Diploma in Teaching IELTS

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Course Overview

This is a top-up course for teachers of English as a foreign language who aim to prepare their students for the IELTS exam. The course covers general and academic IELTS. Whilst we won’t turn you away if you don’t have a teaching qualification, it is important for you to know that you should already have considerable teaching experience in teaching EFL and a very firm understanding of grammar. Please take our online English Test and make sure to brush up on your grammar skills.  If you find that you need help with grammar, please enrol on our Diploma in Teaching English Grammar.

Course aims

We have trained hundreds of international teachers from around the world - teachers who care about their learners, who go the extra mile, who excel at being a teacher and who want to bring out the best in their learners. Our Diploma in Teaching IELTS is designed for you to get a better understanding of the IELTS exam and how it is assessed. 

Course content

	Module 1	Module 2	Module 3	Module 4	Module 5	Module 6
Suggested study time	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6
Content	Introduction	Teaching IELTS Listening	Teaching IELTS Reading	Teaching IELTS Writing	Teaching IELTS Speaking	Revision
Assessment						End of course assessment

Each week will begin with a topic overview, followed by a table of competencies according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

The CEFR organises language proficiency in six levels, A1 to C2, which can be regrouped into three broad levels: Basic User, Independent User and Proficient User. The levels are defined through ‘can-do’ descriptors, similar to the IELTS descriptors. We include the CEFR guidelines in each module as it is important for you as a teacher to be aware of how the IELTS skills you teach your students fit in with the CEFR.

The second section in each module guides you through the skills and knowledge required for you to teach your subject successfully. Our teaching ethos is a holistic approach to each skill: listening, reading, writing and speaking. We place emphasis on showing you how to successfully teach these skills to your learners, with plenty of teaching suggestions and ideas for the classroom. 

The final section in each module takes you through a detailed overview of what your learners will need to be able to do in order to achieve a high band in the IELTS exam. There are separate sections for General Training and Academic IELTS, and we explain how the exam is scored, as well as provide you with a few tips from an IELTS examiner.