Focus on IELTS

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.

Грамматика

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.

Словарный запас

• • • 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

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.