Free Online Course by FutureLearn on Understanding IELTS: Speaking

Future Learn Platform is offering a free online course on Understanding IELTS: Speaking.

Course background:

The British Council’s four Understanding IELTS courses will give you a complete guide to everything you need to know as you prepare for the IELTS test.

This course focuses on the speaking test. You’ll look in detail at the three parts of the test and learn about the four criteria that will be used to assess your spoken English.

The tips and techniques will help you improve your English speaking and build techniques to help you succeed. Through practice activities, you’ll build confidence and feel fully prepared on test day.

This course is intended for:

This course is designed for anyone preparing for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test. IELTS teachers will also find it useful.

Course duration:

3 hours per week for 3 weeks.

Course topics:

1. The IELTS Speaking test format.
2. The assessment criteria.
3. Understanding the task.
4. Building confidence.
5. Giving a talk.
6. What to expect on test day.

Course objectives:

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

1. Explore the IELTS Speaking test and learn how to improve your test performance.
2. Investigate in detail the three parts of the IELTS Speaking test and learn about the four criteria that will be used to assess your spoken English.
3. Apply techniques to improve your English speaking and to help you succeed.
4. Develop confidence and feel fully prepared on test day.

Course costs:

Learner can join this course for free and get access to it for 5 weeks.

Or upgrade this course for $54 and gets:

• Access to this course for as long as it’s on Future Learn.
• Access to this course’s tests as well as a print and digital Certificate of Achievement once he/she is eligible.

Or buy unlimited for $249.99 for one year and gets:

• Access to this course, and hundreds of other FutureLearn short courses and tests for a year.
• A printable digital Certificate of Achievement on all short courses once they are eligible.
• The freedom to keep access to any course he/she has achieved a digital Certificate of Achievement on, for as long as the course exists on Future Learn.
• The flexibility to complete own choice of short courses in learner’s own time within the year.

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