IELTS

On this page: Official IELTS sites | Online IELTS Courses | ELC Internet Materials | ELC Books etc.

Official IELTS Information

• IELTS - International English Language Testing System official web site

Online IELTS Courses

• IELTS site for HKPU students - a comprehensive IELTS test preparation site

You can also get help for your:

• writing in the WAP
• speaking in the SAP
• reading and listening in CILL with the CILL teachers and these materials below:

ELC IELTS Internet Materials

        PowerPoint Presentation - an Overview of the IELTS Test

Writing

• PowerPoint presentation on the IELTS Writing Paper - test format, tasks, strategies and examples.
• Cause and Effect - this exercise introduces the vocabulary and grammar needed to describe causes and effects. Includes an exercise.
• Describing Satisfaction in the Findings and Conclusion sections of a report - choosing between 'satisfy', 'satisfied', 'satisfying' and 'satisfactory', etc.
• Describing Trends - introduces the vocabulary and grammar needed to describe trends. Includes an exercise.
• Trends Headings - this exercise shows how to use headings when describing trends. Includes an exercise.
• Important or Importance? Explanation and exercise on which word to use when describing Findings and Conclusions.

Speaking

• PowerPoint presentation on the IELTS Speaking Paper - test format, tasks, strategies and examples.
• Complete sample speaking test

Reading

• PowerPoint presentation on the IELTS Reading Paper - test format, tasks, strategies and examples.

Listening

• PowerPoint presentation on the IELTS Listening Paper - test format, tasks, strategies and examples.

ELC Books etc.

You can find these books in CILL, Room AG305:

• Cambridge Practice Tests for the IELTS, Books 1, 2 & 3 (with CD-ROM for listening tests)
• Insight into IELTS - an IELTS preparation course
• Issues in English CD-ROM for listening practice and vocabulary
• Ideas and Issues (Book & Audio Tape on the Speaking Shelf) for reading, listening and vocabulary.
• Presenting Facts and Figures (Book and Audio Tape on the Business Shelf) for describing a chart or table in the Writing test.