Targeting Your Band Score

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

Aims

Goal: convert your target band into a per-criterion battle plan — a contrasted 6.5-versus-7 answer shows where the half-band lives, then you profile yourself and aim your preparation with the 80/20 rule.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Name the gap, then close it

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Your Band Score Strategy

    Read a 309-word text about Your Band Score Strategy

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Score Strategy Language

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The half-band that matters: 6.5 versus 7

    Read a 437-word text about The half-band that matters: 6.5 versus 7

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Score Strategy Knowledge

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Band Level to Expectation

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Build Your Personal Strategy

    Role-play: Work with your tutor to create a personalised band score improvement plan. (3 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: your personal band plan

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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target bandband descriptorcriterion (pl. criteria)prioritisemock testfine-tune

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