• YES! IELTS for Language Schools

     

    YES! IELTS for Language Schools is a writing course that uses a blended learning approach. It integrates carefully constructed online study activities with assistance and encouragement from a real-life classroom teacher.

    Students work through their course step-by-step and each time they complete and submit an activity, their teacher receives an email alert. The teacher then checks the students’ answers and if necessary writes back with suggestions or corrections.

    This interactive method means that students can study by themselves to their own timetable, yet you have the ongoing support of a real teacher throughout their learning program.

    As a school, you allocate your own teacher (or teachers) who facilitate(s) your course. Training and support are provided.

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    Scaffolding

    • Scaffolding

      "In education, scaffolding refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process."
      (Source: http://edglossary.org/scaffolding)

      YES! IELTS for Schools scaffolds student learning in the following ways:

      Within the Practice Activities, students choose an answer from a dropdown menu of options. These get progressively more difficult as the student works though the Practice Activities.

      Practice Activities 1: the students have a choice of 2 options in their dropdown questions.

      Practice Activities 2: there are 3 options to choose from.

      Practice Activities 3 and 4: there are 4 options.


      In addition to this, Practice Activities themselves are designed to build a student's confidence by working from Guided through to Independent.

      Guided activities: the student selects from a dropdown menu of options for all questions (showing 5 Steps).

      Semi-Guided: the student has dropdown options for the majority of the questions but must complete the essay by themselves, using the brainstorm and plan that are provided.

      Semi-Independent: activities are similar to Semi-Guided, but this time the student writes both the plan and essay, based on the brainstorm provided.

      Independent: there are no dropdown choices and the student must complete all tasks independently.

      This encourages the student to work through increasingly challenging tasks to gain confidence in all aspects of writing an IELTS essay.

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