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About the course:
This 36 hour course aims at preparing students for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic exam. The purpose of the course is to provide the students with practical tips and to upskill them with the necessary strategies to succeed in the four parts of the exam namely listening, reading, writing and speaking. At the beginning of the course, the students will be introduced to the structure and the question types of the listening and reading parts, will learn and employ strategies to excel at them. Additionally, the students will build on their writing skills by outlining and developing writing pieces as well as will improve their speaking strategies. At the end of the course, the students will have an opportunity to test their exam knowledge and skills with the help of several practice tests.
Course objectives:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify and analyze key words in the questions of the reading, listening and writing tasks.
- Employ scanning and skimming skills in the texts during the reading tasks.
- Listen for detail and for gist during the listening tasks.
- Compose essays based on three stages: brainstorm, write and edit.
- Outline, plan and formulate the main components of academic essays: introduction, body, conclusion, thesis statement, topic sentence.
- Summarize and describe statistical data (table, pie chart, line graph, bar chart, process diagram, and map) for the writing task 1.
- Organize persuasive essays (opinion essay, problem/solution essay, advantage/disadvantage essay, discussion essay, and double question essay) for the writing task 2.
- Edit and proofread essays for meaning, grammar and vocabulary.
- Apply active listening and demonstrate fluency while speaking on a range of topics.
- Express opinion, agreement/disagreement and develop convincing arguments and examples orally on a range of topics
Who should attend this course?
The course is designed for young adults or adult learners who aim to take IELTS Academic for study abroad purposes. It is required that the participants of the course have at least Upper-Intermediate level of English language proficiency in order to better perform on all the sections of IELTS test.
Requirements:
You may attend the IELTS prep course if you are on Level 6 of the placement test or if you have successfully accomplished Level 5 or 6 of General English courses at AUA Open Education. Placement tests are administered every Wednesday at 4:00 PM. Please register in advance by visiting im.aua.am
Placement test fee: 2,100 AMD