HOW TO TEACH IELTS
A comprehensive 8 Week Course for teachers to become confident in teaching the IELTS exam
6th Intake: January 28, 2023
Register your interest to join the group!
6th Intake: January 28, 2023
Register your interest to join the group!
LIVE SESSIONS
Live 90 minute Zoom meetings with tutors
in a group of 12 people max
in a group of 12 people max
SELF STUDY
Guided self-study with video and audio tutorials, quizzes and materials for your classroom
PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENT
Tutor feedback on your lesson plan, or on your assessment of your student's writing
THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO:
- 1Start teaching IELTS but don’t know where to begin
- 2Know the strategies, techniques, and hacks for the exam
- 3Know secrets about how to assess speaking and writing
- 4Make your IELTS lessons interesting and engaging to develop skills beyond the exam framework
- 5Improve your skills as a teacher and become more diverse on the job market
- 6Learn how to work with student motivation and mindset to build confidence for exams
What makes us different from any ordinary “How to teach…" course is that we equip you with knowledge and skills that go beyond the exam to become a more successful teacher overall.
You will learn transferable skills that can be adapted for other parts of your teaching practice.
You will learn transferable skills that can be adapted for other parts of your teaching practice.
BY THE END OF THIS COURSE YOU WILL:
- Know every aspect of the IELTS exam, inside and out1
- Be equipped with tips, tricks, and strategies for passing each section2
- Have a variety of practical activities to teach sub-skills effectively for all parts of the exam3
- Understand how the exam is scored and what examiners are looking for4
- Be confident in assessing your students against the criteria for Writing and Speaking5
- Understand the differences between band scores and know simple tricks to boost them6
- Have the tools to keep your students motivated: goal-setting and accountability, coaching techniques, and managing mindset7
- Gain valuable insights from former IELTS examiners and Cambridge teacher trainers8
- Be more confident about how to guide your students to success9
What if I teach IELTS already? Will I learn anything new?
Yes, you will definitely gain new insights about the exam. You will get creative new solutions from our IELTS experts about how to make preparation informative and enjoyable.
What if I haven't passes IELTS myself? Is this course suitable for me?
Yes, it will give you a comprehensive understanding of the way the exam is structured, which will also help you to get prepared for the exam yourself.
What if my English is not perfect?
Your level should be at least one band score above your student's.
8 Week Course
8 Zoom Sessions
90-minute live sessions on Zoom with tutors once per week
6 Modules
of guided self-study with tasks, articles, videos, audio files, materials for your students, and quizzes.
12 People
3 highly qualified tutors (and former IELTS examiners) with 12 Participants
HOW THE COURSE IS STRUCTURED:
Week 1
Module 1: Understanding Student Needs
Live Session with Tyler Scharf on Students Needs,
Motivation and Coaching
Followed by self-study content on our platform
Module 1: Understanding Student Needs
Live Session with Tyler Scharf on Students Needs,
Motivation and Coaching
Followed by self-study content on our platform
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Perform a detailed needs analysis on your students
- Manage learner expectations for exam preparation
- Dispel common misconceptions concerning IELTS
- Help your students set goals that actually work
- Coach your learners and hold them accountable
- Put your students in a resourceful state so they are receptive to learning
Weeks 2 & 3
Module 2: Teaching Speaking Skills
Live Session with Kathy Panton on Speaking Skills and Criteria
Followed by self-study content on our platform (video tutorials and other materials)
Live Session with Katy Muench on Speaking Skills (designing practical activities and dealing with student problems)
Module 2: Teaching Speaking Skills
Live Session with Kathy Panton on Speaking Skills and Criteria
Followed by self-study content on our platform (video tutorials and other materials)
Live Session with Katy Muench on Speaking Skills (designing practical activities and dealing with student problems)
By the end of this module, you will:
- Have a variety of practical activities to help learners successfully navigate the speaking exam
- Know the best tips, techniques and strategies for each part
- Understand when and how to correct learners, and what to focus on for pronunciation
- Learn about how to foster a resourceful student mindset to encourage fluency
- Be able to develop lessons that teach the sub-skills and provide a well-balanced approach to improving speaking overall
Week 4
Module 3: Developing Listening Skills
Live session with Katy Muench on integrating speaking and listening skills
Self-study content on Listening skills on our platform (video tutorials and other materials)
Module 3: Developing Listening Skills
Live session with Katy Muench on integrating speaking and listening skills
Self-study content on Listening skills on our platform (video tutorials and other materials)
By the end of this module, you will:
- Understand each part of the listening test in detail, as well as the question types
- Know the best strategies for dealing with each question type
- Learn the sub-skills of listening and how to teach them to your learners
- Be able to anticipate and deal with common learner problems
- Know how the exam is scored and be able to explain it to your students
- Have a variety of useful tools and techniques for helping learners to understand connected speech
Weeks 5 & 6
Module 4: Teaching Writing Skills
Live Session with Siobhan Kizilkaya on Writing Part 1 and Common Student Problems
Followed by self-study content on our platform (video tutorials and other materials)
Live Session with Siobhan Kizilkaya on Writing Part 2 and Boosting student scores
Module 4: Teaching Writing Skills
Live Session with Siobhan Kizilkaya on Writing Part 1 and Common Student Problems
Followed by self-study content on our platform (video tutorials and other materials)
Live Session with Siobhan Kizilkaya on Writing Part 2 and Boosting student scores
By the end of this module, you will:
- Understand requirements of each task in detail and how to prepare learners accordingly
- Be equipped with a variety of practical activities to train learners to become more proficient writers
- See a writing task done in front of you with strategies and reasoning explained step by step
- Have quick tips for leveraging student strengths to boost writing scores quickly within a short period of time
Week 7
Module 5: Developing Reading Skills
Live Session with Siobhan Kizilkaya on teaching effective reading lessons
Self-study content on Reading skills
(video tutorials and other materials)
Module 5: Developing Reading Skills
Live Session with Siobhan Kizilkaya on teaching effective reading lessons
Self-study content on Reading skills
(video tutorials and other materials)
By the end of this module, you will:
- Know how to tailor a teaching approach for Reading to meet the needs of your students
- Have a strategy for dealing each type of question in the Reading test
- Learn how to develop lessons that teach the sub-skills of reading to your learners
- Recognize common issues learners face with reading and be able to help them cope
- Understand the importance of noticing techniques and how to apply them in your lessons
- Be confident adapting exam tasks into full lesson
Week 8
Module 6: Assessing and Giving Feedback
Live with Kathy Panton on evaluating student work, integrating language and Q&A
Self-Study content on our platform (video tutorials and other materials)
Module 6: Assessing and Giving Feedback
Live with Kathy Panton on evaluating student work, integrating language and Q&A
Self-Study content on our platform (video tutorials and other materials)
By the end of this module, you will:
- Have an in-depth understanding of the Speaking and Writing criteria, and how examiners differentiate between individual bands
- Be confident about assessing your students and providing guideline scores
- Understand how to standardize yourself in a similar way to examiners
- Have tips for providing feedback in a positive and constructive manner that supports learner development
At the end of the course each participant will have a choice of task to complete and receive feedback from the tutors (lesson plan, or your assessment of a student's essay)
MEET YOUR TUTORS
- Tyler ScharfESL Teacher, CELTA trainer, Certified CoachTyler Scharf is a teacher, trainer & motivational coach based in Istanbul. Born in Canada, he has 10 years of experience in the field of ELT. Throughout the years he had the chance to work in Russia, India and Turkey, where he got his full Delta and was working as a Celta & ICELT tutor, and with Oxford University Press. He is the founder and owner of Sharp English, an online language school that specializes in exam preparation.
Now he is pursuing a career in coaching because he found that even talented teachers can be vulnerable in their practice and need motivational support in addition to methodology and technique. He specializes in empowering teachers and learners to gain a clearer sense of self and develop confidence in their practice and learning. He is a certified coach from Erickson International.
- Katy MuenchESL Teacher, CELTA TrainerKaty is a British teacher trainer, materials developer, and exam specialist with over a decade of experience in various schools and universities, including Istanbul Technical University, Sheffield University, and University of East London.
She has also trained hundreds of teachers for Cambridge Celta, Oxford University Press, and Express Publishing. Katy has extensive experience in exam preparation and assessment, and she is known to have the most creative solutions for lesson planning and material design.
She has Delta M1, 2 and a BA in Journalism with honours. - Siobhan KizilkayaESL Teacher, Delta TrainerSiobhan is a teacher, trainer, and former assessor for Cambridge. She is originally from the UK but is now based in Istanbul. With decades of experience in the field of ELT, she has extensive expertise in training and assessment due to her roles as a teacher trainer for Cambridge Delta and ICELT courses.
- Kathy PantonESL Teacher & TrainerKathy is a British-Canadian teacher currently working at Istanbul Technical University, where she has been a teacher, teacher trainer, and materials developer for over ten years. She received her Dip.TESOL in the UK and went on to work at several branches of the British Council as well as at both public and private schools. She has been involved in IELTS courses, training, and exams since 2002.
PRICING
Sberbank and Tinkoff are also accepted, get in touch with us for details
Self-Study
$120
6 Self-Study Modules
Practical tasks to understand the exam
Video and audio tutorials
Materials for your classroom
3 Month access to the platform
Certificate of completion
Self-Study + Live Sessions
$160
8 Live 90 Minute Zoom sessions
Whatsapp group chat
6 Self-Study Modules
Practical tasks to understand the exam
Video and audio tutorials
Materials for your classroom
Practical final assignment
3 Month access to the platform
Certificate of completion
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6 Self-Study Modules
Practical tasks to understand the exam
Video and audio tutorials
Materials for your classroom
Practical final assignment
3 Month access to the platform
Certificate of completion
Self-Study + Live sessions +
1:1 Mentoring
1:1 Mentoring
$320
- 8 Live 90 Minute Zoom sessions
- Whatsapp group chat
6 Self-Study Modules
Practical tasks to understand the exam
Video and audio tutorials
Materials for your classroom
Practical final assignment - 3 Month access to the platform
Certificate of completion - 3 hours of 1:1 mentoring, coaching, or observation of lessons with feedback, based on your needs
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