6-Month IELTS Study Plan [PDF]

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6-month IELTS Study Plan Common Objectives:  Reading rapidly and grasping what you have read  Perceiving recordings by listening at least an hour in a daily basis  Speaking fluently  Thinking in an innovative way and express it easily both in writing and speaking Required Tool Box:  Sample model essays  Vocabulary books (400 Must-Have Words, Essential Words)  Writing-structure books (Task 1, Common Connective Words, Formal Words, Longman Activator, IBT 80)  Novels, magazines, and newspapers  TV series (Alias, Arrow, Nikita, Australian TV series) , documentaries, news, YouTube teachers (Dori, Emma, Scott (LBCC), Australian Network Series 13)  Reading books (Speed Reading for Dummies, 10 steps to College Reading  Practice tests (Cambridge 1-10, McGraw Hill, Kaplan, Barron's)  Collin's Dictionary  Internet Connection (Google Translate) Schedule Week number Week 1



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Assignments Essential Words - 1 - 21 Speed Reading For Dummies 1-3 Units; Appendix Essential Words - 22-30 400 Must-Have Words 1 - 15 Speed Reading For Dummies 4 - 6 400 Must-Have Words 16 - 40 Speed Reading For Dummies 7 - 10 Grammar in Use 1 - 20 Speed Reading For Dummies 11 - 14 Grammar in Use 21 - 40 Speed Reading For Dummies -



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Listening (an hour a day) Dori Nikita



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Emma Nikita Emma Alias Alias Joel Osteen



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Complete 10 Steps to College Reading Units 1 -2 Task 1 Common Connective Words Formal Words Express Yourself 1 - 1 - 10 Grammar in Use 41 - 50 Longman Activator Express Yourself 1 - 11 - 20 Novel



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Australian Network Series 3 Alias Joel Osteen Harvard University



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Novel Speak English Like an American Express Yourself 1 - 21 - 25 Express Yourself 2 - 1 - 5 General Review Ideas for IELTS Express Yourself 2 - 6 - 15 Grammar in Use 51 - 65 Novel Express Yourself 2 - 16 - 25 Grammar in Use 66 - 80 Novel What Do you think (General Reading Book) Grammar in Use 81 - 90 Get Rid of Your Accent (British Accent) Grammar in Use 91 - 105 General Review American Accent Training Novel Instant Discussions Grammar in Use 106 - 120 Novel Hot Topics 3 - 1 - 8 Grammar in Use 121 - 140 Hot Topics 3 - 9 - 14 Advanced Grammar in Use - Units 99, 100



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Contemporary Topics 2 1 - 7 Reading for the Real World



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Understanding Everyday Australian - Register for IELTS exam Motivational Book Listening to Australia - Intermediate Motivational Book Listening to Australia - Intermediate Listening to Australia - Advanced The Speed Reading Monster Course Listening to Australia - Advanced The Speed Reading Course - by Peter Shepherd General Review



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