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DFW Special Program: Reading/Writing Advanced

duration: 4 weeks
price: free

About this Course

This course focuses on English reading and writing skills for advanced English learners. Skills covered include the production of a variety of sentence structures with correct grammar and syntax, reading passages and responding to questions, and completing IELTS reading and writing practice activities.

The Student Resources page on the TLC Website contains policies, forms, syllabi, and other useful information for students. A few examples of the policies found on Student Resources include: Make-up Work, Academic Integrity, Attendance, Satisfactory Academic Progress, etc. The Student Resources page is available at www.thelanguagecompany.com/student-resources.

Learning modules

  • WEEK 1
    • Pretest Writing. Individual Writing/Reading conference required 05/06 to plan and set immediate goals.

    • Pretest Reading: Individual Writing/Reading Conference required 05/06 to discuss reading strategies

    • Quiz: IELTS Vocabulary (including training and using application: Brainscape

    • Homework due 05/06: 30 "unique cards studied" Reading/Writing TLC onBRAINSCAPE

  • WEEK 2
    • Reading/Writing Individual Planning Conference

    • IELTS quiz first 15 words List 1

    • For next Friday (5/13), your homework is to study 30 more words on Brainscape. You should have a total of 60 words next week--you studied 30 for today plus 30 for next week.

    • How to pronounce 'ed' at the end of a verb ('id'-'d'-'t') w/grammar rules and writing/speaking

    • Writing focus: Practice vocabulary and identification of graphs;

  • WEEK 3
    • Reading Focus "The Walking School Bus: (SKILLS) skimming; scanning; reading for details

    • Review most common suffixes/prefixes) and practice from 05/06; Quiz AND IELTS Words (31-60)

    • Writing focus: describing graphs: Rewrite sentences using patterns in description (noun + verb + adverb) or (There + be + adjective + noun + in + noun)

    • For next Friday (5/20), your homework is to study 30 more words on Brainscape. You should have a total of 80 words next week--you studied 30 for today plus 30 for next week.

  • WEEK 4
    • For next Monday, 05/23), your homework is to study 20 more words on Brainscape. You should have completed List 1 IELTS ACADEMIC WORDLIST

    • Classwork Vocabulary Builder (IELTS) with Word Search, Kahoots, and (Grammar review with quia.com)

    • Grammar: Home or away? Correct form of the verb 'live' and IELTS Vocabulary (List 1) Quiz 61-80

    • Activity Using Highlighter during a Skimming exercise re: Model Essay Advantages and Disadvantage of Living Abroad

About the Instructor

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Onna Seibold

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