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IELTS Preparation Lessons:

Part I:

Lesson 1: Electronic Crime (In this lesson we will hear someone talking about a new type of crime - electronic crime. Then we will look at word families and do some spelling.)

Lesson 2: Vitamin D (In this lesson we are going to look at ways of discussing a topic.  When you are writing or speaking, you can present facts, or you can use your opinion - but how can you tell the difference?  Today we will find out.)

Lesson 3: Company Growth (In this lesson we look at the language of description. We are going to talk about businesses and different ways to discuss economic information.)

Lesson 4: Rising Dollar (In this lesson we are going to be making comparisons and also look at prepositions of time. We will hear from an academic who will talk about the Australian economy and the Australian dollar.)

Lesson 5: Global Warming (In this lesson we will be looking at ways of brainstorming, taking notes and developing ideas. Our topic will be global warming and the environment.)

Lesson 6: Greenhouse Gases (In this lesson we will be looking the language of cause and effect by talking about greenhouse gases and global warming. Plus we will look at the English names of the major countries of the world and their nationalities.)

Lesson 7: Enviro-Loo (This lesson uses an environmental story with a difference to illustrate the types of language needed to describe processes.)

Lesson 8: Crocodile Tourism (In this lesson we look at how to correctly use the relative pronouns, that, which and who and we will also practice linking words when speaking English.)

Lesson 9: ADHD (In this lesson we will talk about acronyms, abbreviations and names. We will also do some vocabulary building.)

Lesson 10: Solar House (In this lesson we are going to look at ways of connecting both simple and complex ideas. One way of doing this is to use conjunctions or words that join.)

Lesson 11: Recounting the Past (In this lesson we will look at ways to talk about something that has happened in the past. Plus we will look at ways to form compound and complex sentences.)

Lesson 12: Carbon Cycle (In this lesson we will look at how to describe cycles and also the use and purpose of phrasal verbs.)

Lesson 13: Under the Sea (In this lesson we will look at when to use indefinite articles like a or an and when to use the definite article the.)

Lesson 14: Junk DNA (In this lesson we will look conditional sentences, or sentences that use the word if.)

Lesson 15: Sea Floor (In this lesson we are looking at adjectives - how you order them and how you use them to compare and describe things.)

Lesson 16: DVT (In this lesson we will discuss how to talk about things in the future.)

Lesson 17: Water and Ageing (In this lesson we will look at some of the features of formal, written English.)

Lesson 18: Salinity (In this lesson we will look at language you can use to describe processes, including transition signals.)

Lesson 19: Weather Report (In this lesson we will listen to numbers and practice saying and spelling them.)

Lesson 20: Torres Strait (In this lesson we will talk about places, locations and directions.)

Lesson 21: Watching Birds (In this lesson we will learn about the continuous tense and practice some sentence stress. )

Lesson 22: Finance Report (In this lesson we will listen to a finance report and learn about numerical data. It is important to be able to understand and describe numerical data using decimals, fractions and currencies. )

Lesson 23: Octopuses (In this lesson we are going to talk about ways to describe appearance, character and behavior.)

Lesson 24: Perfect Siesta (In this lesson we are going to look at intonation - how we use a rising or falling tone of voice to convey meaning. Plus we review the use of the comma.)

Lesson 25: Copyright (In this lesson we will talk abut simple present tense, definitions and technical vocabulary, all the things you need to know and use to write a report.)

Lesson 26: Urban Archaeology (In this lesson we are going to look at classification - how things are sorted into classes or groups. Plus we will practice the pronunciation of final s sounds.)

Part II:

Part II - Lesson 1: Eye Testing  (In this lesson, we are talking about pronouns. We will also have a quick look at homonyms and then take some time to practice using suffixes.)

Part II - Lesson 2: Ginseng (In this lesson we look at different ways to use the word say, plus we will go through some common collocations (English word combinations)).

Part II - Lesson 3: Jarrah Forest (In this lesson we will learn about words that describe spatial relationships or where things are in relation to one another. We will also listen to some proverbs (traditional sayings).)

Part II - Lesson 4: Clouds (In this lesson we will find out all about paragraphs and how they consist of topic sentences, supporting sentences and developing sentences. Plus we will talk about the words we use to describe weather.)

Part II - Lesson 5: Virtual Doctor (In this lesson we will look at the way words are linked in spoken English. Plus we will talk about the various uses of the word there.)

Part II - Lesson 6: Lasers (In this lesson we will practice structuring a description of how something works and work on our vocabulary for describing colors.)

Part II - Lesson 7: Mars (In this lesson we are going to practice using the words some and any. We will also build up our vocabulary about space and astronomy.)

Part II - Lesson 8: Air Archive (In this lesson we will take a look at tenses. Particularly present perfect and simple past tenses. We will also practice using adverbs of time.)

Part II - Lesson 9: Whale Sharks (In this lesson we will look at the use of contractions in spoken English. A contraction is a shortened form of a word. Plus we will talk about countable and uncountable nouns.)

Part II - Lesson 10: Durians (In this lesson we will look at the how to use reflexive and demonstrative pronouns in written and spoken English.)

Part II - Lesson 11: Mangroves (In this lesson we will talk about the language of speculation and how to identify the future tense.)

Part II - Lesson 12: Cane Toads (In this lesson we will talk about expressing attitude and using the words so and such.)

Part II - Lesson 13: Welding (In this lesson we will focus on the use of word form groups such as noun, verb and preposition phrases. Then, we will look at some words that can be used as both nouns and verbs, and learn how to tell which is which.)

Part II - Lesson 14: Termites (In this lesson we will discuss tenses and different ways of making comparisons. Then, we will look at some words that can be used as both nouns and verbs, and learn how to tell which is which.)

Part II - Lesson 15: Astronomer (In this lesson we will talk about the IELTS Speaking and Reading tests and ways you can demonstrate your knowledge of English vocabulary and grammatical structure.)

Part II - Lesson 16: Glass Artist (In this lesson we will discover how English users indicate negative meanings. One of the ways we can do that is with the word not.)

Part II - Lesson 17: Naturopathic Medicine (Practice your reading comprehension skills using this lesson of Study English.)

Part II - Lesson 18: Outback Tourism (In this lesson we will practice using hyphens, and also talk about showing contrast using the words despite, although and but.)

Part II - Lesson 19: Old Trees (In this lesson we will look at the various functions of sentences in English.)

Part II - Lesson 20: Zoos (In this lesson we will discuss infinitive verbs and listen out for some common conversation markers.)

Part II - Lesson 21: Health (The focus of this lesson is the IELTS Listening Test. We will discuss strategies to help you improve your previewing and predicting and listening comprehension skills.)

Part II - Lesson 22: Phonics (In this lesson we will discuss using context to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words. Plus look at how the verb to be is used to link subjects and their complements.)

Part II - Lesson 23: Eco-systems (In this lesson we will practice pronunciation. We will hear how pronunciation can change when linking consonants and also practice pronouncing words beginning with 'h'.)

Part II - Lesson 24: New Training (In this lesson we are going to talk about adverbs and we will also discuss words and phrases in English that have been borrowed from other languages.)

Part II - Lesson 25: Academic Writing (In this lesson we will give you some tips and strategies for answering Task 1 IELTS Academic questions.)

Part II - Lesson 26: General Task Writing (In this lesson we will give you some tips about letter writing, one of the tasks in the IELTS General Training Writing test.)