PADWORTH COLLEGE EAL DEPARTMENT Business Foundation Course Scheme of Work for IELTS 2015-16
SUBJECT: English
RESOURCE BOOK: Focus on IELTS Foundation by Sue O’Connell
TEACHER: David
Autumn term
Spring term
Summer term
Weeks 2 & 3(Units 1&2 –Taking note)
Intro to writing tasks
Intro to reading strategies
Intro to speaking & listening tasks
Grammar: Present Simple
Weeks 1&2 (Review/ Unit 9 – The Earth)
Reading: M/C, summary, T/F/NG, gap-fill
Speaking: Explaining; agreeing/disagreeing *
Grammar: Cause & Effect; ..ing vs Infinitive
Weeks 1 & 2 (Revision of techniques)
Reading: reading effectively
Writing: using vocabulary effectively
Speaking: responding appropriately
Grammar: revision of weak areas
Weeks 4 & 5 (Units 3 & 4 – People)
Reading: short answers, sentence compl.
Speaking & listening test strategies *
Writing: describing data
Grammar: Past simple
Weeks 3 & 4 (Unit 10 – Health)
Writing: Selecting data; solutions & conclus’n *
Listening: sections 2 & 4
Speaking: part 3
Grammar: Countability; compare & contrast
Week 3 (Raising the level)
Vocabulary extension
Reading: Dealing with difficult texts
Writing: Interpreting questions correctly
Speaking: Phrases to impress
Weeks 6 & 7 (Unit 5 - Sport)
Reading: M/M, T/F/NG & Summary *
Speaking: useful phrases
Grammar: Present Perfect
Weeks 5 & 6 (Unit 11 – Happiness)
Reading: M/M, M/C, T/F/NG, short answers *
Speaking: parts 1 & 3
Grammar: Present tenses for futures
Week 4 (Practice &Workshops)
Addressing individual problems
Weeks 8 & 9 (Unit 6 – Wild life)
Writing: Task 2 layout, arguing a view *
Speaking: part 3; Listening: sections 2 & 3
Grammar: Comparisons
Weeks 7 & 8 (Unit 12 – Structures)
Writing: Describing objects; solutions
Speaking: all parts; Listening: sections 1 & 4
Grammar: Participle clauses; conditionals
Weeks 5 & 6 (Mock tests)
Practice tests and remedial work
Weeks 10 &11 (Unit 7- Technology)
Reading: labelling, sentence completion
Speaking: describing places
Grammar: Passives
Weeks 9 & 10 (Review)
Vocabulary: Academic word list
Grammar: Relative clauses
Speaking &Listening: Mock tests
Weeks 7 & 8 (Mock tests)
Practice tests and remedial work
Weeks 12 &13 (Unit 8 – Communic’n)
Writing: comparing data; justifying opinion *
Speaking: Using past, present & future
Listening: sections 2 & 3
Grammar: permission & obligation
Week 11 (Review cont’d)
Reading: Mock test
Writing: Mock test
Grammar: workshops
Weeks 9 &10 (End of year consolidat’n)
* = SMSC links
Access Scheme of Work 2015-16 Assessments
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Assessment 1
Assessment 2
Assessment 3
Updated by DB Aug 2015
1 HALF TERM
Writing: Task 1
Reading: T/F/NG; short
answers
Listening: Section 1
nd
2 HALF TERM
Writing: Task 2
Reading: M/C; M/M,
Summary compl’n
Listening: Section 2
rd
3 HALF TERM
Writing: Task 1
Reading: Matching
headings, T/F/NG
Listening: Section 3
th
4 HALF TERM
Writing: Task 2
Reading: Y/N/NG;
Diagram labelling
Listening: Section 4
th
5 HALF TERM
Writing: Whole test
Reading: Whole test
Listening: All sections