4th December 2020
An index of various IELTS classes and topics useful to IELTS students
Subject // Lesson // Date
Pre-IELTS challenge: creative writing, plan a day, pronunciation // Adult Class Level 3 // 30th May 2020
IELTS classroom rules // What I expect from you // 7th August 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/08/07/ielts-what-i-expect-from-you/
IELTS classroom behaviour // An open blog // 14th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/14/to-my-ielts-students-an-open-blog/
IELTS: Final Review // 5th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/05/ielts-final-review/
IELTS: Mindset first day warm up // IELTS: Mindset // 23rd June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/23/ielts-mindset-introduction-lesson/
IELTS Mindset 2: First Review // idioms, complex sentences, introductions, L-FWs) // 22nd December 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/22/ielts-mindset-2-first-review/
How to pass IELTS (with flying colours) // IELTS // 26th July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/26/ielts-how-to-pass-with-flying-colours/
How to attain 8.5 // IELTS: Chasing 8 1/2 // 12th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/12/ielts-8-1-2-chasing-8-1-2/
Speaking Test Part 3 // IELTS: How to nail it // IELTS // 12th September 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/15/ielts-speaking-test-part-3-how-to-nail-it/
IELTS 5 – 6.5 // all lesson plans // 13th August 2019 – 15th March 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/category/ielts-5-6-5/
Apple workers in China // IELTS // 30th July 2019
Australia // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/08/15/ielts-5-6-5-i-come-from-a-land-down-under/
Complaints // IELTS: Making complaints // 24th July 2020:
Electronic devises (Part 2 sample answer) // IELTS speaking exercise // 4th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/04/ielts-chunking-express-final-lesson/
Famous Vietnamese // (Ngô Thanh Vân, Vo Thi Sao) // IELTS Lesson 3 – May The Force Be With You // 14th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/14/ielts-lesson-3-may-the-force-be-with-you/
Food // British Food // IELTS // 28th September 2020
General // IELTS // 19th February 2019
General // IELTS: Final Review // 5th March 2019
Holidays from Hell // IELTS // 10th February 2019:
Hometown, cities, neighbourhoods // IELTS 5 // 31st December 2018: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/03/ielts-5-reading-listening/
Hometown & neighbourhood // IELTS // My Hometown // 28th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/28/ielts-my-hometown/
Hometowns & neighbourhoods // new vocab and idioms // There are places // 6th October 2020:
IELTS introduction (survey) // IELTS // 31st December 2018
India // IELTS: Hello, India // 24th January 2020
Kindle // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
Making excuses IELTS // Speaking // small talk, making excuses // 12th May 2020
Manufacturing in Vietnam // IELTS // 30th July 2019
Mindset first day warm up // IELTS: Mindset // 23rd June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/23/ielts-mindset-introduction-lesson/
Plan a day compilation activities // hotels, itineraries, travel vocabulary // IELTS // 16th December 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/16/ielts-planning-a-day-out/
Plan a day: What my friends can so in Sai Gon // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/category/ielts-5-6-5/
Schools in UK // IELTS: UK school system // IELTS // 17th September 2020:
Shopping // IELTS Speaking 4.5 // types of shopping // 7th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/06/ielts-4-5-speaking-class/
Shopping // IELTS-level exercises //IELTS, theme: shopping // 5th August 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/08/05/ielts-theme-shopping/
Technology & conversation topics // Good Technology // 19th October 2020
Tet Holiday // IELTS // 28th January 2019
Travel
Travel: airport to city centre // IELTS // 10th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/10/ielts-have-love-will-travel/
Travel in two minutes // IELTS // 19th February 2019
Travel // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019
Travel: my stay in Bangkok in pictures // IELTS // 10th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/10/ielts-have-love-will-travel/
Travel: one day in Sai Gon // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019 //
Travel: recommend a holiday // IELTS // 4th March 2019
What’s the story (lazy student) // IELTS // 7th January 2019
Yoga & exercise // IELTS writing practice // 25th April 2020
IELTS Games:
IELTS: warm up games // https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/25/ielts-warm-up-games/
Pre-IELTS challenge: creative writing, plan a day, pronunciation // Adult Class Level 3 // 30th May 2020
IELTS Project // Holidays prepare an advert, plan a day // IELTS // 16th June 2020
Call My Bluff // IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019
Chinese Whispers // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019
Friends (men) // Personality adjectives & occupations // 28th December 2018: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/28/friends-men-teaching-sheet/
Role-play: shopping// IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019
What’s the Story ? (Chinese film) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 11th September 2019
Word Bomb // IELTS, Love it, hate it, not my cup of tea // 21st January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/21/ielts-i-love-it-i-hate-it-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-its-ok/
Word Games // Getting across the line // 5th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/05/ielts-getting-across-the-line-how-to-boost-your-vocabulary-plus-class-games/
Films
Chungking Express (film) // IELTS // 16th April 2019 /// IELTS // 4th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/04/ielts-chunking-express-final-lesson/
Ing …(film) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019
Lost in Translation // IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/06/ielts-mindset-why-do-you-like-the-film/
Not One Less (video clip) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
The Owl and the Sparrow (Vietnam) // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Social Network // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019 //
Star Wars The Last Jedi // IELTS // 14th January 2019
Take Care of my Cat (South Korea) // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Tokyo Story (Japan) // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Grammar
Adverb exercise // IELTS: use adverbs frequently // 3rd July 2020
Discourse Markers IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019 IELTS // 7th January 2019
IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
IELTS ‘ness’ or ‘ment’ ? // 28th January 2019
Relative pronouns quiz // IELTS Review // vocabulary, discourse, sentence building // 25th June 2020
Relative pronouns // IELTS // 1st July 2020
Idioms
Advanced idioms (chasing 8 1/2) // Get your motor running // 15th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/12/ielts-8-1-2-chasing-8-1-2/
Expressions and phrases // IELTS // 19th February 2019
Idioms & expressions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
Idioms: everyday idioms, everyday // Teaching Notes // 3rd June 2020
Idioms: a piece of cake // Teaching Notes // 1st June 2020
Idioms: are you pulling my leg ? // Teaching Notes // 2nd June 2020
Idioms: food // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: food // 19th April 2020
Idioms: part 3 extended idioms use // Teaching Notes // 4th June 2020
Idioms // Adult Speaking Class / IELTS: Right up your street // 26th August 2020
IELTS // idioms and vocab games // Preparing for speaking test // 15th May 2020
Idioms (sweets) // IELTS // 19th February 2019
New idioms for Semester 2 // Fluency, intonation & stress // 15th October 2020
Pronunciation & Listening Practice
Listening Practice // Listening skills: Tips & links: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/23/listening-skills-tips-and-links/
Pronunciation, intonation & stress // IELTS, intonation Volume 1 // 16th November 2020 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/16/ielts-intonation-stress-let-me-feel-the-emotion-volume-1/
Speaking Practice: Read all about it (Obama, Trump, Biden, Abbot, Barcow) // 2nd November 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/02/speaking-practice-read-all-about-it/
Sentence building & Vocabulary
Database of idioms, L-FWs & expressions // 22nd October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/22/ielts-language-bank-idioms-and-l-fws-you-need-to-have-at-your-beck-and-call/
IELTS: vocabulary building // IELTS: Vocabulary activities // 24th April 2020
IELTS vocabulary & expressions review // IELTS: The story so far // 7th July 2020
IELTS basic sentence building // IELTS // 28th January 2019 // // IELTS // 14th January 2019
IELTS sentence building // IELTS //22nd July 2019 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/07/22/ielts-sentence-building/
IELTS // Sentence building; a piece of cake (Mr Bean, Converse, Apple) // IELTS // 16th August 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/08/16/ielts-sentence-building-a-piece-of-cake/
IELTS complex sentences // Introduction // 23rd November 2020 // https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/23/ielts-introduction-to-complex-sentences/
IELTS complex sentences // IELTS, Mindset: Complex sentences (T-ara, 007, Tsai Ing-wen) // 30th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/30/ielets-mindset-complex-sentences/
IELTS complex sentences // It’s not that complicated // 24th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/24/ielts-complex-sentences-its-not-that-complicated/
IELTS complex sentences practice // 15th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/15/ielts-complex-sentences-practice/
IELTS complex sentences practice #2 // 18th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/18/ielts-complex-sentences-practice-2/
Bad Day – create a narrative // IELTS: Lesson 3 // 19th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/14/ielts-lesson-3-may-the-force-be-with-you/
Bad Student – create a narrative // IELTS Speaking Class 4.5 // 7th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/06/ielts-4-5-speaking-class/
Bangkok – create a narrative // 10th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/10/ielts-have-love-will-travel/
Cities, areas, descriptions // IELTS // 31st December 2018
IELTS describe a film // IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020
IELTS describe a gadget // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
Expressions and phrases // IELTS // 19th February 2019
IELTS // Quick-fire talking // Part 2 questions // 12th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/12/ielts-quick-fire-talking/
IELTS // Replace standard English with IELTS language // 19th August 2020
IELTS // Review // vocabulary, discourse markers, sentence building // 25th June 2020
Match the phrase to the meaning // IELTS, Love it, hate it, not my cup of tea // 21st January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/21/ielts-i-love-it-i-hate-it-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-its-ok/
Tet Holiday – create a narrative // IELTS: The limits of my language … // 28th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/28/ielts-the-limits-of-my-language-are-the-limits-of-my-world/
Vocabulary building // using L-FWs & signpost language // 5th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/05/ielts-getting-across-the-line-how-to-boost-your-vocabulary-plus-class-games/
What difference (definitions) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Speaking exercises
IELTS: How to pass with flying colours // 26th July 2020 (using idioms and low-frequency words and expressions in your speaking test) https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/26/ielts-how-to-pass-with-flying-colours/
British Food // Sample answers // IELTS // 27th, 29th September, 1st October 2020
Complaining // IELTS making complaints // 24th July 2020
Electronic devises // IELTS speaking exercise // 4th March 2019
Everyday expressions // IELTS / Adult Speaking 3 // Everyday expressions // 28th August 2020
Everyday expressions database // IELTS / Adult Speaking 3 // 25th August 2020
Fluency, intonation & stress // Get Your Motor Runnin’ // 15th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/12/ielts-8-1-2-chasing-8-1-2/
IELTS // intonation and stress // speaking exercises // 31st August 2020
Like or dislike // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Music // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Music // IELTS 5-6.5 // 11th September 2019
Music // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
One of those days // IELTS // 14th January 2019
Part 2 sample answer // Chungking Express // 4th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/04/ielts-chunking-express-final-lesson/
Phrases // IELTS // 21st January 2019
Pre-Speaking Test review // idioms, L-FW, pronunciation // 30th September 2020
IELTS // Quick-fire talking // Part 2 questions // 12th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/12/ielts-quick-fire-talking/
Small talk // IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019
IELTS // Preparing for speaking test // 14th May 2020
IELTS // Speaking practice // IELTS language // IELTS // 10th August 2020
Speaking Test preparation // Last Chance Saloon // IELTS // 8th September 2020
Speaking Test Part 3 // IELTS: How to nail it // IELTS // 12th September 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/15/ielts-speaking-test-part-3-how-to-nail-it/
Speaking Test Part 3 // IELTS: theme – education // IELTS // 24th September 2020
IELTS // Speaking exercises // small talk & making excuses // 12th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/12/ielts-speaking-exercises/
Video Clips
Vietnam on video Part 1 (3 clips: beer / weird culture / superstitions // Part 1 // 23rd October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/23/vietnam-on-video-part-1/
Vietnam on Video Part 2 (Ha Noi & SG, Top Gear driving school, Floyd on pho) // 26th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/26/vietnam-on-video-part-2/
Australian hero – Aussie slang // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/08/15/ielts-5-6-5-i-come-from-a-land-down-under/
Complaints // IELTS: Making complaints // 24th July 2020
Corona Virus Government video // IELTS 4 – 5 // Implementing precautions // 25th March 2020
Damn fine coffee // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019
London street trader // IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019
Not One Less // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Social Network // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019
Vietnam – country in transition // IELTS // 30th July 2019
Vietnamese beer review (Sai Gon Red) // IELTS // 21st January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/21/ielts-i-love-it-i-hate-it-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-its-ok/
Vietnam (unexpected things vlog) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019
Mark Wiens Kolkata, India // IELTS: Hello, India // 24th January 2020
Writing Examples
IELTS language // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
IELTS // Writing exercises // re-arrange poor writing // 12th May 2020
IELTS // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
Yoga & exercise // IELTS writing practice // 25th April 2020
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