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Thời lượng khóa học: 400 tiết (45p/ tiết) trực tiếp trên lớp với giáo viên nước ngoài. / Course length.’ 400 periods of 45 min / period
Thời gian đào tạo: 45 ngày học trong vòng 15 tuần (có thế kéo dài đến 16 tuần trong trường hợp nghỉ lễ hay nghỉ học) / Training time.' 45 training days over 15
weeks (may be extended to 16 weeks in case of holidays or cancellations)
Tài liệu giảng dạy: Cambridge Mindset 1 student's book & online work và các tài liệu IELTS bổ trợ khác / Course material. Cambridge Mindset 1 student’s book &
online work + supplementary IELTS practice mateńal
Hgc viên: Các giáo viên tiếng Anh của Hà Nội với trình độ tiếng Anh đầu vào IELTS 4.0 - 4.5 I Course participants. Hanoi English teachers at entry level of
IELTS 4.0 - 4.5

Tài liệu bổ trợ/ /Materials:

English Vocabulary in Use series 3rd Edition - Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell and Stuart Redman, Cambridge University Press in 2017
Academic Vocabulary in Use 2nd Edition - Michael McCarthy and Felicity O'Dell, Cambridge University Press in 2016
Great Writing series - National Geographic/ (ELT) 5th edition in 2019
English Pronunciation in Use series - Jonathan Marks, Mark Hancock & Martin Hewings, Cambridge University Press in 2017
Pronunciation Games - Mark Hancock, Cambridge University Press; Spi edition (February 23, 1996)
Active Listening - Steven Brown, Dorolyn Smith, Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (September 11, 2006)
IELTS General Training series - Cambridge English; Student edition (June 20, 2019)

Notes:
The classes run on a six day schedule, divided into a three day split between groups 1 and 2.
The schedule for either group is the same, apart from days of the week.
The morning (AM) sessions are used for input from the course books, while the afternoon (PM) sessions are for intensive practice using supplementaries. (This is not always
the
case!)
The teacher can use the recommended supplementaries or create their own materials, as long as the aims are met.
There are assessments at the end of every 3 day cycle and these are mandatory.

Introduct • Opening Ceremony - Teachers attend (45 -60 minutes)

2 ” ion to • Class contract and Learner handbook - Rules for students during the course (explained by CSO's).
AM . course • Course and course book - Mindset 1 & Supplementary book handed to students.
" and • Get to know you activities by teacher.
 4 schedule • Needs analysis.
Exam sk Is:
• Short answer questions - identifying key words and what the answer requires,
answering question using up to three words.
Learning strategies:
Reading • Identifying key words in a question and in the text.
PM
• Scanning the text for
details and specific
information. Language
focus:
• Uses of the Present simple (general truths, facts, habits).
• Adverbs of frequency (uses, meanings, position in the sentence).
• Vocabulary to describe family (forms, spelling, variations).
xam s
• Describing a process ( ng Part 1) - writing about a process
logically, describing the different steps. Learning strategies:
AM Writing 1 • Understanding a diagram that shows a process.
ng overviews and introductions for for process tasks.
Language focus:
ncin ex sions he order es in the rocess.
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, p.8 Exs. 1 &
3/p.9 Exs. 4,5, & 6 (Scanning) Complete
IELTS IELTS Bands 4-5, p.14 Exs. 3 & 4 (Present
Simple)
English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Int/Int, Units
13 & 14 (Family and Friends) English
Vocabulary in Use Pre-Int/Int, ps.188 & 189
(Adverbs of Frequency) Grammar for IELTS,
ps.1-5, 8,9 & 11 (Present Simple/Past Simple)

Writng for IELTS 4.5-6, p.22-25 (Writing: Process/Diagram/Passive:

Describing process/ Sequence) Complete IELTS Banda 4-5, p.94
\/Writing Task 1 Ex. 1/p.95 Exs. 2-7 ( ng: Proces
Bands 4-5, p.96 & p.129 (Passive Voice)
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, p.129 (Sequencers)
PM

Exam skills:
• Multiple choice questions in the exam (Part 1).
• Audio with more than one speaker - Listening Part 1 (everyday
situations between 2 speakers - what are everyday situations?).
AM Listening Learning strategies:
• Identifying the speakers in the conversation (different voices and accents).
• Listening for numbers and noting them down correctly.
Language focus:
• Pronunciation of numbers (numbers that sound similar, longer numbers).

Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, ps.68 & 69

(Listening: Multiple Choice) Instant
IELTS, ps5 & 6 (Listening: Multiple
Choice/Numbers)
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, p.30 & Exs. 5 & 6 p.31
(Listening: Multiple Choice) English Vocabulary in
Use Pre-lnVlnt, Unit 60 (Numbers)
Road to IELTS, Listening Practice 1 (Part 1)
IELTS Masterclass Student Book, ps.62-63 (listening: Multiple Choice Part 1)

AM Exam skills:
• Speaking about your family and answering simple questions
about family (Speaking Part 1). Learning strategies:
• Answering Part 1 questions about family and family members.
• Extending Part 1 answers to more than one sentence and
answering follow-up questions. Language focus:
• Using adjective and noun collocations for family.
IELTS
• Using adverbs of frequency correctly when talking about family habits or activities.
Speaking

Pronunci
IELTS Masterclass Student Book,
ps.10 & 136 (Speaking Part 1)
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, ps.
12, 20 & 51 (Speaking Part 1)
IELTS Resource Pack, ps.52-55
(Speaking Part 1)
Collins Seriea, Speaking ps.9-11 (Speaking Part 1)
 5

6
PM
7

1
Exam skills:
2 • Respond to sentence
3 completion questions
Reading (number of words, form
AM and spelling). Learning
strategies:
• Skimming and scanning a text efficiently (difference
4
between skimming and scanning and when to use
Tues
which).
• Understanding paraphrase (what is paraphrasing
and why it's important for IELTS).
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g • Vocabulary to describe houses and buildings (nouns
u u and adjectives).

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IELTS
6
Reading
PM IELTS for Academic Purposes, p.18 & 19/Destinations B1, p.27 Exs.
F-H (Sentence Completion) English Vocabulary in Uae Pre-InVInt,
Unit 17 (House/Home)
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, p.21 (Past Simple/Pron: -ed)
7
Vocabula IELTS Advantage Reading Skille, ps.21-29 (Skimming & Scanning/Sentence Completion/
Paraphrasing)
8

1
Exam skills:
• Writing tasks describing maps and places (Writing Part 1) - task structure, requirements and examples.
Learning strategies:
3
• Describing changes in a map over time (Past to Present).
AM “ Writing 2 Language focus:
• Using Prepositions of place to describe location accurately.
• Vocabulary for map tasks - features, buildings, changes.
• Using Past simple (regular and irregular) to descibe changes.
• Using Past simple verb forms (active and passive) to describe changes.
5
IELTS
6 Grammar Writing for IELTS 4.5-6, ps.38-42 (Maps: Describing Changes over
PM
7 Time/Prepositions of Place/Past Simple) Destinations B1, ps.33-35 (Prepositions of
Writing Place)
8 IELTS Advantage Writing Skilla, ps. 108-112, & 114 ( Maps: Describing Changes
over Time)
PM

Exam skills:
• Answer Shoi1
answer questions
(Part 1) succesfully.
AM
Learning strategies:
• Spelling names correctly.
• Checking for accuracy at the end of the task.
10 • Understanding categories of
places that might be
mentioned. Language focus:
• Vocabulary for places in a town and how to sort them into categories.

IELTS for Academic Purposes, p.30 Unit 2/p.36 Listening: Questions 1-6
(Listening: Short Answers) Instant IELTS, p.5 Unit 1 (Listening: Short
Answers)
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, ps. 12 & 13 (Vocabulary/Speaking:
Towns/Where We Live) English Vocabulary in Use Pre-lnVInt,
Unit 27 (City Life)

AM Speaking
Exam skills:
• Speaking about
your hometown
(Speaking Part 1)
Learning strategies:
•
L u
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x • Using Prepositions to describe the town/ciry where you live.
i • Using Adjectives to describe the town/city where you live.
c • Uisng the correct tense (Present simple / Present perfect / Past simple) when
a responding to a question.
l • Pronunciation of regular and irregular verb endings in the Past Tense.
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Speaking English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Int/Int, Unit 90 (Prepositions of Place)
PM Collins Series: Speaking for IELTS, p.12 Exs 14 & 15 (Tenses)
Grammar for IELTS, Units 1-3 (PresenVPast/Present Perfect
Tenses) English Vocabulary in Uae Upp-Int, Unit 50 (Town)

AM

PM

Exam skills:
Deal with Multiple choice questions (Strategy, key words).
Learning strategies:
• How to find the answer quickly using skimming and scanning.
AM • Finding words with similar meanings in the text.
• Identifying the main ideas of the text /
passage. Language focus:
• Vocabulary for work and study.
• Using the Present perfect tense correctly (form, function, context).
IELTS
Reading, English Vocabulary in Use Pre-InVlnt, Unit 32-34, 36 & 37
PM (Work and Study) Destinations BI, ps. 18 & 19 (Present
Perfect)
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, ps. 38 &39
(Reading: Multiple Choice) IELTS
Advantage Reading Skills, ps. 9 & 10
(Reading: Multiple Choice)

Exam skills:
• Writing tasks with Graphs, bar charts and pie charts (Writing Part 1) -
task structure, requirements and examples.
Learning strategies:
 • Wescrioing olnerent Zypes or oaza.
• Describing changes in numbers as shown on a graph, chart.
• Studying a model answer.
Language focus:
• Using Prepositions with numbers correctly.

Exam skills:
• Strategy for sentence completion tasks (Listening Part 3) and examples.
Learning strategies:
PM • Identifying key words in sentence completion tasks.
• Following a conversation and distinguishing between different speakers.
• Recognising synonyms and paraphrases in conversations/questions in the exam.
Language focus:
• Vocabulary for describing jobs and courses.

AM

15

PM

PM

AM
17

Tues
PM Exam skills:
• Successfully speaking about work and study
( Speaking Parts 1 and 2) by answering questions or
preparing a short talk.
Speaking
Learning strategies:
• Organising your talks (Speaking Part 2) - structure,
timing, strategy.
AM
• Using
the
headings
in
questions
sync
to help
ation & structure
your
answers/t
alk.
Language
focus:
• Using adjectives correctly to describe feelings.
• Using adjectives correctly to describe experiences.
Reading

IELTS Masterclass Practice Tests: Speaking, (Parts

1 & 2)
English Vocabulary in Use Pre-InVInt,
Units 67, 85, & 89 (Adjectives:
Feelings/Experiences) IELTS
IELTS Masterclass Student Book, ps.57 & 64
(Speaking: Parts 1 & 2
Reading

Exam skills
• Locating and matching information from the text.
• Completion of gapped sentences.
Learning strategies:
• Locating information in the text as fast as possible.
• Dealing with paraphrase - what to do when the
question and text don't seem to match.
Language focus:
• Using vocabulary for food and drink correctly.
• Correcting errors in the use of countable and
uncountable nouns.
• Correctly using some, any, much and many.

IELTS Masterclass Student Book, p.40 (Food)

English
Vocabulary in
Uee Pre-lnVlnt,
Unit 86
(Uncountable
Nouns)
Grammar for
IELTS, ps. 56,
57, & 59
(Uncountable
Nouns)/(Quantifi
ers) English
Vocabulary In
Use Pre-InVlnt,
Unit 25 (Food)
IELTS Advantage Reading Skills, ps.59-61
(Gapped Exercises)
 PM

Revision Students's choice

AM Group 1-S Written exam Group 11 - 15 Written exam

Test
Group 6 - 10 Speaking exam Group 16 - 20 Speaking exam
Wed 19

PM Group 16 - 20 Written exam

Group 1 - 5 Speaking Exam

Group 6 - 10 Written Exam Group 11 - IS Speaking exam

Group 1 - 10 Speaking Exam Group 11 - 20 Speaking Exam Continued

Continued

20

Exam skills:
• Dealing with a task containing two diagrams in one question (Writing Part 1).
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 PM
• Wñting an Introduction and overview and choosing which information to include/exclude.
• Describing and comparing numbers in a pie chart.
Writing 4
• Describing data diagrams without exact numbers.
• Avoiding outside information or adding your own opinion.
Language focus:
• Making comparisons between fractions, numbers that are not exact.
• Correctly using countable and uncountable nouns.

Exam skills
• Completing classification tasks (Listening Part 1).
AM • Completing matching tasks by finding synonyms and paraphrase. (Listening Part
Listening 1).
Learning strategies:
• Identifying synonyms and paraphrase.
• Identifying distractors in matching tasks.
Language focus:
• Using vocabulary for cooking methods correctly.

Group 1 -10 Group 11 - 20

PM

Feedback on Reading and Feedback on Reading and Listening

Listening

feedback
AM
Written
exam
 Exam skills:
22
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Learning strategies:
• Expressing opinions about food.
PM Speaking • Using the preparation time in Part 2 efficiently to structure and plan your talk.
• Organising a Part 2
talk - strategies and
suggestions.
Language focus:
• Using vocabulary for food and cooking correctly.
• Using countable and uncountable nouns correctly.

Exam skills:
• Matching headings with paragraphs.
AM Reading Learning strategies:
• Skim reading efficiently to identify topic sentences and main and supporting
ideas.
• Paraphrase when
used in the
23 headings or the text.
IELTS Language focus:
Reading • Using vocabulary connected with shopping correctly.
• Using Future forms (will and going to) correctly (form, function).
PM
ry a
Pronunci
IELTS Masterclass Student Book, ps. 22-25 (Reading
Tasks/matching Headings) Grammar for IELTS, ps.38-43
(Future Forms)
English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Int/Int,
Unit 24 (Shopping) Destinations BI,
AM ps.30-32 (Going to/Will)

24

PM
 skills:
ng an agree or disagree essay (Writing Part 2) - focus on organisation and structure.
Learning strategies:
• Overview of Part 2 essay types.
AM Writing 5 • Writing an introduction for an essay by paraphrasing the question.
• Developing an argument by writing points for and against and giving oipinions and examples.
• Structuring your essay according to IELTS requirements.
Language focus:
25
• Language for expressing opinions.
• Language for introducing ideas.
IELTS
Complete IELTS Bands 4-
PM 5, p.72 (Giving Opinions)
IELTS Masterclass
Student Book, ps.42 & 43
(Opinions)
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, ps. 44 & 45
(Agreeoisagree Writing) Writing for
IELTS 4.5-6, 42- 44 (Developing
Opinions)
AM

Exam skills:
• Answering multiple choice questions with
26
three options. (Listening Part 2) Learning
strategies:
• Identifying distractors within the given answer options.
• Recognising paraphrase between the audio and the test question.
• Reco
PM
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synon
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succe
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.
AM
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focus:
27 • Using vocabulary to identify places correctly.
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, ps.68 & 69 (Listening: Multiple Choice)
English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Int/Int, Units 6, 48, &
49 (Describing Places) Complete IELTS Bands 4-5,
ps.30 & 31 (Listening: Multiple Choice)
IELTS Masterclass Student Book, ps. 62 & 63 (Listening: Multiple Choice)
 PM

Exam skills:
• Describing a shop and talking about different
AM Speaking experiences you might have while shopping
(Speaking Part 2). Learning strategies:
• Plan your Part 2 talk by using techniques to
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• Using effective intonation to express feelings
suitable to what you are talking about.
 IELTS Bands 4- .
5, p.51
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IELTS • Using comparatives correctly.
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ps. 28 & 52 e Grammar for IELTS, ps.90-92 (Comparative Forms)
(Speaking Part x Complete IELTS
2) Complete t Bands 4-5, ps.22 &
23 (Reading:
True/False/Not
Given) Complete
IELTS Banda 4-5,
ps.97-100 (Reading:
True/False/Not
Given) English
Vocabulary in Use
Pre-Int/Int, Units 42,
43, & 44
(Sports/Hobbies
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AM Writing 6 • Coherence and cohesion

within an essay by linking and signposting ideas.
Language focus
• Using free time collocations
correctly.
• Using common linking words
and phrases that can be
used in any essay.
• Comparing the past and
present using correct
grammar and form.

PM

Writing
PM Speaking

AM Listening

AM

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IELTS Advantage Writing Skills, ps.31-42 (Opinion-based u
Essay) e
Destinations B1, ps.166-168 (Linking/Connectives) s
Writing for IELTS, ps.72-78 (Cohesion/Punctuation/Topic t
Sentences i
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.
• Completing
tasks that
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require map
a
labelling
n
(Listening
g
Part 2).
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a
strategies:
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• Understanding map questions that are possible in the exam.
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• Finding places on a map by following instructions.
• Recognising distractors in the audio.
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• Using prepositions of place correctly in the context of a map.
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• Using prepositions of movement correctly in the context of a
u
map.
s
:
Exam skills: • Describing experiences regarding free-time activities.
• Talking about sports and hobbies (or other free-time • Using language to give reasons correctly and effectively.
activities) by using positive and negative adjectives. • Pronunciation of strong and weak words.
(Speaking Part 2)
Learning strategies:
• Extending your talk by using linking words to link ideas
together.
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Exam skills:
• Matching features of the passage.
• Answering Yes / No / Not Given questions - based on the opinion of the writer.
• Understanding the difference between Yes / No / Not Given questions and
AM Reading True / False / Not Given questions. Learning strategies:
• Skim reading to understand the writer's opinion about a given topic.
• Scan reading to identify where the information about writer's opinion is in the text.
Language focus:
• Using the first conditional correctly.

Grammar for IELTS, ps.144-149 (Conditionals)

PM Cambridge IELTS Practice Tests 8, ps.18-29 (Reading:
Matching/Skimming & Scanning/Y-No-NG) IELTS Sample Tasks-
Academic Reading, Number 115015

Exam skills:
• Structuring a Discussion essay (Writing Part
2) by correctly using paragraphs. Learning
AM Writing 7 strategies:
• Organising and developing paragraphs and grouping ideas together logically.
ng specific examples within paragraphs relating to the the main idea
35 without repeating words or phrases.
• Supporting your points with relevant data and examples.
Language focus:
• Using vocabulary connected with the media correctly.
• Using pronouns to avoid repetition and to reference efficiently.
IELTS
IELTS Resources Pack, ps.40-47 (Writing Task 2) English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Int/Int, Units 44, 51 & 52 (Media/Films)
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, ps.104
Writing & 105 (Discussion Essay) Grammar
for IELTS, ps.73-78 (Pronouns)

AM

PM

Exam skills:
• Completing tasks that contain flow-charts. (Listening Part 4)
Learning strategies:
AM • Understanding flow charts.
• Predicting the information that is missing from the flow-chart.
Language focus:
• Dealing with scientific and technical language in listening tasks.

Exam skills:
• Talking about a famous person. (Speaking Part 2)
• Talking about fame and the media (Speaking Part 2) and answering
follow-up questions (Speaking Part 3). Learning strategies:
Speaking • Linking ideas in Parts 2 and 3 answers.
PM
• Analysis of
differences
between
Parts 2 and 3.
Language
focus:
• Using linking words correctly and efficiently.
• Using vocabulary for giving reasons correctly. Exam Skill
• Using the correct tenses when answering Part 3 questions. • Answering short answer questions that require note completion.
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Learning strategies:
Reading • Finding the relevant information in the text to complete the notes/match the
AM
sentence ending.
• Recognising
paraphrase and
38 identifying
meaning.
Language focus:
• Using vocabulary for the natural wodd correctly.
Reading, • Using vocabulary for the environment correctly.
• Using modals of possibility and probability correctly.
PM

Complete IELTS Banda 4-5, ps.48 & 49 (Reading: Sentence Completion)

English Vocabulary in Use Pre-InVInt, Units 6, 7, 8 & 28(The Natural
World and Environment) Grammar for IELTS, ps.107-111 (Modals of
Possibility)
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5, ps.8 & 9
(Reading: Note/Table Completion) IELTS
AM Advantage Writing Skills, ps.78 & 79
(Table Completion)

Exam sk lie
• Planning and writing a problems and solutions essay or other two-part essays
(Writing Part 2).
Learning strategies:
• Writing a conclusion for an essay that summarises the main points.
PM Revision • Linking the
main ideas and
conclusion
efficiently.
Language
focus:
• Using environmental collocations correctly.
• Using the Present perfect and Past simple correctly when writing.
 Prep for final mock exam - 1.5 hour assessment and 1.5 hour feedabck based on
students' needs

Group 1-5 Written exam Group 11 - 15 Written exam

Test
Group 6 - 10 Speaking exam Group 16 - 20
Speaking exam

Wed 40
 PM Group 16 - 20 Written exam
Group 1 - 5 Speaking Exam

Test
Group 6 - 10 written Exam Group 11 - 25 Speaking exam

AM

Group 1 - 10 Speaking Exam Continued Group 11 - 20 Speaking Exam

Continued

Exam skills:
• Completing notes or summary-type tasks (Listening Part 3).
PM • Completing tasks that contain tables (Listening Part 3).
Learning strategies:
• Identifying key information by using headings and given information.
• Classifying key information through signposting.
Language focue:
• Using vocabulary to describe events correctly.
 Exam skills:
• Talking at length about the natural world and animals/pets (Speaking Parts 2 and 3).
AM
Learning strategies:
Speaking • Developing answers for Part 3 and being able to give longer answers.
Language focus:
• Using vocabulary for the natural world correctly.
• Using language for giving examples correctly.
• Using language for giving reasons correctly.

Feedback Written

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Written
exam

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continue
PM
d/ Final
Lessons