Lexical Resource Criteria

All levels1 hr 7 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: control all four vocabulary dimensions examiners track — range, precision, collocation, paraphrasing — anchored by a contrasted two-band answer on the classic echo-trap question.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Don't give the examiner their word back

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Inside the Examiner's Mind: Vocabulary

    Read a 234-word text about Inside the Examiner's Mind: Vocabulary

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Paraphrasing Toolkit

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Hearing the four dimensions: the same answer at two bands

    Read a 334-word text about Hearing the four dimensions: the same answer at two bands

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Choose the Precise Word

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match the Paraphrase

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Paraphrasing in Real Time

    Role-play: The examiner asks you about technology. Practice answering without repeating key words. (3 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: four dimensions, one answer

    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.

significant → noteworthy, considerable, meaningfulproblem → challenge, obstacle, setbackimprove → enhance, refine, elevatemany people → a growing number, the majority, a significant proportionin my country → where I come from, in my part of the world, back homenowadays → in this day and age, in contemporary society, these days

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