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SelfAccess Online English courses - General IELTS Preparation

 

This course will help you get results and improve those English skills you need to succeed in the IELTS General Training Module.
This course contains:
15 lessons based on newspaper articles, notices, advertisements, leaflets and timetables.
Reading, writing, listening, grammar and vocabulary.
This course includes:
100% interactive exercises.
Over 140 activities and exercises - approximately 30 hours of online study.
Model essays and letters.
Colourful graphics and audio.
Immediate feedback on your work.
Progress Reports to show you how you are going, what you have completed and what you need to finish.
You have 3 months to complete the course and can do each exercise in each lesson twice. We have divided the course up by theme. Each lesson has its own theme and covers a number of skills and skill subsets you will need to pass your exam. We have selected some shorter, less difficult lessons for you to begin with.

 



   
Working from Home - Listening, Reading comprehension - True, False, Not Given questions, completing a summary, matching headings, multiple matching, locating information, Writing - an essay giving your opinion, a letter to your boss, Vocabulary - using words from the AWL (Academic Word List).
Level: Intermediate


   
Travel and Tourism - Reading - classifying, matching sections, matching paragraphs and information, short answer questions, reading advertisements and multiple matching Listening - completing a table, IELTS task 2 - writing an essay giving your opinion.
Level: Intermediate

 

   
The Environment and Disasters - Listening - short answers, Reading comprehension - matching paragraphs and information, completing a table, short answer questions, multiple choice questions, Writing - task 1 letter offering help, completing a vocabulary cloze.
Level: Intermediate

 

   
Sport - Listening - completing a table, Writing - IELTS Task 1: Writing a letter, writing a Task 2 essay giving your opinion, completing a summary, classifying information, answering multiple choice questions, locating information.
Level: Intermediate

 

   
Food and Leisure - Listening and following a map, listening to complete a table, classifying information, matching paragraphs and information, General IELTS Writing - Task 1 letter to an editor, Writing a Task 2 essay giving your opinion about your home town.
Level: Intermediate

 

   
Animals and Zoos - Multiple choice listening, General IELTS Writing - Task 1 letter, Completing a letter using grammar words, Reading a text and completing summaries, Listening and completing a summary using words from a box, matching paragraphs and information..
Level: Intermediate

 

   
Finance / Money - Reading comprehension - matching headings and sections, completing a table, understanding a writer's point of view, answering multiple choice questions, locating information, Writing - a task 1 letter of complaint.
Level: Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate

 

   
Travel, History and Adventure - Writing a letter, answering multiple choice questions, identifying points of view, completing a vocabulary cloze, filling a table, completing a summary, Listening - following a map.
Level: Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate

 

   
History - General IELTS Writing - Task 1 letter asking for permission, Reading comprehension - topic sentences, answering True, False, Not Given questions, answering short answer questions, multiple matching, listening - short answer questions.
Level: Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate

 

   
Parenting - Listening - multiple choice questions, Writing a Task 1 letter refusing an invitation, reading comprehension - completing a summary, matching headings, completing short answer questions, Writing a Task 2 essay giving your opinion.
Level: Upper-Intermediate

 

   
Education - Listening - complete points of view, Writing - complete a cloze, use discourse markers, plan an essay giving your opinion, Reading - answer True, False Not Given questions, match headings, inferring meaning.
Level: Upper-Intermediate

 

   

The Dress Code - Writing - a letter of complaint, finding spelling and punctuation errors, Reading comprehension - multiple matching, short answers questions, classifying information, Listening - multiple choice questions.

 

   
Employment - Listening - matching statements and completing a summary, Reading comprehension - answering True, False, Not Given questions and multiple choice questions, completing a summary, using academic vocabulary, General IELTS Writing - task 1 letter of advice.
Level: Upper-Intermediate / Advanced

 

   
Task 1 Writing - Informal, semi-formal or formal letters. 12 exercises - prepare yourself with our model letters and exercises.

 

   

Reading Comprehension - Multiple choice reading exercises on the type of text you may find in the General IELTS reading section.

 

   
IELTS Overview - An overview of the IELTS Academic Module and General Training Module. Academic or General? Find out what IELTS test you need to sit and what is required.    


Ideal for those who are aiming for a General IELTS bandscore of 5 and above. Our Selfaccess.com exercises include activities that are similar to those found in IELTS General training module and like the IELTS General Training Reading Test our lessons get progressively harder through the course. By using the SelfAccess lessons you will be able to practise IELTS reading, listening and writing questions, and improve your IELTS scores.