Study English - Series 1 IELTS Preparation

Study English - Series 1 IELTS Preparation

Study English is a series of English language programs for intermediate to advanced learners, especially those using English for study purposes and those preparing for IELTS.

Series 1 Episodes
Episode One: Electronic Crime
In this episode we look at word families and do some spelling.
Episode Two: Vitamin D
In this episode we look at ways of discussing a topic and the difference between fact and opinion.
Episode Three: Company Growth
In this episode we look at the language of description. We will talk about businesses and different ways to discuss economic information.
Episode Four: Rising Dollar
In this episode we're going to be making comparisons and looking at prepositions of time.
Episode Five: Global Warming
In this episode we're going to look at ways of brainstorming, taking notes and developing ideas.
Episode Six: Greenhouse Gases
In this episode we'll be looking at the language of cause and effect. Plus the names of countries and nationalities.
Episode Seven: Enviro-Loo
In this episode we'll be talking about the types of language needed to describe processes.
Episode Eight: Crocodile Tourism
In this episode we'll look at how to use the relative pronouns, that, which and who and practice linking words when speaking English.
Episode Nine: ADHD
In this episode we'll be talking about acronyms, abbreviations and names.
Episode Ten: Solar House
In this episode we're going to look at ways of connecting ideas.
Episode Eleven: Recounting the Past
In this episode we're going to look at ways to talk about something that's happened in the past.
Episode Twelve: Carbon Cycle
In this episode we're going to look at how to describe cycles and also the use and purpose of phrasal verbs.
Episode Thirteen: Under the Sea
In this episode we're going to look at articles, indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' and the definite article 'the'.
Episode Fourteen: Junk DNA
In this episode we're going to look at conditional sentences. They're sentences that use 'if'.
Episode Fifteen: Sea Floor
In this episode we're going to look at adjectives - how you order them and how you use them to compare and describe things.
Episode Sixteen: DVT
In this episode we'll discuss how to talk about things in the future.
Episode Seventeen: Water and Ageing
In this episode we're going to look at some of the features of formal, written English.
Episode Eighteen: Salinity
In this episode we'll be looking at language you can use to describe processes, including transition signals.
Episode Nineteen: Weather Report
In this episode we'll be listening to numbers and practise saying and spelling them.
Episode Twenty: Torres Strait
In this episode we will talk about places, locations and directions.
Episode Twenty One: Watching Birds
In this episode we'll learn about the continuous tense and practice some sentence stress.
Episode Twenty Two: Finance Report
In this episode we will listen to a finance report and learn about numerical data.
Episode Twenty Three: Octopuses
In this episode we're going to talk about ways to describe appearance, character and behaviour.
Episode Twenty Four: Perfect Siesta
In this episode we are going to look at intonation - the meaning behind the tone of your voice. Plus we review the use of the comma.
Episode Twenty Five: Copyright
In this episode we will talk about simple present tense, definitions and technical vocabulary, all the things you need to know and use to write a report.
Episode Twenty Six: Urban Archaeology
In this episode we are going to look at classification - how things are sorted into classes or groups. Plus we will practice the pronunciation of final s sounds.