Pauline Cullen’s Video: How To Improve Your Students’ IELTS Score

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9 | April 6, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

The IELTS test is a high-stakes test taken by over 2 million candidates every year. This webinar from Cambridge University Press considers the problems faced by band 4 or 5 candidates who are preparing for the test and aiming to reach bands 6 or 7.

In this recording, Pauline Cullen looks at different strategies for both the classroom and for self-study so that test materials are less daunting and genuine progress is made, as well as introducing a new Cambridge title – The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS. (more…)

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Using blogs and forums with higher-level learners (Cambridge English Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9 | April 6, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

When thinking about using blogs and forums in the classroom, higher-level learners seem to be the obvious choice of target audience.  They certainly make the teacher’s job easier:  they can understand instructions more easily and therefore don’t need as much guidance to get to the right places online. Higher-level learners also have greater linguistic resource, so it’s easier to think of interesting topics for them to write about. Perfect, no? (more…)

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