Welcome
to
English Language Learning & Studies
Education is what remains after one has forgotten
what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein
Mostafa Nazari is a PhD student in English Language Teaching and
does research in language studies at Simon Fraser University, BC – Canada.
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His main areas of
research interest are “Curriculum Development”, “English Language
Teaching”, and “Technology in the Classroom”.
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He has developed and
taught various EGP (General English) , EAP
(academic English) and ESP (tourism and business English) courses.
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His PhD dissertation
is on developing a digital game to teach English to adult ESL immigrants in
Vancouver.
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The recent project
he is leading, is a unique course on the IELTS exam called “Slice the IELTS”
for immigrants with intermediate language level.
Raheb Zohrefard holds a master’s degree in English language from
UBC. He has published potential books on the IELTS exam and is one of the
successful instructors at ILAC Vancouver.
Slice the
IELTS”.
This course starts offering IELTS tests from
short to long and easy to difficult formats as students continue with the
course. For example, in the reading section students practice reading shorter
passages (extracted from 18 IELTS books) suppose 220 words instead of 800
standard ones, and taking 5 to 7 questions instead of 12-13 questions. As the
course continues, the passages grow in length and level of difficulty until
students reach to its standard version. In each session, they focus on one
specific question type (e.g. table completion to master its needed techniques)
and later face with blended questions (like a real exam).
The following are the benefits
of this program:
ü The program is ideal for pre-intermediate
and intermediate students/immigrants
ü Familiarity with a large number of passage
topics
ü Expanding the vocabulary
extracted from the passages
ü Easy to handle tests and less
frightening test time
ü More feelings of test taking
achievement
ü Particular focus on 1 specific
question type
ü Pre and post activities for each passage (Warm-up and gist)
ü Insight provision for the other exam skills (speaking, writing, listening)
A practical
workshop on the READING test of IELTS (SLICE the IELTS Project)
Details
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FRIDAY,
11 December *** 4:30 - 6:30 pm *** SFU Harbor Center – STUDY ROOM 3255 ***
Instructor: M.Nazari
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Students
with pre-intermediate and intermediate could participate
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The
workshop works for applicants of general and academic IELTS
Workshop
plan
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An Overview
on the reading test and test taking techniques
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Taking
4 test passages (from IELTS books) + analysis (Table completion question)
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Reviewing their topics, vocabulary, structure and
test tips
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Designing
a mini test
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Discussion
(question and answer)
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Remember to bring your USB flash to receive useful materials
- The
seats are LIMITED!
- The
workshop is FREE
Mostafa Nazari Montazer
PhD
Candidate in TESL, Faculty of Education,
Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby, BC – Canada
Email: mnazarim@sfu.ca