2025-03-12

Adult IELTS

  • Lesson Aims

    • Linking ideas
    • Both, either, neither
    • Listening

  • Materials

    • page 92 Listening (Section 4)
    • page 93 Language Development

  • Homework

    • page 102: review

2025-03-10

Adult IELTS

  • Lesson Aims

    • Language development
      • Recognizing how linking words affect meaning.
        • Applying them correctly in writing.
        • Using both, neither, either accurately in various sentence structures.
        • Developing fluency in expressing contrast and agreement in written English.
      • Skills development
        • Speaking
      • Exam practice
        • speaking

  • Materials

    • Expert IELTS pages
      • 90 Vocabulary
      • 91 Speaking

  • Plan

    • check page 90
    • page 91 speaking

  • Homework

    • page 93 (from last lesson)
    • page 96

  • Language Spotlight

    • prevent crime from happening
      • prevent crime
    • attract missing persons
      • help locate missing persons
    • they can see all your move
      • … track your movements
    • prevent catch the possibility of crime like fire and terrorism
      • it can help prevent other crimes such as arson or terrorism
    • most of people
      • most people

2025-03-05

Adult IELTS

  • Lesson Aims

    • Reading (Flow chart completion; Sentence completion)
    • Speaking (Part 2: Long turn)

  • Materials

    • Two-Minute talks pages 61-63 ()Photocopiable © 2007 DELTA PUBLISHING from IELTS Resource Pack by Jon Marks)
    • Expert IELTS pages
      • 87-89

  • Plan

    • Check HW
      • Intro to unit 6
      • Expert IELTS
        • pages 88-89 (reading task)
    • Speaking Part 2 practice (worksheets)

  • Homework

    • Expert IELTS pages
      • 90 and 93 (Language)

  • Language Spotlight

    • On every photo there’s a person who’s a professional detective.
      • In every …
    • The people discuss something about crime.
      • They are discussing a case.
    • You shouldn’t touch evidence with your bare fingers.
      • Evidence shouldn’t be contaminated with bare hands.
    • Vocabulary
      • skim a text
      • criminology
      • post-mortem
      • notorious
      • bandit
        • member of a gang of armed thieves
      • intrigued
      • rodents
        • pests
      • throwbacks
        • similar to someone/something from the past
      • discredited (adj)
        • disgraced
      • tainted
        • tarnished
        • flawed
        • impure
        • polluted
      • discarded
        • dimismiss
        • throw away
      • discipline
        • teach
        • punish

2025-03-03

Adult IELTS

  • Lesson Aims

    • I have practiced part 3 of the speaking paper.

  • Materials

    • Ready For Speaking from Ready for IELTS
    • Expert IELTS

  • Homework

    • Expert IELTS
      pages 88-89 (reading task)

  • Language Spotlight

    • Corrections
      • It helps them to make some exercises.
        • do/complete exercises
      • Small businesses can use website to …
        • … a website | websites
      • I don’t have a good opinion about e-learning.
          1. “I don’t have a high opinion of e-learning.” (More formal and natural)
          1. “I don’t think highly of e-learning.” (More informal)
          1. “I have a negative opinion of e-learning.” (Stronger emphasis on disapproval)
          1. “I’m not a fan of e-learning.” (More conversational)
          1. “I don’t think e-learning is very good.” (More neutral)
      • You can only learn theoretical aspects of any given topic.
        • You can only learn the theoretical aspects of any given topic.
        • E-learning doesn’t lend itself to gaining much practical experience.
      • You can learn managing people.
        • You can learn about managing people < You can learn management skills.
    • Incidental Language
      • chemist/pharmacy/drug store

2025-02-26

Adult IELTS

  • Lesson Aims

    • I know what to expect in the speaking paper of the IELTS exam.
    • I have practiced and feel confident about part 1 of the speaking paper.
    • I have practiced part 2 of the speaking paper.

  • Materials

2025-02-24

Adult IELTS

  • Lesson Aims

    • Needs analysis
    • GTKY activities

  • Materials

    • IELTS resource pack page 52
      • speaking part 1: Ask Me About

  • Plan

    • Teacher and Course Info
      • Macmillan IELTS Expert 7.5
    • Get To Know Each other tasks
    • Speaking Practice
    • Notebooks
      Example page: notebook example