Languages & Communication
IELTS Academic Preparation
Task strategies for IELTS Academic. The test is administered by the IELTS partners, not by us.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Training format
- Instructor-led
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Language
- English
- Instructor
- Camille Durand — Language faculty
- Certificate
- Certification preparation. Not the official external credential.
About this course
Listening, reading, writing and speaking tasks, marked against the public band descriptors. We do not estimate a band from a single lesson, and we do not issue an IELTS result. Book the test at an official centre.
Learning objectives
- Understand how each paper is marked.
- Write Task 2 with a position and support.
- Speak for two minutes without reciting a script.
Curriculum
The papers
- Listening traps
- Reading speed
- What a band descriptor says
Writing and speaking
- Task 1
- Task 2
- The speaking test
A full sitting
- Timed papers
- Feedback
- How to book
Who it is for
- Candidates aiming at a stated university or visa band.
Prerequisites
- Roughly B2, confirmed at placement. Lower levels are moved to general English.