IELTS Essays Teaching Course by Grade University

About the course

Level

Experienced, Expert

Your Students

Adults, Teenagers

Required time

13 hours

This course will help you learn or refresh important aspects of IELTS essay writing. You will get equipped with techniques and strategies that will make preparation for IELTS smooth and effective both for you and your students.

In this course, we will be looking at:

important requirements for writing IELTS essays;
types of IELTS essays & how to organize ideas clearly and logically;
assessment criteria examiners use to assess essays;
the system of teaching IELTS essay writing, including effective tasks and activities for developing essay writing skills;
time management and typical problems & solutions with essay writing.

This is a practical course that will help you turn this knowledge into practical ideas for your lessons.

Course Program (in Ukrainian)

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Keywords

Exams
Exam Preparation
IELTS
Writing

Course authors and tutors

Andrii Pigariev

Course Author, Course Tutor

DOS, CELTA, CELT-P/S Course trainer, International speaking examiner, Conference speaker

Anfisa Kramarenko

Course Editor

CELTA certified teacher of General English, Business English, Exam Preparation, International speaking examiner

What's in the course?

Variety of inputs
Interesting texts, video lectures and tutorials, audio tracks to keep you engaged

Variety of tasks
Tasks with closed (True/False, multiple choice, matching) and open questions (reflection tasks with suggested answers)

Sample answers for IELTS essay questions
The model answers demonstrate how tips and strategies for approaching the question work

Knowledge bank
To keep the new knowledge organised and to give you the opportunity to return to it when needed, including templates for organising IELTS essays

Final test
To track your progress and a must if you would like to receive a certificate

Useful resources
For further reading and study

Course Outline

Strict Order

This course consists of integral units that should be done in a strict order. Within each unit, the tasks follow a strict order and should be done one by one.

Key requirements and understanding tasks

Essay types and structure

How essays are assessed

Teaching IELTS essays step by step

Task and activities to teach IELTS essays

Typical student problems and solutions to them

Final test

Course outcomes

By the end of the course, participants will:

be better aware of general requirements for writing IELTS essays
learn how to recognise all types of IELTS essays
be better able to understand how to organise ideas in IELTS essays
be better aware of assessment criteria for writing essays
learn how to help students practise with IELTS essays systematically
be better aware of tasks and activities to help students practice IELTS writing skills
be better aware of how to help students manage time under exam conditions
be better aware of possible students’ problems with writing IELTS essays and effective solutions to them

The skills you will learn:

organising ideas in IELTS essays
helping students practise with IELTS essays
creating tasks and activities to help students practice IELTS writing skills
managing students' time under exam conditions
anticipating and effectively solving students’ problems with writing IELTS essays

Certificate

Based on the results of the final test you will get:

0–69% — Certificate of Attendance

70–89% — Certificate of Completion

90–100% — Certificate of Completion with Merit

Certificate will appear in your Profile.

How to Teach IELTS Essays