Rhythm and Pacing

All levels57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 7 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: control rhythm and pacing - thought groups, strategic pauses, pace variation - so long answers sound confident, never rushed or robotic.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Pauses in the right places

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Heartbeat of English

    Read a 296-word text about The Heartbeat of English

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Pacing and Rhythm Terms

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Rhythm Awareness

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Pacing

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Rhythm and Pacing Drill

    Role-play: Practise delivering IELTS-style responses with conscious rhythm and pacing. (3 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your pacing mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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thought groupcontent wordsfunction wordsweak formsschwa /ə/cadence

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