Mock Exam 2: Global Issues

B2 · Upper-intermediate55 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: handle environment and global-issues questions at Band 7 — every abstract claim grounded in something concrete, every position qualified rather than sloganised.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Mock Exam 2: concrete under the abstract

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Mock Exam 2 Instructions

    Read a 112-word text about Mock Exam 2 Instructions

  2. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Part 1: Nature & Outdoors

    Role-play: Part 1 questions about nature and outdoor activities (6 lines)

  3. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Part 2: An Environmental Problem

    Role-play: Part 2 long turn about an environmental issue (4 lines)

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Part 3: Global Challenges

    Role-play: Part 3 discussion on global environmental and social challenges (6 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Scoring: slogans don't score

    3 discussion questions

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