A 15-week Add-on Concurrent to the IELTS Writing Section for Test-takers Prep

1.5 hours live class + 1.5 hours preparation weekly

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Course curriculum

  • 1

    0.0. Welcome to the instructors' course add-on!

    • Course Description

    • How to use this course

    • Before we begin...

    • Zoom Meeting

    • Instructor ID
  • 2

    1st Class: 1.1. Vocabulary in an IELTS preparation course

    • Pre-test for Week 1 (This quiz is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Teaching Vocabulary, Nation (ch 10 + appendices)

    • Post-test for Week 1 (This quiz is scored and the score becomes part of what is considered in your achievement.)

    • OPTIONAL READING - View of Investigating the Relationship between IELTS Scores and Receptive Vocabulary Size 2018
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    2nd Class: 1.2. Testing vocabulary knowledge & What sized vocabulary test-takers need

    • Pre-test for Week 2 (This quiz is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Teaching Vocabulary NATION ch 9

    • Post-test for Week 2 (This quiz is scored and the score becomes part of what is considered in your achievement.)

    • Writing Sample Assignment to use in 3rd Class

    • Recording from Zoom Meeting on 13 Feb 2021
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    3rd Class: 1.3. Teaching vocabulary through writing

    • Pre-test for Week 3 (This quiz is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Teaching Vocabulary NATION ch 6

    • Post-test for Week 3 (This quiz is scored and the score becomes part of what is considered in your achievement.)

    • OPTIONAL READING - Nation (1990) A System of Tasks for Language Learning

    • Lexical Frequency Profiling with AntWordProfile

    • Recording from Zoom Meeting on 20 Feb 2021

    • Quality Control Feedback 1
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    4th Class: 1.4. Deliberate teaching and learning of vocabulary

    • Pre-test for Week 4 (This quiz is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Teaching Vocabulary NATION ch 7

    • Post-test for Week 4 (This quiz is scored and the score becomes part of what is considered in your achievement.)

    • Recording from Zoom Meeting on 27 February 2021

    • OPTIONAL RESOURCES - Interesting and Useful Additional Resources

    • OPTIONAL READING - Ramos (2015) Incidental Vocabulary Learning in SLA

    • OPTIONAL READING - A 'Word' About Vocabulary (2015)

    • OPTIONAL READING - Huckin & Coady (1999) Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition
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    5th Class: 2.1. Principles of grammar instruction

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 5 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Teaching English Grammar to SOL ch 8

    • Post-test for Week 5 (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • Recording from Zoom meeting on 06 March 2021
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    6th Class: 2.2. Practical grammar teaching

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 6 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Teaching English Grammar to SOL ch 9

    • Post-test for Week 6 (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • Recording from Zoom meeting 13 March 2021

    • Quality Control Feedback 2
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    6.5 Nauryz Catch Up!

    • Recording from Zoom meeting 20 March 2021

    • OPTIONAL READING Altman, Armon-Lotem, Fichman, & Walters (2016) Macrostructure, Microstructure, and Mental State Terms in the Narratives of English-Hebrew Bilingual Preschool Children with and without Specific Language Impairment

    • OPTIONAL READING Chondrogianni & Kwon (2019) The Development of English Tense and Agreement Morphology in Welsh-English Bilingual Children with and without Specific Language Impairment

    • OPTIONAL READING Gagarina (2016) Narratives of Russian-German Preschool and Primary School Bilinguals: Rasskaz and Erzaehlung

    • OPTIONAL READING Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism, Volumes 1 and 2 (1996)

    • OPTIONAL READING Michalik, Czaplewska, Solak, and Szkotak (2018) Articulation and Speaking Rates of Polish-French Bilingual Children

    • OPTIONAL READING Nibun & Wigglesworth (2014) Early Pragmatic Differentiation in Japanese and German: a Case Study of a Developing Trilingual Child in Australia

    • OPTIONAL READING Pesco & Bird (2016) Perspectives on Bilingual Children's Narratives Elicited with the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives

    • OPTIONAL READING Pinar, Kubilay Pinar, & Cetintas (2015) First and Second Language Development in Young Children

    • OPTIONAL READING Smagulova (2014) Early Language Socialization and Language Shift: Kazakh as Baby Talk
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    7th Class: 2.3. Grammar and language development in the writing class

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 7 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Teaching English Grammar to SOL ch 11

    • Post-test for Week 7 (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • Recording from Zoom meeting 27 March 2021
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    8th Class: 3.1. Communicative language teaching

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 8 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching ch 9

    • Post-test for Week 8 (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • Recording from Zoom meeting 3 April 2021
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    9th Class: 3.2. Content-based instruction

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 9 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching ch 10

    • Post-test for Week 9 (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • Quality Control Feedback 3

    • Recording from Zoom meeting 10 April 2021
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    10th Class: 3.3. Learning strategy training and cooperative learning

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 10 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Recording from Zoom meeting 17 April 2021

    • Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching ch 13

    • OPTIONAL - Categorization of learner strategies (Oxford, 1990)

    • Post-test for Week 10 (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)
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    11th Class: 4.1. Improving cohesion in English-L2 writing

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 11 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Improving Cohesion in L2 Writing (Johnson, 2017)

    • Post-test for Week 11 (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • REFERENCE - University of Adelaide cohesion guide

    • REFERENCE - University of Melbourne cohesion guide

    • REFERENCE - University of Pretoria cohesion guide

    • REFERENCE - University of Wollongong cohesion guide

    • REFERENCE - University of Adelaide reporting verbs guide

    • Recording from Zoom meeting 24 April 2021
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    12th Class: 4.2. Approaches to teaching writing

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 12 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Teaching and Researching Writing HYLAND ch 7

    • Post-test for Week 12 (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • Recording from Zoom meeting 1 May 2021

    • Quality Control Feedback 4
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    13th Class: 4.3. Practice of teaching writing

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 13 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Teaching and Researching Writing HYLAND ch 8

    • Post-test for Week 13 (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • Recording from Zoom meeting 8 May 2021
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    14th Class: 5.1. Error correction and feedback in L2 writing

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 14 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • CHOICE A: The Effectiveness of Error Correction Feedback in Improving Students' Writing Skill (Rosdiana, 2014)

    • Post-test for Week 14 "Effectiveness..." (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • CHOICE B: How to Give Your Students Better Feedback with Technology (Fiock and Garcia, 2019)

    • Post-test for Week 14 "How to..." (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • Recording from Zoom meeting 15 May 2021
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    15th Class: 5.2. Peer feedback in L2 writing

    • Pre-reading survey for Week 15 (This is NOT scored and is NOT part of your achievement.)

    • Using Peer Feedback in the ESL Writing Class (Rollinson, 2004)

    • Post-test for Week 15 (This quiz IS scored and the score IS considered in your achievement.)

    • Quality Control Feedback 5

    • IELTS Writing Exam Timing (Annotated)

    • Practice exams and Peer Review
  • 18

    0.1. Congratulations!

    • Congratulations!