🎧 IELTS Listening Course: Full Lesson Plan
📘 Course Duration: 4 Weeks
⏱️ Weekly Classes: 3 Classes (1-1.5 hours each)
📈 Difficulty: Beginner to Advanced
🧑🎓 Target Audience: IELTS Aspirants (Band Target: 6.5+)
🔹 Week 1: Foundation of IELTS Listening
🎯 Lesson 1: Introduction to IELTS Listening
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IELTS Listening Test Structure
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4 Sections Overview
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Marking Scheme and Band Descriptors
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Common Problems Students Face
🎯 Lesson 2: Section 1 – Form Completion (Basic)
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Listening for names, numbers, dates
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Spelling and number dictation practice
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Gap-fill exercises
🎯 Lesson 3: Section 2 – Map/Plan/Diagram Labelling
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Types of maps and layouts
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Direction and preposition vocabulary
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Practice: Listen and label maps
🔹 Week 2: Intermediate Practice
🎯 Lesson 4: Section 3 – Academic Discussion
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Multiple speakers (student-teacher, group discussion)
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Recognizing opinion shifts and agreement
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Practice MCQs + Matching Information
🎯 Lesson 5: Section 4 – Lecture / Monologue
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Note completion techniques
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Listening for keywords, synonyms
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Lecture vocabulary (academic terms)
🎯 Lesson 6: Common Question Types
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Sentence Completion
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Table/Flowchart/Diagram Completion
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Summary Completion
🔹 Week 3: Advanced Skills + Vocabulary
🎯 Lesson 7: Distractors and Traps
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How test setters try to confuse you
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Techniques to avoid choosing the wrong answer
🎯 Lesson 8: Paraphrasing & Synonyms in Listening
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Practice: Identifying paraphrased questions and answers
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Vocabulary building from past IELTS tests
🎯 Lesson 9: Accent Practice
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British, Australian, American accents
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Common pronunciation issues
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Accent-specific audio samples
🔹 Week 4: Full Test Practice & Strategies
🎯 Lesson 10: Time Management & Answer Writing
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Time per section
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Writing on question paper vs answer sheet
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When to guess
🎯 Lesson 11: Full Mock Test 1 (with timer)
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Full listening test (30 mins) + Review
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Error correction
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Band prediction
🎯 Lesson 12: Full Mock Test 2 + Final Tips
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Strategy Recap
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Final Practice Test
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How to prepare at home daily
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Q&A Session
✅ Bonus Materials
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Printable answer sheet
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Vocabulary lists (Topic-based)
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Audio files with transcripts
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Self-practice workbook