IELTS3 studyguide

SERIES GUIDE
Use this guide as a quick reference to the contents of Study English Series 3
CRITERIA
EPISODE

Episode One
IELTS Assessment
Criteria
Episode Two
Writing Task Response

TASK RESPONSE/
QUESTION TYPES
writing criteria
checklist; band
descriptors
analysing writing task
2; strategies; writer’s
position; essay topic
areas

Episode Seven
The Speaking Test

Episode Ten
Vocabulary for Speaking

LEXICAL RESOURCE

GRAMMATICAL RANGE
AND ACCURACY

PRONUNCIATION

writing criteria checklist;
band descriptors

speaking criteria checklist;
band descriptors

writing & speaking criteria
checklist; band descriptors
(W & S); word forms

writing & speaking criteria
checklist; band descriptors
(W & S); quantity words

overview; speaking
criteria checklist; band
descriptors

introductory paragraph:
guidelines

synonyms

sentence types: simple,
compound, complex
nominal groups;
nominalisation; apposition

question tasks, topics
and requirements for
writing task 2
overview of the
interview; topics;
sample questions

Episode Eight
Speaking Fluently

Episode Nine
Speaking Coherently

FLUENCY AND
COHERENCE

essay & paragraph
structure; TS, SS, DS
sentences; transition &
reference words/
phrases; linking ideas;
synonyms

Episode Three
Coherence and Cohesion
in Writing
Episode Four
Sentence Types
Episode Five
Vocabulary Range

Episode Six
Question Tasks and
Topics in Writing

COHERENCE AND
COHESION

topic vocabulary: health,
media
preparing notes (Part 2 of
the interview)
using fillers; speaking
smoothly and continuously

language functions:
disagreeing,
summarising,
comparing,
contrasting (Part 3 of
the interview)
language functions:
expressing an
opinion, speculating,
giving a suggestion

cause, effect and result
language structures
grammatical structures
(Part 1 of the interview)

topic vocabulary: health

emphasising a point

transition and reference
words; conjunctions for
linking ideas; verb tenses
(Part 2 of the interview)

circumlocution; clarification

word forms; synonyms,
opposites & hyponymy;
collocations; formal/ informal
language

word stress

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CRITERIA
EPISODE

TASK RESPONSE/
QUESTION TYPES

COHERENCE AND
COHESION

FLUENCY AND
COHERENCE

LEXICAL RESOURCE

Episode Eleven
Grammatical Range in
the Speaking Test

GRAMMATICAL RANGE
AND ACCURACY
structures for comparing &
contrasting; dependent
prepositions

using intonation to
express meaning;
rhythm & sentence
stress

Episode Twelve
Intonation

Episode Thirteen
Reading Skills and
Question Types

Episode Fourteen
General Training
Reading

Episode Fifteen
Listening for Signpost
Words
Episode Sixteen
Listening for Numbers
Episode Seventeen
Talking about Festivals
and Celebrations
Episode Eighteen
Labelling and Describing
an Object

Episode Nineteen
Labelling a Flow Chart

Episode Twenty
Giving examples

PRONUNCIATION

skills: scanning,
previewing,
skimming, identifying
main ideas; question
types – strategies
skills: scanning,
recognising
synonyms/paraphras
es, following
instructions; question

types – strategies
signpost words in
conversations, talks,
discussions, lectures
numbers in different
contexts

cause-effect language

organising a talk in Part 2 of
the interview
skills: skimming,
scanning, using
language clues;
question types
skills: skimming,
scanning, listening
for specific
information;
understanding
sequencing; question
types

signpost words and phrases

functions of signpost words
& phrases

practise identifying
signpost words

written & spoken forms of
measurements

using numbers

practise listening out for
numbers

topic vocabulary: festivals,
celebrations
words & expressions for
describing objects, maps &
other pictorial information

active/passive structures

language features for
describing processes &
procedures; active/ passive
structures

extending your answers in
the interview

words & phrases for giving
example

grammatical structures for
giving examples

practise identifying
words & phrases to
introduce examples

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CRITERIA
EPISODE

TASK RESPONSE/
QUESTION TYPES

COHERENCE AND
COHESION

FLUENCY AND
COHERENCE

Episode Twenty One
Talking about the Family
Episode Twenty Two
Talking about Holidays
and Leisure Time
Episode Twenty Three
Talking about Food

Episode Twenty Six
Giving Advice

GRAMMATICAL RANGE
AND ACCURACY

topic vocabulary: family
relations
question types in
Part 1 of the
interview
question types in
Part 2 of the
interview

answering questions in Part
1 of the interview

topic vocabulary: holidays,
vacation, leisure time

answering questions in
Parts 1 & 2 of the interview

topic vocabulary: food, meals

checking cohesion in
your writing

checking spelling
topic vocabulary: giving
advice

PRONUNCIATION
practise identifying
family relations

gerunds & infinitive verbs

forming words using prefixes,
suffixes; compound words;
changing word forms

Episode Twenty Four
Word Formation
Episode Twenty Five
Grammar Checklist

LEXICAL RESOURCE

practise identifying
prefixes and suffixes
checking your writing for
common grammar &
punctuation errors
grammar for giving advice:
verb tenses, modals,
conditional

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