Academic Requirements

• This course is designed for full time foreign students who wish to advance their knowledge of the English language for social, academic or professional purposes.
• They are required to take a placement test prior to admission to the IELTS course to determine what level their English is at when they arrive in Singapore.

Modules Covered

• Listening
  • Recognise question types
  • Anticipate possible answers
  • Listen for specific details
  • Listen for main ideas
  • Make inferences and draw conclusions
  • Take brief notes
• Reading
  • Comprehend academic reading passages
  • Skim to get the main idea
  • Scan to locate specific information
  • Understand vocabulary in context
  • Identify the writer’s point of view
  • Achieve required reading speed within time limit
• Writing
  • Avoid common grammatical errors in writing
  • Organise and produce coherent paragraphs with good linkers
  • Use academic vocabulary
  • Interpret and describe diagrams
  • Demonstrate a good control of complex sentence structures
  • Self- edit effectively
• Speaking
  • The student should be able to
  • Engage in conversations on familiar topics effectively, accurately and with confidence
  • Use appropriate vocabulary and language structures for academic presentations
  • Become familiar with the interview management skills
  • Generate and organise ideas within required time constraints

Delivery Mode

• Full-time

Delivery Methods

• The course will be characterized by both lectures and task-based activities. A student-centered approach will be employed to produce positive results. Emphasis will be placed on short lectures, focused exercises, tests as well as comprehensive analysis of answers and errors. 
• Role plays and interview presentations will be exploited so as to provide students with hands-on experience and effective feedback. These activities are essential as they better equip students with IELTS-tested skills, enhance familiarity of the test, build confidence and help maximize students’ test scores upon completion of the course.

Duration

• 3 Months

Timetable

• Total 144 Hours
• 12 weeks x 15 hours per week

Commencement Dates

• January
• February
• April
• May
• July
• August
• October
• November

Assessment Methods

• The Preparatory Course for International English Language Testing System (IELTS) will be characterized by both lectures and task-based activities. A student-centred approach will be employed to produce positive results. 
• Emphasis will be placed on short presentations, focused exercises, role-play, student-interaction, pair-work, student tasks, continuous assessment, projects and final exams.

Academic Progression

After the completion of the Preparatory Course for International English Language Testing System (IELTS), students are encouraged to take the IELTS Test in order to get their IELTS score.

Local Students

International Students