Self-Assessment Techniques

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

Aims

Goal: diagnose your own speaking like an examiner — a worked two-candidate diagnosis shows the method, then you score your own answer with evidence and build a recording routine.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Becoming your own examiner

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Becoming Your Own Examiner

    Read a 284-word text about Becoming Your Own Examiner

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Self-Assessment Language

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: One question, two recordings: a worked diagnosis

    Read a 376-word text about One question, two recordings: a worked diagnosis

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Identify the Criterion

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Diagnose the Band Limiter

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Self-Assessment Practice

    Role-play: Practise answering a question, then evaluate your own performance using the criteria. (3 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: diagnose yourself with evidence

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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self-assessmentobjectivecriterion (pl. criteria)benchmarkaction plantrack progress

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