Looking for professional development opportunities? Why not in one of Ukrainian most spectacular cities! Explore Lviv, get inspired, and tap into your full creative potential as an IELTS Instructor.

Join our IELTS Instructor Course!

The course is designed to enable teachers to work with IELTS candidates. It is not a secret that IELTS is the world’s most popular English language test for higher education and immigration. For you to know:

Over 2,5 million candidates take the IELTS annually

Over 9,000 educational and governmental institutions, and employers worldwide accept the IELTS grades.

No doubt, being a professional IELTS instructor is a good way for building a career in the education field. Teaching IELTS might be exactly the opportunity for YOU. The obvious benefit is entering the field of IELTS instruction will open the world to you as the demand for qualified IELTS instructors is quite high around the world. This is the course of your infinite potential.

With roughly 25 collaborators and over 20 courses starting every year, we have trained over 500 teachers, administrators, and support staff over the last 8 years. Furthermore, thanks to the hands-on, collaborative nature of our courses,  participants have plenty of opportunities to make new contacts and friends, often giving way to new projects and lifelong friendships

This IELTS Instructorcourse is run online (on Zoom) and onsite (in Lviv) by a highly qualified teacher trainers whose students’ scores sound even louder than we just echo them.

Time you need: 2 weeks for online studying and 2 weeks for onsite participation in Lviv.

1st week: 09.08 – 14.08.2021 - online
Ukrainian time

2nd-3rd weeks: 16.08. – 29.08.2021 - Lviv  - Ukrainian time

4th week: 30.08. – 05.09.2021 - online - Ukrainian time

Course Senior Trainer:

You will:

• Familiarize yourself with the test to be 100 percent aware about the type of knowledge your students will need to master
• Take the practice test yourself focusing on different sections
• Get practical ideas on how to teach students with different English language proficiency levels according to students’ score criteria that need to be met
• Learn how to teach students to analyze and build up the right strategy to complete the tasks successfully
• Learn how to develop your own tasks tailoring them according to your students’ needs
• Get a deeper understanding and correct solution method for a variety of mistakes. You will learn how to teach students to analyze root causes and sources of their mistakes.
• Have a detailed session on how to teach IELTS Listening
• Have a detailed session on how to teach IELTS Reading
• Have a detailed session on how to teach IELTS Writing
• Have a detailed session on how to teach IELTS Speaking
• Have teaching practice with real IELTS Candidates
• Have training sessions on speaking with our online tutor Paul Harvey
  

Venue:

Teacher Training Centre Runa

30/1 Doroshenko str. Lviv Ukraine

Contact details: +38 067 313 09 13

Course Syllabus:

Introduction

• What is IELTS?
• The difference between teaching GE and the IELTS
• What are the main priorities for the instructor?
• Grouping students due to their needed band score
• Applying the strategies according to the candidate’s needs and target score

Listening Skills

• General information
• Common tips
• What do Part 1 and Part 2 test?
• Strategies and techniques for Part 1 and 2
• Lesson plan for Part 1 and 2
• Assignment 1
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• Vocabulary

• Words for the IELTS Listening Test
• Activities to improve the targeted word power?
• Different accents and dialects
• Dealing with the pace and pronunciation

Listening Skills

• What do Part 3 and Part 4 test?
• Strategies and techniques for Part 3 and 4
• Lesson plan for Part 3 and 4
• Assignment 2
  

Vocabulary

• Academic Words for the IELTS Reading Test
• Essential vocabulary tasks and activities
• The importance of synonyms and rewording
• Improving reading speed

Reading Skills

• General information and Common tips
• 3 Approaches when reading passages
• Question Types
• Tackling the 4 types of question tasks
• Lesson plan for reading passages
• Assignment 3

Vocabulary

• How to learn the academic words
• Translation vs Definition
• Managing the one-hour time

Reading Skills

• Common Strategies and Techniques
• Specific tricks and tips
• Tackling the most difficult question types
• Assignment 4
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  Academic Writing

• What is the IELTS Academic Training Writing Test
• Band descriptors
• Grammar Focus
• Managing the one-hour time

Task 1 Writing

• Different types of Visuals
• The Language and vocabulary for Graphs
• Effective describing of graphs
• Models and Samples
• Assignment 5
  

Academic Essay

• What is the IELTS Academic Essay
• Band descriptors
• Vocabulary expansion for Task 2
• Reformulating and Paraphrasing
• Timing for Task 2

Task 2 Writing

• Different types of Essays
• The Structure of an Essay
• Generating ideas for Task 2
• Models and Samples
• Assignment 6
  

Speaking Test Format

• What is the IELTS Speaking Test
• Band descriptors

Part 1

• Dealing with the questions
• Strategies for Part 1
• Tips and Techniques
• Sample Answers
• Assignment 7
  

Part 2 and 3

• Main topic areas for part 2 of IELTS speaking
• Strategies for Part 2
• Dealing with Part 3 questions
• Sample Answers

Final Test

• Group task
• One to one interview
• Teaching Practice with real IELTS candidates
  

All final assignments, TPs and tests must be completed and submitted by 03.09.2021

Written assignments are corrected and returned to trainees in less than 3 days. If an assignment is not passing quality, it must be corrected in a one week maximum time period. This process can be as many times as necessary to correct assignment.

If we can be on any further assistance, please let us know. Just drop us a line and we will find the most convenient way to discuss all the details.

Email: sr.teachinglearning@gmail.com

Phone number: +380995065056 WhatsApp

Please, do not hesitate! It’s your rocking chance. See you there!

Enjoy some tips provided by our graduates to complete your course successfully!