásoba: Shapes and dimensions
- Gramatika: Gerunds and infinitives
- Slovní zásoba: Confusing words 2
- Gramatika: Conjunctions and connectors
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 08
- Spelling: Spelling test 08
- Čtení: The history of the bicycle
- Poslech: Cycling in the city
- Čtení: How to improve road safety
- Poslech: 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
- Slovní zásoba: Things in the bedroom
- Gramatika: Past Perfect
- Slovní zásoba: Things in the kitchen
- Gramatika: Past modals – Must and Should
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 09
- Spelling: Spelling test 09
- Čtení: The psychology of colour
- Poslech: Colour in marketing
- Čtení: How companies use colours
- Poslech: 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
- Slovní zásoba: Things in the living room
- Gramatika: Passive voice
- Slovní zásoba: Parts of the house
- Gramatika: Question tags
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 10
- Spelling: Spelling test 10
- Čtení: How homes have changed over the years
- Poslech: Living in a tiny house
- Čtení: The rise of apartment living
- Poslech: Future homes
- Revision: Focus on IELTS Module 10 Revision test
- Exam: IELTS coaching: Reading – Sentence completion
- Exam: IELTS practice: Reading – Sentence completion
Module 11
- Slovní zásoba: Make and do
- Gramatika: Relative Clauses
- Slovní zásoba: Confusing words 3
- Gramatika: Verb Patterns
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 11
- Spelling: Spelling test 11
- Čtení: Health and well-being
- Poslech: Staying fit in the office
- Čtení: The impact of exercise on mental health
- Poslech: 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
- Slovní zásoba: Animals
- Gramatika: Reported Speech
- Slovní zásoba: Adjectives of character
- Gramatika: Third Conditional
- Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 12
- Spelling: Spelling test 12
- Čtení: Zoos and animal welfare
- Poslech: Should we ban zoos?
- Čtení: The ethical treatment of animals
- Poslech: 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.