2023-24

CLE 2254 Skills for English Test 2 Course Schedule (Tuesday groups)

Session/Date Foci Content

(Skill-based teaching through exemplars and practices)
1 Listening - highlight strategies for some specific question types in
listening part (e.g. labeling diagram)
9 Jan
2 Reading -highlight strategies, especially for question types at
which students are usually weak, e.g. matching headings,
16 Jan T/F/NG

IELTS mock assessment (Online; Listening 10% &

Reading 10%)
Listening and Reading online exercises are available from
Session 2 to Session 11, due at 23:00 Session 11
3 Writing Task 2 -Differentiating question types
23 Jan - using exemplar to write an effective outline and
introduction
- using exemplar to write effective topic sentences
4 Writing Task 2 - using exemplar to understand content development
30 Jan (giving opinions, elaboration with evidence, etc.)
- using exemplar to understand cohesion and coherence
- using exemplar to understand grammatical and
vocabulary range

[by 9 Feb 23:00 Deadline for submitting test registration

record to your class teacher and applying for pending
request]
5 Blended Learning Text analysis (online) (5%)
6 Feb Task 1 (Exemplar analysis, Rewriting paragraph + peer
(No face-to-face evaluation)
lecture) Due at 23:00

13 Feb Lunar New Year Break (10-16 Feb)

6 IELTS mock writing IELTS mock writing (20%)
20 Feb assessment (in-class
assessment) Mid-term course evaluation
7 Consultation (No Feedback for Assessment 1
27 Feb face-to-face lecture)
8 Consultation (No Feedback for Assessment 1
5 Mar face-to-face lecture)
9 Speaking Content development in two-way communication (Part 1):
12 Mar Answer extension through giving opinions, and examples
10 Speaking Content development in two-way communication (Part 3):
19 Mar compare & contrast, speculation
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11 Speaking Content development in long-turn (Part 2)

26 Mar
Vocabulary range and colloquial expressions (slangs,
idioms)

Final remark on speaking assessments

IELTS mock assessment (Online; Listening & Reading 20%,

due at 23:00)

Blended Learning Task 2 (5%, due at 23:00)

Online SET in the last in-class session

12 IELTS mock speaking IELTS mock speaking Part 2 and 3 (25%)
2 Apr assessment
13 (individual face-to-
9 Apr face assessment)
with teacher
feedback
Official IELTS Exam Take the IELTS (Academic Module) test by 21 Apr 2024
(25%)
IELTS results from an official organizer reported by 28 Apr
2024