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IELTS: Foundations. Listening
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(19 ratings)
195 students

IELTS: Foundations. Listening

Prepare for IELTS: Listening and improve your score with an IELTS 9.0 scorer from Harvard University
Created byGleb Lantsman
Last updated 12/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn about the format of the IELTS Listening exam
  • Learn how to maximize your IELTS Listening score
  • Understand how to use the order of questions to help you answer
  • Learn about important grammatical differences between different task types
  • Learn to handle the word limit
  • Learn about tasks based on word transformation
  • Learn about listening traps ('distractors') and practice avoiding them
  • Learn to follow map descriptions
  • Learn and practice multiple-choice questions and questions with descriptions of devices and processes

Course content

4 sections62 lectures3h 16m total length
  • Why This Course?1:50
  • Instructor Introduction1:44
  • Introduce Yourself
  • Student Testimonials0:36
  • Why Take IELTS?0:40
  • Why Take IELTS?
  • Course Tools3:00
  • Course Structure2:02
  • Growth Mindset0:32
  • Mindset Self-Assessment Quiz
  • Growth Mindset Explanation4:36
  • Growth Mindset (Optional Article)0:31
  • Growth Mindset (Optional Article)0:42
  • Having a Productive Course
  • Lesson 1: Summary1:30
  • Lesson 1: What's next?1:14
  • Section 1. Lesson 1: Post-work0:54
  • Lesson 2: Objectives0:39
  • Listening Exam Overview1:06
  • Parts 1 and 2 in Listening2:27
  • Parts 3 and 4 in Listening1:26
  • Additional Notes on Listening1:57
  • Exercise: Matching IELTS parts and examples
  • Necessary Skills in Listening1:11
  • Map of the IELTS Listening Skills3:04
  • Explanation: Predictions1:25
  • Exercise: Predictions
  • Explanation: Spelling1:08
  • Exercise: Spelling
  • Importance of Reading & Vocab1:27
  • Exercise: Melbourne
  • Homework — On Quiz 12:07
  • Section 1 - Final Quiz. Spelling & Numbers
  • Lesson 2: Summary1:09
  • Lesson 2: What’s next?0:39

Requirements

  • You must have intermediate knowledge of English (B1 or higher)
  • No previous IELTS experience is required. You'll learn everything you need in the course

Description

IELTS: Foundations is an online course that helps you prepare to take the IELTS Listening exam. Short, practical, and research-based, this course is ideal for somebody who wants to prepare for IELTS in a short time and take the next step to studying or working abroad!


The instructor, Gleb Lantsman, is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education's master's program (Technology, Innovation and Education). His courses are widely recognized as both productive and enjoyable. This IELTS: Foundations course is based on the instructor's experience of preparing students for IELTS, taking this exam (and getting the highest score, 9.0), and available research papers on IELTS. It's structured around the 4 exam sections, with theory and examples helping you learn. Each section of the course ends in a final quiz to test how well you remember the contents of the course and if you can use them in an IELTS situation. The course concludes with a full-length IELTS Listening test. Live sessions are an important component of IELTS: Foundations, allowing you to practice using actual IELTS tests.


This Course Contains:

  • 62+ Lectures (3+ Hours of Content)

  • Format, recommendations, and practice for each Listening section

  • Explanations and Examples by the instructor

  • Free Participation in a Monthly Live Class on Listening

  • IELTS and English-related Recommendations from Past Students

  • Access to a collection of IELTS listening exercises, including spelling

  • Suggestions how to improve study skills

  • Links to recommended apps for learning English

  • Opportunities to take unlimited IELTS Listening tests.

  • Positive, constructive atmosphere to support you

Who this course is for:

  • Your English is intermediate (B1 or higher) and you're new to IELTS
  • Your IELTS exam is in a few weeks or months
  • You're ready to learn and change your life with your IELTS exam!