BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.4.7.2//EN TZID:America/Edmonton X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Edmonton BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682@aimga.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190704T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190822T143000 DTSTAMP:20190727T020319Z URL:https://aimga.ca/programs/ielts-3-2/ SUMMARY:IELTS 3 DESCRIPTION:The IELTS 3 preparation course at AIMGA is designed for IMGs wh o need to enhance their language skills and develop test-taking strategies in order to achieve the required IELTS score and meet the language profic iency requirements for the licensure process. The course content mirrors t he IELTS Academic specific language tasks with a focus on each of the lang uage skills. Practice tests will be included and emphasis will be on commo n errors for IMG test takers in all strands: Listening\, Reading\, Speakin g\, and Writing. Additional time will be spent on the area of writing. The outline for the course is as follows:\n\nShould the session be full and y ou would like to be placed on a wait list\, please email us at office@aimg a.ca.\n\nSession 1 (July 4\, 2019):\nIELTS/Academic: Overview of the acade mic version of the test\nListening: Overview of the IELTS Listening Compre hension Section\nTypes of Texts\nTypes of Questions\nCommon Errors\nDiagno stic Listening/ Practice Test with instructions\n\nSession 2 (July 11\, 20 19):\nListening: Diagnostic Listening/Practice Test with instructions- in class correction\nStrategies for improving listening comprehension\nListen ing Practice Test 2 &\; in class correction\n\nSession 3 (July 18\, 201 9):\nReading: Overview of the Reading Section of the Test\nTypes of Texts &\; Types of Questions\nTypes of Required Responses\nVocabulary Develop ment – Paraphrase\, Synonyms\, Antonyms\nDiagnostic Reading /Practice Te st with instructions\n\nSession 4 (July 25\, 2019):\nReading: Diagnostic R eading /Practice Test with instructions- in class correction\nVocabulary D evelopment\nStrategies for improving reading comprehension\nReading Practi ce Test 2 &\; in class correction\n\nSession 5 (August 1\, 2019):\nSpea king: Overview of the Speaking Section of the test\nSpeaking Tasks and mos t common topics\nLanguage Concepts and Functions checked in IELTS\nCriteri a for evaluating speaking\nResponse Organization\nTips for improving spoke n responses\n\nSession 6 (August 8\, 2019):\nWriting Part 1: Overview of t he academic IELTS Writing Tasks\nCriteria for Evaluating Writing\nLanguage Concepts checked in writing\nTypes of Essay Topics\nStructure of the Engl ish Essay\nWriting Task 2 – The Writing Process\nWriting Task 2- Diagnos tic Writing/ Practice Test\n\nSession 7 (August 15\, 2019):\nWriting Part 2: Writing Task 2- Diagnostic Writing/ Practice Test – in class correcti on\nCommon mistakes\nOverview of Factual Writing- Language &\; Text Org anization\nUnderstanding charts and graphs\nTypes of visual representation s – idea\, process\, object\, event\, trends\nPlanning the response- dra wing information\, outlining\, comparing\,summarizing\nWriting Task 1 – The Writing Process\nWriting Task 1- Diagnostic Writing/Practice Test\n\nS ession 8 (August 22\, 2019):\nWriting Review: Writing Task 1- Diagnostic W riting/ Practice Test – in class correction\nCommon mistakes\nFinal Writ ing Test-Task 1 &\; Task 2\n CATEGORIES:IELTS Preparation Program LOCATION:AIMGA Calgary\, Suite 202 - 1409 Edmonton Trail NE \, Calgary\, AB \, T2E 3K8\, Canada GEO:51.064892;-114.056449 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Suite 202 - 1409 Edmonton T rail NE \, Calgary\, AB\, T2E 3K8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=AIMG A Calgary:geo:51.064892,-114.056449 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Edmonton X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Edmonton BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR