10 IELTS Exam Preparation Courses in Portsmouth

This exam course includes: - Techniques and strategies to help a student pass the exam - Focus on specific areas of the language such as vocabulary and grammar needed to answer the different sections and tasks - Practice tests to help build confidence - Continuous assessment

**Course description** IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is an examination in academic English skills required by many universities and colleges and healthcare institutions. Additionally, applicants for Citizenship and certain types of visa are required to prove that their English is at a certain level and IELTS is a recognised way of doing this. The preparation course helps you build exam strategies and language skills for taking IELTS and improves your familiarity with the exam format. It consists of 20 lessons a week (09:30-12:45 each day Monday to Friday. This is the same as 15 hours. Most of this time is spent on Writing, Reading and Listening skills. ‍**Who is this course suitable for?** This course is intended for any student who is planning to sit the IELTS exam. In order to benefit from this course, students need to have reached B1 level already. Students studying within the school can transfer to IELTS, once they have studied for at last 3 weeks in a general class at that level. New students can join at any time if they score B1 or more on our placement test.

Includes 15 exam preparation lessons and 5 communication skills lessons per week.**Course description** IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is an examination in academic English skills required by many universities and colleges and healthcare institutions. Additionally, applicants for Citizenship and certain types of visa are required to prove that their English is at a certain level and IELTS is a recognised way of doing this. The preparation course helps you build exam strategies and language skills for taking IELTS and improves your familiarity with the exam format. It consists of 20 lessons a week (09:30-12:45 each day Monday to Friday. This is the same as 15 hours. Most of this time is spent on Writing, Reading and Listening skills. ‍**Who is this course suitable for?** This course is intended for any student who is planning to sit the IELTS exam. In order to benefit from this course, students need to have reached B1 level already. Students studying within the school can transfer to IELTS, once they have studied for at last 3 weeks in a general class at that level. New students can join at any time if they score B1 or more on our placement test.

This course prepares students for the IELTS exam.LSI/IH Portsmouth is ranked?the joint number one English Language school in the UK. This ranking was given to us in part due to the excellent standard of our IELTS course and the dedication of our IELTS specialist teaching team. IELTS Authors UK IELTS Specialists You can take your IELTS test in our school One of our Director of Studies, Lewis Richards, has written and co-written not one, but two IELTS textbooks! IELTS Advantage and Build Up to IELTS and are used by teachers and in schools internationally. Not only is Lewis a published IELTS author, but he is a highly demanded public speaker who attends many events throughout the year to give presentations on a variety of English language teaching related topics, from how to improve your IELTS score to teaching IELTS exam preparation skills to different levels.

**Course description** IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is an examination in academic English skills required by many universities and colleges and healthcare institutions. Additionally, applicants for Citizenship and certain types of visa are required to prove that their English is at a certain level and IELTS is a recognised way of doing this. The preparation course helps you build exam strategies and language skills for taking IELTS and improves your familiarity with the exam format. It consists of 30 lessons a week (09:30-15:00; Monday to Friday). This is the same as 22.5 hours. 20 of these hours are the same as in the IELTS Preparation course and take place in the mornings. Most of this time is spent on Writing, Reading and Listening skills. In the Intensive IELTS course, 10 lessons of the 30 lessons per week are devoted to ‘Communication Skills’ where the focus is on general speaking, reading and listening skills and topic-based vocabulary. ‍**Who is this course suitable for?** Like the shorter IELTS Preparation course, this course is intended for any student who is planning to sit the IELTS exam. Students who can invest more time in the course can benefit from more practice, particularly in speaking. They also will gain a lot of input on their development from experienced IELTS teachers. In order to benefit from this course, students need to have reached B1 level already. Students studying within the school can transfer to IELTS, once they have studied for at last 3 weeks in a general class at that level. New students can join at anytime if they score B1 or more on our placement test.

No classes on Friday afternoons. The school recommends that students discuss their goals with their teacher when deciding on a course duration and exam date. LSI/IH Portsmouth is ranked the joint number one English Language school in the UK. This ranking was given to us in part due to the excellent standard of our IELTS course and the dedication of our IELTS specialist teaching team. IELTS Authors UK IELTS Specialists You can take your IELTS test at our school One of our Director of Studies, Lewis Richards, has written and co-written not one, but two IELTS textbooks! IELTS Advantage and Build Up to IELTS are used by teachers and in schools internationally. Not only is Lewis a published IELTS author, but he is a highly demanded public speaker who attends many events throughout the year to give presentations on a variety of English language teaching-related topics, from how to improve your IELTS score to teaching IELTS exam preparation skills to different levels.

Your teacher will design a course to prepare you for an exam. They will help you familiarise yourself with the test content, level and format, work on the different types of questions you may be asked, review and improve your replies, go over your weaknesses, give you past exam papers to help you practise. The academic language option for international and EU students helps you prepare for boarding school (GCSE, A Level, IB), foundation courses or university. It enables you to develop and practise the language skills needed to communicate with teachers and students, read academic texts, write summaries, reports, essays and give presentations. You can also extend your vocabulary for your specialised subject (maths, science, economics, business, literature....) on request.