Engl 3020H: Band 7.0 Ielts Writing Preparation Course

Develop Your Cohesion, Vocabulary, Grammar and Coherence to a Band 7.0 Level

What you’ll learn
How to consistently and accurately address the specific requirements of each IELTS Writing Task at the band 7.0 level.
How to enhance the ability to organize ideas coherently and maintain logical flow within essays.
How to expand students’ vocabulary range, encouraging the use of diverse and contextually appropriate words.
How to develop grammatical accuracy to the band 7.0 level.
How to construct complex sentences, incorporating a variety of sentence structures to showcase a higher level of language proficiency.
How to strengthen the ability to develop well-structured paragraphs.
How to instill skills for critically analyzing and evaluating information.
How to use effective time management techniques to optimize the writing process during the IELTS exam.

Requirements
IELTS band 6.0 or IELTS band 6.5 proficiency.

Description
Hello and welcome to ENGL 3010H: Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Preparation!My name is Ryan Newman and I have been preparing students for the IELTS exam, both online and in person, for six years. I have helped students from all around the world and of a variety of ages and proficiency levels to prepare for the speaking, listening, writing and reading sections of the test. This course will help you to back the jump from Band 6.0 to Band 7.0 in terms of coherence, vocabulary, grammar and cohesion. This course will touch on concepts which include, but are not limit to, the following:Word choice and collocationsPunctuationFormal, informal and semiformal registersCompound sentencesComplex sentencesConjunctive adverbsParts of speechCommon writing errorsFour-paragraph essay structureIntroduction, body and conclusion paragraphsSummarizingParaphrasingUseful test preparation strategiesThe course consists of 15 modules, each with an accompanying powerpoint presentation, lecture and optional activities. A core objective of this video course is for you to not only improve your IELTS-based skills but also to further develop your writing skills in general so that you could both learn, use and remember the concepts. This will be done through exposure to real-world tasks along with IELTS-specific tasks.I’m looking forward to seeing you in class!

Overview
Section 1: Establishing a Foundation

Lecture 1 Introduction to the Course

Lecture 2 Introduction to the IELTS Exam

Lecture 3 Beginning to Define, Characterize and Understand IELTS Band 7.0

Lecture 4 Five Strategies that Other IELTS Preparation Courses Don’t Focus On

Section 2: The IELTS Writing Exam

Lecture 5 IELTS Writing Task #1 Overview: General and Academic

Lecture 6 IELTS Writing Task #2 Overview

Section 3: The Planning-Writing-Revising Cycle

Lecture 7 The Planning Stage

Lecture 8 Writing

Lecture 9 Revising

Section 4: Satisfying IELTS Writing Criteria

Lecture 10 Band 7.0 Grammatical Accuracy Crash Course

Lecture 11 Expanding Vocabulary Range

Lecture 12 Writing Cohesively

Lecture 13 Writing Coherently

Section 5: Wrapping Up

Lecture 14 Common Errors

Lecture 15 The Most Common IELTS Writing Band 7.0 Error and New Directions

IELTS students,International students,Immigrants,Intermediate-level students