Course details
The course prepares students who want to sit for IELTS (International English Language Testing System). The course will build a learner’s ability to produce cohesive, coherent and grammatically accurate speech and written essays. Vast exposure to a variety of lexis will enable learners to understand, deal with and use vocabulary for academic purposes. Lessons will be centred around prescribed IELTS tasks with focus on skills-based acquisition.
IELTS is jointly managed by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL).
An IELTS score is required by students as evidence of English proficiency mainly by institutions of higher learning, colleges and universities. Inpidual institutions and faculties set their own IELTS requirements according to the specific language needs of the course, study or work program.
There is no pass or fail in IELTS. Candidates are graded on their performance using scores from 1 to 9 for each part of the test – Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. The results from the four parts then produce an Overall Band Score. Each band corresponds to a level of English competence. All parts of the test and the Overall Band Score can be reported in whole and half bands, eg 6.5, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Lessons are conducted from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm from Monday – Friday and will cover all the four language skills: Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Teachers conduct interactive lessons supported by Powerpoint slides and use the whiteboard as needed. Students are encouraged to speak, listen, read and write in each lesson and to work inpidually, with partners, or in groups to complete assignments. Students are expected to take good notes during each lesson and review those notes for homework each night.
ASSESSMENT
Monthly assessments are conducted to measure the student’s competency in all the four language skills: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- Applicant must be 15 years and above.
- A student who has successfully completed Module 2 of the Certificate in General English at SSTC or a candidate who had obtained a previous IELTS band score of 5.0 or equivalent.
ATTENDANCE CRITERIA
Student Pass holders are required to maintain an attendance of 90% and above to meet the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) requirements. All students need to attend at least 75% of classes to be eligible for a Certificate of Attendance.
GRADUATION CRITERIA
Successful completion of the course, with at least a minimum attendance of 75%.
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About SSTC School for Further Education
SSTC Institute is a premium private education institution established since 1978. A qualified and dedicated team of full-time and part-time lecturers, always ready to impart their insights and experiences, form the academic faculty. An Academic and Examination Board ensures the quality and standards of our academic processes are maintained. SSTC Institute offers a range of Preparatory, English language, Business, Tourism & Hospitality, and other Higher Learning programmes that offer a pathway to degrees with partner universities in UK and USA. SSTC Institute’s main goal is to focus on its students, by providing them the quality education that empowers the students to achieve their goals and career aspirations. A cultural community of student nationalities makes up the student profile at SSTC Institute, with many coming from the Asia-Pacific regions and as far north to countries such as Mongolia and Russia.
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