Identifying Weak Areas

B2 · Upper-intermediate56 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 7 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: diagnose which criterion is capping your band from a real recorded sample — name your weakness pattern with evidence and leave with a one-week targeted drill plan.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Diagnose before you drill

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Diagnosing Your Weaknesses

    Read a 166-word text about Diagnosing Your Weaknesses

  2. Reading10 min

    Reading: Common Errors at Band 6-6.5

    Read a 148-word text about Common Errors at Band 6-6.5

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Spot the Band 6 Errors

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Upgrade Your Vocabulary

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Weakness to Strategy

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: name the pattern, book the plan

    3 discussion questions

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