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:
25 lessons based on newspaper articles, notices, advertisements, leaflets
and timetables.
Reading, writing, listening, speaking grammar and vocabulary.
This course includes:
100% interactive exercises.
The course has 25 individual lessons - over 140 activities
and exercises - approximately 35 hours of online study.
You also have 25 model essays and letters to work with and
20 listening tasks. There are more than 40 individual news
articles to read and IELTS reading tasks to answer.
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.
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.
Workers
Going Nowhere - Working from home and Technology:
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).
IELTS
Speaking Test - Speaking and Pronunciation Practice
Topic: In part 1 of the IELTS exam you need to talk about familiar topics
such as family, friends, hobbies or food. These 6 exercises will help you
prepare for Part 1 of the IELTS speaking exam.
On
Your Bike - Every day, traffic seems to get worse. How can we reduce
the number of cars on our roads? What alternatives can we offer? Reading
comprehension - scanning to complete a table, matching viewpoints, skimming
to choose the best title and complete a flow diagram, Listening - completing
a flow chart, Writing - topic sentences in an IELTS Task 2 essay, words
from the AWL.
Travel
Postcard - 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.
Weather
Events - 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.
Holding
The Olympics - Many countries host international sporting
events. What do you think are the positive and negative impacts of hosting
such events? 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.
Eating
Out in London Town - 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.
IELTS
Speaking test practice - Parts 1 & 2- IELTS Speaking Test -
Speaking and Pronunciation Practice These exercises will help you prepare
for your conversation with your personal tutor and give you practice for
the IELTS speaking exam.
Zoos
- Humans on Display - 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.
Finance:
Correcting Money Mistakes - 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.
Hidden
Treasure - 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.
Italian
Memory Bank - 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.
Best
Friend Mums? - 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.
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.
IELTS
Speaking test practice - parts 2 & 3
Talking on a given topic and giving your opinion in a discussion. There
are 7 exercises for you to do. These exercises will help you to: prepare
for a speaking test, listen for specific information, make notes for a short
talk, use expressions for giving your opinion and asking for clarification.
Tech
Stereotypes - 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.
Reading
Comprehension - Multiple choice reading exercises on the
type of text you may find in the General IELTS reading section.
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.