IELTS Test Preparation: ​

Teacher resources and

the Teacher Training
Program

Laurel Scott

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 IELTS Test
Preparation: ​
A quick dive into
the TTP
Laurel Scott

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 “I want easy access to
official preparation
materials”

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 Objectives & takeaways

Objectives Takeaways

• To inform and update teachers on our new
preparation tools and products
• To support and advise teachers with
official, trusted materials
• To experience the IELTS IDP app
• To have a quick look at the Teacher
Training Program
• Know how to access official IELTS
resources to use in the classroom
• Take advantage of the free professional
development that the Teacher Training
Program offers

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 IELTS Prepare Hub

https://ielts.idp.com/prepare
Official IDP IELTS preparation

• More than 700 preparation assets

• 300 videos, including full-length
Masterclasses, IELTS Tik Toks &
animation explainers
• 150 articles written by IELTS experts
• Free practice tests & IELTS Progress
Check
• Access to free online events and courses

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 Ask IELTS

Ask an IELTS expert

• More than 100 ‘Ask IELTS’ videos

• Common IELTS questions answered by
IELTS experts, test taker ambassadors
and test centres
• Test takers are invited to submit
#AskIELTS questions via social media

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Download the IELTS by IDP app

Curated preparation content

• Filter and search content and information

based on a test taker’s preparation needs
and skill level
• Content is personalised:
• Preparation materials
• Study with IELTS
• Book your test
• Access your scores
• Share your scores
• Be your best on test day

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 Useful links to IELTS preparation materials and videos
Writing videos
7 steps to a band 7
7 mistakes preventing a band 7
8 steps to a band 8
8 mistakes preventing a band 8
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Speaking articles
IELTS Speaking: How to perform at
your best in part 1
IELTS Speaking: How to perform at
your best in the part 2 long turn
IELTS Speaking: How to perform at
your best in the part 3 discussion
Using discourse markers to
communicate in IELTS Speaking
Language to help you speak more
fluently in the IELTS Speaking test
General articles
How to improve your spelling for the
IELTS Reading, Listening and
Writing tests
Vocabulary to help prepare for
common IELTS topics
The difference between antonyms
and synonyms
How to use mind maps to build your
vocabulary resource for IELTS
Speaking about COVID-19 in IELTS
 Teacher Training Program

How do you register?

https://ielts.com.au/australia/about/ielts-for-teachers/ielts-
teacher-training-program

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 Why should teachers complete the IELTS Teacher
Training Program?
✓ Free professional development endorsed by English Australia’s CPD framework
✓ Suitable for TESOL teachers (who are interested in/already teach IELTS
preparation)
✓ Become familiar with the assessment criteria in the IELTS Speaking and Writing
Band Descriptors
✓ Understand why test takers don’t achieve their desired band score
✓ Increase IELTS test content and assessment terminology knowledge
✓ Learn how assessment criteria is matched to performance
✓ Increased transparency, so IELTS test preparation/teaching is more focused and
supported
✓ Covers IELTS Academic and General Training test content
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 Fluency
Speaking Course – Overview
and Grammatical
coherence • Introduction to IELTS Speaking range and
• Focus on assessment criteria and terminology accuracy
• Focus on key features of performance
• Focus on Speaking assessment
• Understanding how the public Band Descriptors are
applied to spoken performance
Lexical • Practice in using the public Band Descriptors
resource • Knowledge quizzes and checks throughout Pronunciation
• Course length 8 – 10 hours

Authentic ‘live’ materials and official IELTS samples

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 Writing Course – Overview
• Introduction to IELTS Writing
• Understanding IELTS Writing prompts (test questions)
• Focus on assessment criteria and terminology
• Focus on Writing assessment
• Identifying negative features in scripts
• Understanding how the public Band Descriptors are
applied to written responses
• Practice in using the public Band Descriptors
• Course length 8 – 10 hours

Task Grammatical
Coherence Lexical
achievement/ range and
Task and resource accuracy
response cohesion

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 Experience the course!
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• Complete both courses to be eligible for a certificate of completion
• Spend the required time on the courses, admin will check how long you have
spent on each course
• Complete the survey – include comments to help improve the courses
• Wait for a few weeks to receive your soft copy certificate
• The course is free, so be patient with our volunteer staff

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 Teacher Destinations
Argentina Australia Brazil Canada China Egypt England India Indonesia Iran Japan
Kazakhstan Myanmar Nepal New Zealand Nigeria Oman Peru Philippines Russia Saudi Arabia South Africa
Spain Sri Lanka Thailand Turkey UAE Ukraine USA Uzbekistan Vietnam

Australia

Vietnam
India

Iran

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Teachers accessing the TTP from 92 countries around the globe
 Feedback on the IELTS Teacher Training Program

This course presents

This course gives you material which may seem
the confidence you intimidating of
need to reliably guide overwhelming in an easily
your students approachable and
towards the band manageable way.
score they are aiming
for.
Gives a coherent
understanding of
what each criterion
It’s a great help for demands and helps
teachers of General in understanding
English to transition into what each band is
teaching IELTS demanding from the
preparation. test taker.

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 Thank you & questions?

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