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Lesson 4: Part 3 ? Four Stems, ARES, and Thinking Aloud

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1. INTRODUCTION
0/2 lessons completed
Know the exam, know the scoring, know your target. Two lessons that turn a vague goal into a measured plan.
Section 1.1: Orientation
2 lessons
The exam map and the scoring system.
2. IELTS Listening: Every Question Type, One Method
0/6 lessons completed
The four-step cycle across all eight question types, the six traps with their counter-moves, and the two-minute check that protects your marks.
Section 2.3: The Check and the Traps
2 lessons
Matching, sentence completion, short answers, remaining formats, and the transfer check.
3. IELTS Reading: The 20-Minute Budget
0/5 lessons completed
Time control, the skim-then-locate method, complete playbooks for every question family, and the unified three-engine theory.
Section 3.1: Method
1 lesson
The budget and the reading cycle.
Section 3.2: Judgement Questions
1 lesson
True/False/Not Given and Yes/No/Not Given.
Section 3.3: The Matching Family
1 lesson
Headings, information, features, endings.
Section 3.4: The Retrieval Family
1 lesson
MCQ, gap-fill, tables, diagrams, short answers.
Section 3.5: The Unified Theory
1 lesson
Three engines, the YN/NG twist, nightmare sets and wild cards.
4. IELTS Writing: The Highest-Leverage Hour
0/8 lessons completed
Scoring decoded, the Task 1 four-move report across every visual type, and the complete Task 2 playbook ? architecture, language, annotated model, al…
Scoring decoded, the Task 1 four-move report across every visual type, and the complete Task 2 playbook ? architecture, language, annotated model, all five essay types.
Section 4.1: How Writing Is Scored
1 lesson
The descriptors decoded into self-scoring passes.
5. IELTS Speaking: Three Parts, Four Criteria
0/4 lessons completed
The criteria as trainable behaviours, formulas for all three parts, the long turn with two bank models, and the Part 3 stems playbook.
Section 5.1: The Criteria
1 lesson
Descriptors translated into countable, trainable speech behaviours.
Section 5.2: The Three Parts
1 lesson
Part 1 extension, Part 2 structure, Part 3 development.
Section 5.3: The Long Turn and Part 3
2 lessons
Inside two real model answers; four stems and ARES.
6. EXAM WEEK TOOLKIT & LANGUAGE CLINIC
0/4 lessons completed
The cheat sheet, the study plans, the grammar clinic, and the template pack ? everything to print, drill and carry.