Time Management Strategies

All levels1 hr 7 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: hit the right length in every part — 15-30 seconds, two minutes, 30-45 seconds — by calibrating your internal clock against full-length model answers.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: How long was that, really?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Timing Is Everything

    Read a 343-word text about Timing Is Everything

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Time Management Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: What the right length sounds like

    Read a 490-word text about What the right length sounds like

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Timing Strategies

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Problems to Solutions

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Timed Practice Simulation

    Role-play: Practise managing your time across all three parts of the IELTS Speaking test. (3 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the timing circuit

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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