Ielts Games And Activities Pdf

[Alana Fekety]

Onthis website, I have frequently posted materials to help teachers with their IELTS and ESL lessons, and many of these have been for speaking. After all, speaking classes are among the most popular types of lesson and they can also be the most fun to teach. In this article, I will focus specifically on IELTS speaking class activities, which will hopefully help many of you to create valuable lessons for your students.

This is a good question and one that new teachers often ask. I would say that the answer is a resounding YES! Imagine doing a language class where you only do reading or listening and nobody is allowed to speak. It would be disastrous.

I think that language lessons (including IELTS and ESL) should be multi-disciplinary. In other words, I think that you should have a little of at least two kinds of focus. It is common to do the following, for example:

See, to begin with, you have given them a fun and useful game, and they can then adapt it to make it a speaking exercise. If the person who is talking speaks accurately, it should be possible for the listener to write down the correct dates in their own calendar.

One problem that many IELTS and ESL learners face is mastering the intonation of English. In fact, not just mastering it but getting the basics right. It is common to hear people speak another language sort of like a robot. English is not a tonal language like Thai or Chinese, but we do have word stress and sentence stress that affect the meaning of what we are saying.

When I want to help my students overcome this habit of sounding like a robot, I first demonstrate what it sounds like. I take a sentence and then say it in different ways. One way would be very flat and boring, and the other more natural. For fun, or for demonstration purposes, I might then say it in a very dramatic way, like a stage actor!

One fun way to do this is to have some sort of randomly generated topic and then give your students a minute to think and a minute to talk. This can be done in pairs, in groups, or even with a whole class. You can get a computer programme generate these topics or students can pick them out of a hat. (That depends on your technical prowess.)

Once the student gets their topic, they can prepare and then talk. You should time them to make sure they hit at least one minute. With students at around band 5-6, you often find that the biggest problem is speaking enough. At higher levels, they might speak too much. You should tailor your lesson accordingly.

Now for the speaking part: They should quietly map out their own route. (It helps to write down some minimal pairs as an example.) You can then have them say these to each other and try to end up at the same number. I have had great success with this IELTS speaking activity every time that I have used it.

I like to have my students act out the role of examiner and candidate because this helps them to think about what the examiner is looking for. This may sound obvious to you or me, but the students tend to think only from their own perspective. It can be helpful for them to view the situation through the eyes of an examiner. You should prep them on what the examiner wants to see.

Give your students some questions to use. Make sure that only the examiner can read these so that the candidate has to listen and respond naturally. If they can read the question, it is not very authentic.

This is the penultimate class before the speaking test, and the assigned work involves a fair amount of reading and listening. Therefore, I want to introduce more speaking activities so the students can practice and I can check for pronunciation and correct use.

The next game is Desert Survival. Students are put into two groups and given a sheet with a number of items. They have to work together to decide upon five items ONLY that will help them survive in the desert.

After, with about thirty minutes left, the energy and motivation will probably be somewhat low (to say the least), so an activity to wake them up and to encourage them to speak and express their views. I shall simply write two contentious issues on the boards, in the hope of provoking the students:

Finally, we can play a Family Fortune (FF) game. Students are put into small groups and have a set time to come up with four answers. These can be learning based (e.g. four adverbs of degree), new vocabulary or general knowledge questions. To make it more fun, I could ask questions regarding my experiences (I have lived in four countries; which ones ? What are my favourite Vietnamese dishes ? What do I like more in VN than UK ? etc).

The IELTS team encouraged teachers to tell their stories at the English language teaching conference which has been running for over 50 years. The prize was awarded to Elona Manders (pictured, second to the left), a teacher from the Netherlands, who reflected on using the Pecha Kucha storytelling format in the classroom to inspire students to get out of their comfort zone and apply technology in their teaching.

The IELTS team ran a pop-up session which focused on IELTS teaching tips and resources. Louise Dunne from the British Council gave practical tips for teachers on IELTS Listening, Reading, Academic Writing and Speaking. Teaching tips included how to use time wisely, planning and suggestions for classroom activities.

Louisa Dunne also presented on what support is available to help teachers and test takers to help them work remotely. The session reflected on the challenges of the pandemic and highlighted the remote support for IELTS test takers including webinars and self study packs and how teachers are supported with products such as IELTS Indicator. It also summarised the programme of workshops, webinars and support through online communities available to teachers.

One of the highlights for us at IATEFL every year is awarding the IELTS Morgan Terry Memorial IATEFL Scholarship. The award is given to recognise innovation in teaching and is funded by the IELTS partners, in memory of Morgan Terry, a dear colleague who made significant contributions to the work of IELTS.

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IELTS Games and Activities offers a wide range of photocopiable communicative and collaborative games and activities for IELTS preparation. Creative ideas and innovative worksheets are designed for the Speaking and Writing modules with a focus on developing skills and language in the following categories: lexical resources, grammatical range and accuracy, coherence and cohesion, and task achievement.

Vocabulary is an integral part of your IELTS score and counts as 25% of your speaking and writing grade. Possessing the ability to understand a wide range of vocabulary will also help you to understand the listening and reading sections of the exam. Considering the importance of an ample vocabulary in terms of achieving a high banded score, it is essential you can use a wide range of words and phrases.

The difference between two phrasal verbs such as take up and take off may seem minor, but the difference in meaning is significant and if used incorrectly, these types of errors will harm your overall IELTS band score. You do not always need to use complicated or advanced words on the IELTS test but using an extensive range or words correctly will enable you to get a higher score because your speaking and writing will be more natural and concise.

This page contains word lists and activities for the most common themes that you will encounter on the IELTS exam. If you can learn this vocabulary and use it correctly, your score will improve. The activities are multiple choice questions on answers to IELTS questions. By completing the activities, you will expand your vocabulary and get to see how the words and phrases can be used in real context.

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