Università degli Studi di Milano
Facoltà di Giurisprudenza
IELTS Preparation Course Academic Module Academic Year 2013-2014 Eliane Nortey
course timetable day martedì giovedì giovedì martedì giovedì giovedì martedì mercoledì giovedì martedì mercoledì giovedì lunedì martedì giovedì lunedì martedì giovedì lunedì martedì giovedì lunedì martedì lunedì lunedì
date
8 ottobre 2013
10 ottobre 2013
10 ottobre 2013
15 ottobre 2013
17 ottobre 2013
17 ottobre 2013
22 ottobre 2013
23 ottobre 2013
24 ottobre 2013
29 ottobre 2013
30 ottobre 2013
31 ottobre 2013
4 novembre 2013
5 novembre 2013
7 novembre 2013
11 novembre 2013
12 novembre 2013
14 novembre 2013
18 novembre 2013
19 novembre 2013
21 novembre 2013
25 novembre 2013
26 novembre 2013
2 dicembre 2013
9 dicembre 2013
time
14.30-16.00
08.30-10.00
17.30-19.15
14.30-16.00
08.30-10.00
17.30-19.15
14.30-16.00
17.30-19.15
08.30-10.00
14.30-16.00
17.30-19.15
08.30-10.00
16.30-19.15
14.30-16.00
08.30-10.00
16.30-19.15
14.30-16.00
08.30-10.00
16.30-19.15
14.30-16.00
08.30-10.00
16.30-19.15
14.30-16.00
16.30-19.15
16.30-19.15
room
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teacher
dott. Tickner
dott. Tickner
dott.ssa Nortey
dott. Tickner
dott. Tickner
dott.ssa Nortey
dott. Tickner
dott.ssa Nortey
dott. Tickner
dott. Tickner
dott.ssa Nortey
dott. Tickner
dott.ssa Nortey
dott. Tickner
dott. Tickner
dott.ssa Nortey
dott. Tickner
dott. Tickner
dott.ssa Nortey
dott. Tickner
dott. Tickner
dott.ssa Nortey
dott. Tickner
dott.ssa Nortey
dott.ssa Nortey
insight into IELTS - format First three parts of the test all on one day:
• Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. There are no breaks between the first three tests. • Speaking test on the same day or 7 days before or after that • A range of native-speaker accents (North American, Australian, New Zealand and British) is used in the Listening test, and all standard varieties of English are accepted in responses in all parts of the test.
insight into IELTS – listening test Pre-recorded CD-ROM and the passages will increase in difficulty as you go through the test
Purpose of the test It is designed to assess a wide range of listening skills:
• understand main ideas and specific factual information • recognise the opinions, attitudes and purpose of a speaker • follow the development of an argument Timing Approximately 30 minutes, and you are allowed an extra 10 minutes to transfer your answers from your question booklet to your answer sheet.
insight into IELTS – listening test
1. You listen to a conversation between two people set in an everyday social situation, e.g. a conversation in an accommodation agency, and answer questions on your comprehension. 2. You listen to a monologue set in an everyday social situation, e.g. a speech about local facilities or a talk about the arrangements for meals during a conference. 3. You listen to a conversation between up to four people set in an educational or training context, e.g. a university tutor and a student discussing an assignment, or a group of students planning a research project. 4. You listen to a monologue on an academic subject, e.g. a university lecture.
Each section is heard once only.
insight into IELTS – listening test 40 questions.
You may be asked to
• answer multiple choice questions • label a plan, map or diagram • fill in a form • complete a table • complete a flow-chart • give short answers
Marking
Each correct answer receives one mark.
insight into IELTS – reading test Read three different passages and respond to related questions in your IELTS Reading test.
Purpose of the test It is designed to assess a wide range of reading skills:
• read for the general sense of a passage • read for the main ideas • read for detail • understand inferences and implied meaning • recognise a writer’s opinions, attitudes and purpose • follow the development of an argument Timing The IELTS Reading test takes 60 minutes.
insight into IELTS – reading test Three sections to the IELTS Academic Reading test, and each contains one long text. (2,150 - 2,750 words in total during your test)
These are taken from books, journals, magazines and newspapers. They have been written for a non-specialist audience and are on academic topics of general interest.
They range from the descriptive and factual to the discursive and analytical.
Each text might be accompanied by diagrams, graphs or illustrations, and you will be expected to show that you understand these too.
A simple glossary is provided if the material contains technical terms.
insight into IELTS – reading test 40 questions
You may be asked to
• fill gaps in a passage of written text or in a table • match headings to written text to diagrams or charts • complete sentences • give short answers to open questions • answer multiple choice questions
Marking
Each correct answer receives one mark.
textbook (compulsory for attending students)
Brook-Hart, G., Jakemann, V., Complete IELTS, Bands 5-6.5, Student’s Book with answers, Cambridge University Press
ISBN 978-0-52-117948-5
workbook (optional)
Harrison, M. Complete IELTS, Bands 5-6.5, Workbook with answers, Cambridge University Press
ISBN 978-1-10-740197-6
bookshop contacts
HOEPLI, via Hoepli - Milan
Ms Milke or Ms Savegnago:
tel. 02 86 487 237
mail
[email protected] [email protected]
10% discount for English course students
Online orders: www.hoepli.it (no discount available)
recommended textbooks My Grammar Lab with key Intermediate (B1-B2), Pearson ISBN 978 1 408 29915 9
My Grammar Lab with key Advanced (C1-C2), Pearson ISBN 978 1 408 29911 1
Grammar for IELTS with answers, ISBN 978 0 521 60462 8 Vocabulary for IELTS with answers, ISBN 978 0 521 70 975 0
My Grammar Lab - blended learning
Education that combines:
• book • online • mobile resources
online
• • • • • •
Practice for every unit of the book Instant grading and feedback Pronunciation practice of grammar items Downloadable audio programmes Option to listen and check the answers 1-2 minute grammar tutor videos
mobile
• Download exercises to your mobile phone
• Create exercises from a bank of practice questions Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad and Android-based smartphones
recommended dictionaries Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Oxford University Press Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Cambridge University Press Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Pearson Longman Longman Business English Dictionary, Pearson Longman
other materials
Online resource links ELT and ESP websites
free online placement test
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/test-your-english/
free online placement test
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/test-your-english/
assessment (optional)
o writing o speaking o listening o reading
contacts
e-mail:
[email protected]
student office hour: e-mail booking required
course website
www.giurisprudenza.unimi.it