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EAP / Exam practice
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LMS / VLE friendly - Runs with Blackboard, Moodle and others
Feedback on Road to
IELTS from teachers and
students was very positive.
They found it user-friendly.
They liked the way they
could test themselves and
get the answers and marks.
They also liked being able to
repeat exercises if they
needed to. They found the
subjects of the exercises very
useful and relevant to the
exam.
Martin Barge
Learning Centre Manager
Bell International, London
It’s so much easier for candidates to do
well in an exam if they know exactly what
to expect. This is where the British
Council’s Road to IELTS provides candidates
with a unique advantage. It
includes 120 hours of intensive work on
vocabulary, reading, writing, listening and
speaking, helping them to develop their
skills to the levels necessary to succeed
in the IELTS test.
And, crucially, the program simulates the
exam itself, enabling candidates to view
videos of the Speaking test, and to practise
against the clock. The Listening section
includes timed academic and social
listening activities. Reading activities are
based on an impressive array of authentic
texts, with extracts from The Economist,
New Internationalist, the British
Medical Journal, and many more.
One of the challenges of IELTS preparation
is enabling learners to interpret and
describe charts and tables. Road to
IELTS includes a wealth of these graphics
in more than 70 individual exercises.
The program includes detailed explanations
of each question type in each part of
the exam, and tips on how best to tackle
the tasks.
The units are organised thematically,
using topics commonly found in the
IELTS test. The first six units familiarise
the student with the basic exam format.
Units 7-9 consolidate, using more complex
content, and the last three units use
combination activities which are very similar
to the actual exam.
Give your candidates a real advantage
with Road to IELTS!
Does using Road to IELTS improve a candidate’s score?
We looked at the average scores of 130,711 learners who had
access to three units of Road to IELTS for a period of a month,
prior to taking the test. The findings, left, show that:
Road to IELTS score %
• There is a direct correlation between usage and improvement.
• The candidates who used it the most improve by as much as
64% on their initial score in a given area. This figure probably
relates more to familiarisation with test types than language
improvement.
Language area studied
• As the Listening, Reading and Writing activities are closely
modelled on the tests in IELTS, it is reasonable to conclude
that Road to IELTS really will help learners to perform better in
the IELTS test.
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