MY STUDY PLAN
         The IELTS challenge is not only about knowing English as it is. It is about being able to 
         use this language in a wide range of contexts: from science to arts, from psychology to 
         politics. Likewise, our course presents tasks on various topics to expose you to a larger 
         scope of language.  
         Use this study plan to organise and guide your IELTS Academic preparation process.  
         All tasks and practice exercises from IELTS Grade course can be found here:    
         grade-online.com/ielts
         Steps and topics mentioned in this study plan are named in the same way as parts of 
         the course, so once you open the course, you can find them easily.
         How much time before the test?
                1 WEEK               1 MONTH             2 MONTH
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                                                 1 WEEK                                                        1 MONTH                                                          2 MONTH
                             If you have only one week, there are still lots of ways         If you have a month before the test, find out what              If you have two months before the test, take a 
                             you can benefit from the course and improve your                areas need improvement the most. Use this plan to               balanced approach to prepare: develop your skills 
                             chances of scoring higher in the IELTS test. Email us           guide you through the parts of the course.                      gradually using the suggested study plan that 
                             about this at online@grade.ua. We will then check                                                                               provides detailed guidance throughout all parts of 
                             your writing and speaking tests more quickly.                                                                                   the course.
                             Day 1                                                           Every single day of this                                        Every single day of these 
                             Time: ≈4 hours                                                  month                                                           2 months
                             Step 1: Academic Writing                                        Update language, broaden                                        Update language, broaden 
                             About Writing (≈ 1 hour).                                       outlook                                                         outlook
                             If you are familiar with IELTS,                                 Take 15 minutes to read and                                     Take 15 minutes to read and 
                             do only                                                         watch the news on a wide range                                  watch the news on a wide range 
                             Academic style from this part.                                  of topics: oil prices change, a                                 of topics: oil prices change, a 
                             Step 2: Academic Writing                                        new vaccine is invented, archi-                                 new vaccine is invented, archi-
                             Visuals_Understanding visuals                                   tectural styles clash in a city, and                            tectural styles clash in a city, and 
                             (≈ 1 hour)                                                      people protest against viola-                                   people protest against viola-
                             Get acquainted with tasks better,                               tions… The wider the range, the                                 tions… The wider the range, the 
                             look at types, learn basic strate-                              better.                                                         better.
                             gies, try writing (evaluation + 
                             advice).                                                        Week 1                                                          Week 1
                             Step 3: Academic Writing 
                             Essays_Understanding essays                                     Step 1: Academic Writing                                        Step 1: Academic Writing 
                             (≈ 1 hour)                                                      About Writing (≈ 1 hour).                                       About Writing (≈ 1 hour). 
                             Get acquainted with tasks better,                               If you are familiar with IELTS  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       2
                             unpack essay tasks, learn basic 
                             strategies, try writing (evaluation 
                             + advice).
                             Step 4: Speaking                          
                             Videos 1-3    
                             Watch the videos to learn strate-
                             gies and practice answering 
                             questions.
                  Step 1: Academic Writing 
                  About Writing (≈ 1 hour).         
                  If you are familiar with IELTS,  
                  do only                    
                  Academic style from this part.
                  Step 2: Academic Writing 
                  Visuals_Understanding visuals 
                  (≈ 1 hour)                 
                  Get acquainted with tasks better, 
                  look at types, learn basic strate-
                  gies, try writing (evaluation + 
                  advice).
                  Step 3: Academic Writing 
                  Essays_Understanding essays  
                  (≈ 1 hour)                 
                  Get acquainted with tasks better, 
                  unpack essay tasks, learn basic          and how it’s assessed, do only           If you are familiar with IELTS  
                  strategies, try writing (evaluation      Academic style from this part.           and how it’s assessed, do only 
                  + advice).                               Step 2: Visuals_Understanding            Academic style from this part.
                  Step 4: Speaking                         visuals (≈ 1 hour)                       Step 2: Academic Writing 
                  Videos 1-3                               Get acquainted with tasks better,        Visuals_Understanding visuals 
                  Watch the videos to learn strate-        look at types, learn basic strate-       (≈ 1 hour)                 
                  gies and practice answering              gies, try writing (evaluation +          Get acquainted with tasks better, 
                  questions.                               advice).                                 look at types, learn basic strate-
                                                           Step 3: Academic Writing                 gies, try writing (evaluation + 
                  Day 2                                    Essays_Understanding essays              advice).
                  Time: ≈4 hours                           (≈ 1 hour)                 
                                                           Get acquainted with tasks better,        Step 3: Academic Writing 
                  Step 1: Academic Writing                 unpack essay tasks, learn basic          Essays_Understanding essays  
                  Line graph (≈ 50 min)                    strategies, try writing (evaluation      (≈ 1 hour)                 
                  Watch the video, study the               + advice).                               Get acquainted with tasks better, 
                  model (Four cafes, Electricity                                                    unpack essay tasks, learn basic 
                  production), write your descrip-         Step 4: Academic Writing                 strategies, try writing (evaluation 
                  tion + model (Practice).                 Line graph (≈ 1 hour)                    + advice).
                  Step 2: Academic Writing                 Watch the video, study the 
                                                           model (Four cafes, Electricity           Step 4: Reading            
                  Bar chart (≈ 50 min)                     production), learn strategies            Videos 1-3    
                  Watch the video, study the               (How to build it), write your            Watch the videos to learn strate-
                  models (Let’s organise it), write        description + model (Practice).          gies and practice answering 
                  your description + model (Prac-                                                   questions.
                  tice).                                   Step 5: Academic Writing-
                  Step 3: Academic Writing                 Cause-and-effect essay             
                                                           (≈ 1h 30 min) 
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                  Cause-and-effect essay                   Watch the video, study the               Week 2
                  (≈ 1h 20 min)                           model (The essay), learn strate-
                  Watch the video, study the              gies (Staying on topic), write 
                  model (The essay), write your           your essay + model (Practice).          Step 1: Academic Writing 
                  essay + model (Practice).               Step 6: Reading                         Line graph (≈ 3 hours)  
                  Step 4: Speaking                        Videos 1-3                              Watch the video, study the 
                  Practice and test with feedback         Watch the videos to learn strate-       model (Four cafes, Electricity 
                  Do one speaking test as training        gies and practice answering             production), learn strategies 
                  and listen to sample answers.           questions.                              (How to build it) and language 
                  Do another test as a mock test                                                  (Changes over time, Future pre-
                  and submit your answers to get                                                  dictions, Extending ideas, More 
                  feedback.                               Week 2                                  language about change), write 
                                                                                                  your description + model (Prac-
                  Day 3                                   Step 1: Academic Writing                tice).
                  Time: ≈4 hours                          Bar chart (≈ 1 hour)                    Step 2: Academic Writing 
                                                          Watch the video, study the              Language for essays  
                  Step 1: Academic Writing                models and strategies (Let’s            Learn how to link ideas, practice 
                  Table (≈ 40 min)                        organise it), write your descrip-       using a range of complex gram-
                  Watch the video, study the              tion + model (Practice).                mar and phrases for essays.
                  model (Smartphone apps:                 Step 2: Academic Writing                Step 3: Academic Writing 
                  description), write your descrip-       Table (≈ 1 hour)                        Cause-and-effect essay             
                  tion + model (Practice).                Watch the video, study the              (≈ 1.5 hour)               
                  Step 2: Academic Writing                model and strategies (Smart-            Watch the video, study the 
                  Multiple chart (≈ 1h 20 min)            phone apps: description), write         model (The essay), learn strate-
                  Watch the video, study the              your description + model (Prac-         gies (Staying on topic) and  
                  model and strategies (School            tice).                                  language (cause and effect, 
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