Teaching English as a Foreign Language

300 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? IELTS (International English Language Testing System) This exam started in the 1980s ...

Chapter 21: Making the Grade: Handling Exam Classes 301 The listening and speaking elements of the exam are the same in both ver ...

302 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? Even if a student is proficient in English they might do badly without training beca ...

Chapter 21: Making the Grade: Handling Exam Classes 303 ✓ Reading: You have to read three to five passages on academic themes an ...

304 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? Going for More General English Exams Some students have goals other than higher educ ...

Chapter 21: Making the Grade: Handling Exam Classes 305 Listening: This lasts 40 minutes and aims to present realistic contexts ...

306 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? ✓ English Language Skills Assessment (ELSA): This is a quick, business- oriented Eng ...

Chapter 21: Making the Grade: Handling Exam Classes 307 ✓ International ESOL (IESOL): This is a series of general English qualif ...

308 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? Some general tips to offer students taking exams include: ✓ During the exam, the stu ...

Chapter 21: Making the Grade: Handling Exam Classes 309 When it comes to structure, the introduction, body and conclusion should ...

310 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? ✓ Contrasting through tenses ✓ Stating opinions ✓ Giving background information ✓ Co ...

Chapter 21: Making the Grade: Handling Exam Classes 311 ✓ Completing sentences ✓ Identifying the views or claims of the writer ✓ ...

312 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? Listening in exams While listening in exams students have to: ✓ Circle or tick corre ...

Chapter 21: Making the Grade: Handling Exam Classes 313 Teaching Exam Classes Most exam classes involve practising actual exam q ...

314 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? Your students must be prepared to do homework. If you plan your lessons carefully yo ...

Chapter 21: Making the Grade: Handling Exam Classes 315 Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the firs ...

316 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? ...

Chapter 22 Distinguishing Monolingual and Multi-lingual Classes In This Chapter ▶ Handling classes in which everyone speaks the ...

318 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? Pronunciation errors If you imagine speaking English with your students’ accent you ...

Chapter 22: Distinguishing Monolingual and Multi-lingual Classes 319 tongue, so you can say ‘I speak a language’ and ‘I speak a ...