external certification IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing).
In order to achieve a C1 level students will be given the necessary skills and
tools. ..... 5 Presenting another point of view Page 207, Academic Word List Page.
Class contents and exam requirements
English Language
Code 30123, 30129, 20365, 20371, 20421 IELTS Academic C1 - Preparation Course Head Teacher: Prof. Dermot Costello
Introduction
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Program
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Set and recommended textbooks
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Concluding Info
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Reference: a.y. 2012-2013/30129/June 2012 Bocconi Language Centre materials are developed solely for self-study and class use. Copyright© June/2012 Università Bocconi – Author: Dermot Costello No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, used in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without the permission of Bocconi Centro Linguistico.
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IELTS Academic C1 preparation course The course is aimed at any student who already has an adequate level of knowledge of the language, established by a specific placement test. It is for a limited number of applicants and is a one semester course. Terms and enrollment procedures will be communicated via the student’s diary yoU@B at the beginning of each semester. Please note that the course will run only if a minimum number of enrollments is received. The course takes into account the fact that the students are preparing solely for the Cambridge external certification IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing). In order to achieve a C1 level students will be given the necessary skills and tools. This should enable the students to consolidate their level and pass an IELTS Academic certificate at a grade of 6.5 or higher Learning Path In order to prepare students in each of these four skills, IELTS Academic preparation course consists of four modules: • Listening • Speaking • Reading • Writing. The aim of the course is to provide a solid preparation in order to tackle and successfully pass the two hour and forty-five minute test. • Listening Module: provides a variety of recorded materials, including monologues and dialogues. The level of the materials will be graded to reflect the different levels of difficulty of each listening task. • Academic Reading Module: presents a range of reading passages, taken from magazines, journals and newspaper, with the objective of developing the appropriate skills required to successfully complete the three reading sections in the test. • Academic Writing Module: provides the tools to tackle the two writing tasks. o First task: a written presentation describing in your own words the information taken from a diagram, chart or other data. o Second task: discussing a current issue or topic, for which the student is asked to present and justify an opinion or analyse a problem. • Speaking Module: develops the speaking skills needed to complete a one-to-one interview. o The first task is related to familiar topics such as home, family, habits or job etc. o The second task provides the tools to talk about a topic for one-to-two minutes after having been given a one-minute preparation period. Finally, the last task is linked to developing a two-way discussion concerning a more abstract issue/topic. In conclusion, the course will also outline the markers used in evaluating their performance. Markers such as task achievement, task response, cohesion and coherence, vocabulary range and grammatical accuracy.
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1. Health’s magic bullet page 8 Lead-in Exercise facts
Reading Writing Listening Speaking 1 Text types 1 Talking about 2 The walking personal school bus interests (Parts Short-answer 1,2) 2 Comparing questions T/F/NG; global and contrasting questions (Part 3) Assignments: Academic Style Functions Page 16, Academic Vocabulary Page 17
Vocabulary Dealing with unknown Vocabulary
2. Food for thought Page 18 Lead-in Healthy eating
Reading
Writing 1 Interpreting data (Task 1) 2 Paragraphing (Task 2)
Listening Speaking 1 Students’ Eating habits Union survey (Part 1) (Section 1) 2 Healthy eating (Section 2) Assignments: Reflective Learning 1 What is reflective learning? Page 27
Vocabulary Error Hit List
3. Location is everything Page 28 Lead-in Identifying cities
Reading Location is everything Matching sentences
Writing
Listening
Speaking 1 Urban problems (Part 3) 2 Describing places (Parts 1,2) Assignments: Academic Style Formality Page 36; Academic Vocabulary 2 Page 37
Vocabulary
4. Haves and have-nots Page 38 Lead-in World quiz
Reading
Writing Listening 1 Interpreting Wasting energy and comparing (Section 3) 2 Case study: data (Task 1) 2 Paragraphing Sao Paulo (Task 2) (Section 4) Assignments: Critical Thinking 1 What is critical thinking ? Page 47
Speaking Standards of living (Part 3)
Vocabulary Error Hit List
5. Hurry Sickness Page 48 Lead-in The pace of life
Reading Writing Listening Speaking Vocabulary 1 Hurry 1 Stereotypes Sickness (Part 1) Headings: 2 Priorities multiple choice; (Part 3) Summary completion 2 Distinguishing fact from opinion Assignments: Academic Style 3 Nouns and Noun phrases 1 Page 56; Academic Vocabulary 3 Page 57
6. Time out Page 58 Lead-in Leisure
Reading
Writing Structuring an argument: Evidence-led approach
Listening Speaking 1 Student Leisure interviews activities (Section 1) 2 Ten ways to slow down your life (Section 2) Assignments: Reflective Learning 2 Self-evaluation and setting learning goals Page 67
Vocabulary Describing people Topic vocabulary: pronunciation: Word stress Error Hit List
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7. Retail therapy Page 68 Lead-in Shopping Behaviour
Reading Retail therapy Short-answer Questions : Summary completion; Matching T/F/NG
Writing
Listening
Speaking Vocabulary Business and Discussing Economics likes and Topic dislikes; vocabulary; Consumer Pronunciation topics Sounds (Parts 1, 3) 2 Describing objects (Part) Assignments: Academic Style 4 Nouns and Noun phrases 2 Page 76; Academic Vocabulary 4 Page 77
8. What’s on Page 78 Lead-in The Arts and culture Topic vocabulary; Pronunciation: Word stress
Reading
Writing Listening Describing 1 Music festival tables and (Section 1) graphs (Task 1) 2 The Museum 2 Presenting of Anthropology and justifying (Section 2) an option (Task 2 ) Assignments: Critical Thinking 2 What is critical thinking ? Page 87
Speaking 1 Discuss cultural attractions (Part 2) 2 Describing an event (Part2)
Vocabulary Error Hit List
9. Water, water everywhere Page 88 Lead-in Water use
Reading Writing Listening Speaking 1 Water: Water issues Earth’s most (Part 3) precious resource 2 The Ecology of Hollywood Table completion; matching; sentence completion; multiple choice Assignments: Academic Style 5 Hedging Page 96; Academic Vocabulary 5 Page 97
Vocabulary Derived adjectives
10. Hazard warning Page 98 Lead-in Taking risks quiz
Reading
Writing Describing a process (Task 1)
Listening 1 Predicting a volcanic eruption (Section 3) 2 Tsunami (Section 4)
Speaking 1 Natural hazards (Part 1) Pronunciation: sounds 2 Describing stages, discussing risk (parts 2, 3) Assignments: Reflective Learning 3 Learning and recording vocabulary Page 107
Vocabulary Error Hit List
11. Use it or lose it page 108 Lead-in Memory test
Reading 1 Sleep Reading for detail 2 Use it or lose it Multiple choice; sentence completion; Matching; T/F/NG
Writing
Listening
Speaking Memories (Parts 2,3)
Vocabulary Word families
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Assignments: Academic Style 6 Signposting Page 116; Academic Vocabulary 6 Page 117
12. You live and learn Page 118 Lead-in Education Topic Vocabulary ; Pronunciation: Word stress
Reading
Writing 1 Presenting an opinion: thesisled approach (Task 2) Identifying data (Task 1)
Listening 1 The golden rules of listening (Section 2) 2 Making the most of your memory (Section 4) Assignments: Critical Thinking 3 Questioning Page 127
Speaking 1 Schooldays (Parts 1,2) 2 Teachers and students (Part 3)
Vocabulary Error Hit List
13. Bones to Phones Page 128 Lead-in Communication systems
Reading Writing Listening Speaking Vocabulary 1 Comparing and Introducing Communication contrasting examples devices (Part 3) 2 Bones to phones Locating information; Matching; multiple choice Assignments: Academic Style 7 Attributive adjectives Page 136; Academic Vocabulary 7 Page 137
14. The proper channels Page 138 Lead-in Electronic messaging Pronunciation: silent letters, sounds
Reading
Writing Listening 1 Mean survey 1 Dealing with (Section 1) different data 2 Couch (Task 1) 2 Beginning potatoes and ending (Section 3 ) (Task 2) Assignments: Reflective Learning 4 dealing with errors Page 147
Speaking 1 Communication problems (Part 3) The written word (Part 2)
Vocabulary Error Hit List
Speaking 1 The final frontier (Part 3) 2 Sci-fi (Part 2)
Vocabulary
15. Beyond gravity Page 148 Lead-in Space quiz
Reading 1 Out of this world Sentence completion; T/F/NG; Matching; multiple choice; Labelling a diagram; Matching
Writing
Listening
Assignments: Academic Style 8 Nouns and Noun phrases 3 Page 156; Academic Vocabulary 8 Page 157
16. Going forward Page 158 Lead-in Predictions
Reading
Writing 1 Explaining how something works (Task 1) 2 Summarising sentences (Task 2)
Listening 1 Reality or science fiction? (Section 3) 2 The technohouse (Section 2)
Speaking 1 Predicting the future ( Part 3) 2 Personal goals (Part 2)
Vocabulary Error Hit List
Assignments: Critical Thinking 4 Evaluation Page 167
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17. Avoiding gridlock Page 168 Lead-in Transport facts
Reading Writing Listening Speaking Vocabulary 1 Avoiding On four wheels More or less gridlock (Part 3) Verbs Locating expressing information; increase and Sentence and decrease flow-chart completion. 2 Demolishing stereotypes Short-answer questions; Classification Assignments: Academic Style 9 Being Impersonal Page 176; Academic Vocabulary 9 Page 177
18. Small world Page 178 Lead-in Tourism
Reading
Writing Listening 1 Presenting 1 Worldwide solution to a student projects problem (Section 2) (Task 2) 2 The end of 2 Dealing with the oil different data (Section 3) (Task 1) Assignments: Reflective Learning 5 Time management Page 187
Speaking 1 Tourism Topic vocabulary; Pronunciation: Sounds 2 Time off (Parts 1-3)
Vocabulary Error Hit List
19. Face value Page 188 Lead-in Facial expressions
Reading Writing Listening Speaking Vocabulary 1 Face the 1 Face the Wording facts 2 facts 1 (Part 3) building Reference 2 Dress the Noun and links; part (Parts 2,3) adjective Dealing with formation; unknown dependent vocabulary prepositions 2 Face Short-answer questions, Table completion, Multiple choice Assignments: Academic Style 10 Review Page 196; Academic Vocabulary 10 Page 197
20. Through the lens Page 198 Lead-in Photography Pronunciation: word stress
Reading
Writing Describing an object (Task 1)
Listening Speaking Vocabulary Photography Practice Error Hit List Courses interview (Part 1-3) (section 1) 2 History of cinema (Section 4) Assignments: Critical Thinking 5 Presenting another point of view Page 207, Academic Word List Page 208, Key Language Bank Page 210, Writing Practice Bank 235
Set textbook − Sue O’Connell Focus on IELTS, Pearson - Longman, Students Book 2010
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Concluding info The preparation course is aimed to the relevant external certification, which takes place at the authorized exam centers. Further information concerning centers, dates, fees and registration procedures can be found at at www.ielts.org. Please note that to achieve the best results student should take the exam as soon as possible after the end of the course.
The certification can be converted as an alternative to the English exams (codes 30123 and 30129) if the student hasn’t already passed them. Further information • Bocconi learning path and exams (Path 2, Path 3) at www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter > Exams-Certificates > Bocconi exams • Conversion table (results/grade out of thirty) at www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter > Exams-Certificates > Language Certificates.
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