Topic-Specific Vocabulary

B2 · Upper-intermediate50 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: build starter vocabulary banks for the five everyday IELTS topics - environment, technology, education, health, society - and prove each bank works in a timed answer.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Your first five word banks

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Building Topic Vocabulary

    Read a 156-word text about Building Topic Vocabulary

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Cross-Topic Academic Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Topic Vocabulary Match

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Topic Vocabulary in Context

    Role-play: Practice using topic-specific vocabulary in discussion (2 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your word-bank mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

paradigm shiftunprecedentedmultifacetedexacerbateholisticcatalyst

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