Target Audience: Students    Teachers

Name of Activity

Relevance to IELTS

Focus of Activity

Overview Activity

Speaking

Content of IELTS Speaking

DOs and DON’Ts Activity

Speaking

Raising awareness of what to do in IELTS Speaking

Lexical Sets

Speaking

Developing topic-based vocabulary

Word Partners

Speaking

Collocations

Word Stress

Speaking

Improving pronunciation

Sentence Stress

Speaking

Improving pronunciation

Giving Information

Speaking Part 1

Asking and answering questions on familiar topics

Interview Role-play

Speaking Part 1

Avoiding yes/no answers

Game – Talk about Anything

Speaking Part 1 Variation: Parts 2 & 3

Thinking ‘on the spot’ of things to say about familiar topics

Keep Going!

Speaking Part 2

Practice for long turns

Hopes and Experiences

Speaking Part 2

Using appropriate tenses in long turns

Just a Minute

Speaking Parts 2 & 3

Finding alternative vocabulary

Using Linking Words

Speaking Parts 2 & 3

Producing longer and more complex sentences.