LESSON 1

ABOUT US
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 ABOUT THE COURSE
Course’s Name: IELTS FOCUS
Entrance Level: IELTS 4.0 – 4.5
Target Level: IELTS 5.0 – 5.5+
Number of lessons: 28
Duration: 120 minutes per lesson
Materials: Flipped, handouts, homework and slides, tailored by JAXTINA R&D,
based on materials from Hackers Language Research Institute (HACKERS
IELTS), international language training programmes of Macmillan (Improve Your
Skills) and Cambridge (Mindset for IELTS 2), …

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IELTS READING
 WHAT IS IELTS READING?

Paper format Three reading passages with a variety of questions using a number of task types

Timing 60 minutes

No. of
40
questions

A variety of question types are used, chosen from the following: multiple choice,
identifying information, identifying the writer’s views / claims, matching information,
Task types matching headings, matching features, matching sentence endings, sentence
completion, summary completion, note completion, table completion, flow-chart
completion, diagram labelling and short-answer questions
 IELTS READING: QUESTION TYPES
1. Multiple choice 6. Summary completion

2. True / false / not given 7. Matching features

3. Yes / no / not given 8. Matching headings

4. Note / table / flow-chart / diagram completion 9. Matching information

5. Sentence completion 10. Short answer

IELTS LISTENING
 WHAT IS IELTS LISTENING?
Part 1: a conversation between two speakers
Part 2: a monologue about social needs
Paper
Part 3: a conversation between two or more speakers, set in educational and training
format
context
Part 4: a monologue on an academic subject

Timing Approximately 30 minutes (plus 10 minutes transfer time)

No. of
40
questions

A variety of question types are used, chosen from the following: multiple choice,
Task types matching, plan/map/diagram labelling, form/note/table/flow-chart/summary
completion, sentence completion.
IELTS LISTENING: QUESTION TYPES
1. Multiple choice

2. Note / Form completion

3. Table completion

4. Sentence / Summary / Flow-chart / Diagram completion

5. Matching

6. Map / Plan / Diagram Labelling

7. Short Answer
IELTS WRITING
 WHAT IS IELTS WRITING?
Paper
There are two Writing tasks and BOTH must be completed
format

Timing 60

No. of
2
questions

In Task 1, test takers are asked to describe some visual information (graph / table /
Task chart / diagram) in their own words. They need to write 150 words in about 20 minutes.
types In Task 2, they respond to a point of view or argument or problem. They need to write
250 words in about 40 minutes.
IELTS WRITING: QUESTION TYPES
TASK 1 TASK 2

1. Bar graph 1. Agree / Disagree

2. Pie chart 2. Both Views

3. Line graph 3. Cause / Problem and Solution

4. Table 4. Advantage and Disadvantage

5. Map 5. Two-Part Question

6. Diagram
IELTS SPEAKING
 WHAT IS IELTS SPEAKING?

Paper The Speaking test consists of an oral interview between the test takers’ and
format an examiner. All Speaking tests are recorded.

Timing 11 – 14 minutes

There are three parts to the test and each part fulfills a specific function in
Task types
terms of interaction pattern, task input and test takers output.
 3 PARTS OF A SPEAKING TEST
PART 1
- What kind of music do you like to listen to?
- Do you prefer to listen to live music or recorded video?
- When was the last time you came to a music concert?

PART 2 Describe a memorable song to you.

You should say
what the song is
when you first heard this song
how often you hear this song
and explain why it is memorable to you.
PART 3
- What kind of music do people like in your country?
- Are there any differences between the music young people like and the music old people
like in your country?
 LISTENING

MULTIPLE-CHOICE
QUESTION
 LISTENING
STRATEGIES
BƯỚC 1: [Thời gian phân tích đề] Đọc kỹ yêu cầu và tìm từ / cụm từ khóa của đề bài.
BƯỚC 2: [Thời gian nghe] Lắng nghe các thông tin liên quan tới từ / cụm từ khóa
BƯỚC 3: [Thời gian nghe] Lựa chọn đáp án đúng. (đáp án có thể được diễn đạt theo
cách khác so với nội dung nghe)

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 LISTENING
COMPLETE PRACTICE 1.
Answer Key 1.B 2.A 3.C

COMPLETE PRACTICE 2.

Answer Key 1.B 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.B

7. Forsyth 8. bus stop 9. 9/nine 10. elderly
people

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SPEAKING
 SPEAKING
STRATEGIES
Main answer: 1 sentence
Explanation: 2-3 sentences

E.g.
Examiner: Do you wear a watch?
Candidate: No, not really. That’s because I feel uncomfortable when I wear
one. Besides, I carry my cell phone all the time, so I can check the time on it.

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 SPEAKING

CITY & TOWN FASHION & SHOPPING MUSIC & ARTS

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WRAP-UP
 WRAP-UP
1. What have you learnt from the lesson?
2. Have you covered all lesson objectives?
3. What are some new words or phrases?

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