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Enhance your IELTS Writing and Speaking teaching performance and effectiveness with these free courses by IDP Education.
The IELTS Writing and Speaking training courses have been designed by IDP Education to further enhance teachers’ performance and effectiveness as IELTS Speaking and Writing teachers. It’s part of our commitment to support teachers. If you are an IELTS test taker, check out our free study program.
Complete the IELTS Writing training course and the IELTS Speaking training course and you will learn how to:
Understand how to use the public Band Descriptors as a teaching tool
Become familiar with the key features in the Speaking and Writing Band Descriptors
Understand why test takers don’t achieve their desired band score
Increase IELTS test content and assessment terminology knowledge
In doing so, your students can strive to reach all the positive features needed to achieve a higher band score.
Access IELTS Guide for Teachers
Endorsed by English New Zealand
English New Zealand is the recognised peak body and spokes group for the English language sector in New Zealand. English New Zealand has endorsed the IELTS Teacher Training programs as professional development opportunities for English language teachers in New Zealand.
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Enhance your performance and effectiveness as a TESOL teacher
Who can enrol in these courses?
The IELTS training courses are a free resource available to all TESOL and IELTS teachers. What are the course features?
Interactive IELTS Writing and Speaking courses
Covers Academic and General Training Writing
Authentic ‘live’ materials and official IELTS samples
Online intuitive training platform to optimise learning
All training materials included
10 hours worth of learning for each course
Practice in rating Writing and Speaking tests using the public Band Descriptors
Receive a certificate of completion
The IELTS Writing training course
The IELTS Writing training course is designed for TESOL teachers. The aim of this course is to further enhance your performance and effectiveness as an IELTS Writing teacher. In this course you will cover the following topics:
Introduction to IELTS Writing
Understanding IELTS Writing prompts (test questions)
Focus on assessment criteria and terminology
Writing assessment method
Identifying negative features in scripts
Understanding how the public Band Descriptors are applied to written responses
Practice in using the public Band Descriptors The IELTS Writing training course covers a large amount of content, and we advise that you will need 10 hours worth of learning to successfully complete it. View the course units below to see what you’ll be learning in each unit.
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What is the free online IELTS Teacher Training Program?
The IELTS Writing training course units
The IELTS Speaking training course units
5.1 Interviews
Frequently Asked Questions
The IELTS training courses are a free resource available to all TESOL and IELTS teachers. What are the course features?
No, IDP IELTS offers a free online teacher training course for all TESOL/IELTS teachers. You do not have to pay to get access to the course.
After you register to enrol in the Teacher Training course:
Teachers should not award IELTS band scores using the public Band Descriptors, but can highlight features in the assessment criteria that match written and spoken performance.
Access IELTS Band Descriptor
The contents of this training course must not be shared or distributed. That's because the content is tailored to professional English language teachers. However, we do have information available that you can use in your classroom. Have a look at Official IELTS Guide for Teachers.
Yes, a pass mark of 80% is required for all interactive quizzes.