A Skill You Learned

B1 · Intermediate50 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: deliver a full two-minute Part 2 answer about learning a difficult skill — from 'at first' to 'now' with time markers.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Two minutes about a skill

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The two-minute story: learning a skill

    Read a 292-word text about The two-minute story: learning a skill

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Learning Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Learning Process Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Part 2 Skill Practice

    Role-play: Practice a Part 2 response about learning a skill (4 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your two minutes: a skill

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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