4 Skill Courses for B1 and B2 visas
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Required Skills (for 4-skill SELT)
Speaking Skills
Whether you are taking 2 skills test or a 4 skills SELT exam, there will be a speaking section
in your test. It is, therefore, important that you are able to express yourself in a number of
ways when you are:
- giving information about yourself
- speaking and responding to general questions
- giving simple instructions such as directions
- describing someone
Pronunciation Boost
Although not tested directly, your pronunciation will be considered in the speaking sections
of the SELT exam. If your pronunciation makes it difficult for the listener to understand or
follow what you are saying, we may include some extra pronunciation practice in your
course. This usually includes:
- understanding how sounds are produced
- emphasising vowel sounds and consonant sounds
- stressing the right syllable in verbs, adjectives, adverbs and nouns
- word stress in sentences
- stress patterns
- stress patterns in speech units
- intonation
Grammar Boost
Although not tested directly, your grammar will be considered in the speaking sections of
the SELT exam. If your grammar level is below the required level for your SELT exam, we
may include some extra grammar practice in your course. This usually includes:
- review of grammar tenses: past, present and future forms
- nouns and articles
- prepositions: of movement, of time, of place and common prepositional phrases
- common adjectives and adverbs
- simple conditionals
Vocabulary Boost (Speaking)
Although not tested directly, your vocabulary will be considered in the speaking section of
the SELT exam. If your vocabulary is below the required level for your SELT exam, we may
include some extra vocabulary exercises in your course. This usually includes common
everyday vocabulary covering:
- the world around us
- people
- daily life
- leisure and entertainment
- social issues
- functional language such as ordering a meal in a restaurant
- academic vocabulary (IELTS UKVI)
Listening Skills
Whether you are taking 2 skills test or a 4 skills SELT exam, there will be a listening section
in your test. It is, therefore, important that you are able to listen for a variety of information
such as:
- specific detail (i.e., someone’s age)
- an opinion
- the relationship between people (i.e., work colleague or husband)
- the topic
- gist
Reading Skills
The reading sections are required for candidates who are taking a 4 skills SELT exam.
Candidates are expected to demonstrate a variety of reading skills:
- understanding of specific information
- text organisation features
- implication
- attitude
- text structure
Vocabulary Boost (Reading & Writing Support)
Having the necessary range of vocabulary at B1 & B2 levels is required for the reading,
writing and speaking sections of the test. At B1 level you need a vocabulary range of about
2000, at B2 it’s doubled to about 4000. If your vocabulary is below the required level for
your SELT exam, we may include some extra vocabulary exercises in your course. This
usually comprises of common everyday vocabulary covering:
- describing appearance & personality
- idioms used in a variety of situations
- daily life
- leisure and entertainment
- social issues
- relationships
- work
- art & literature
- environmental problems
- medicine & technology
- health & lifestyle
- belief and opinion
- praising & criticising
- commenting on problematic situations
- academic vocabulary (IELTS UKVI)
Writing Skills
The writing sections are required for candidates who are taking a 4 skills SELT exam. You
are expected to demonstrate a variety of writing skills depending on the SELT exam that
you have chosen these include:
- writing a reply to advertisements
- responding to an announcement in a newspaper
- entering a competition
- describing, summarising or explaining the information shown in a graph, table, chart or
diagram (IELTS UKVI) - describing and explaining data, the stages of a process, how something works or
describe an object or event (IELTS UKVI) - write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem (IELTS UKVI)
Grammar Boost (Speaking & Writing)
Your grammar will be considered in the speaking and writing sections of the SELT exam. If
your grammar level is below the required level for your SELT exam, we may include some
extra grammar practice in your course. This usually includes:
- review of grammar tenses: past, present and future forms
- nouns and articles
- prepositions: of movement, of time, of place and common prepositional phrases
- common adjectives and adverbs
- simple conditionals
- phrasal verbs and idiomatic language
Vocabulary Boost (Extended)
Having the necessary range of vocabulary at B1 & B2 levels is required for the reading,
writing and speaking sections of the test. At B1 level you need a vocabulary range of about
2000, at B2 it’s doubled to about 4000. If your vocabulary is below the required level for
your SELT exam, we may include some extra vocabulary exercises in your course. This
usually comprises of common everyday vocabulary covering:
- describing appearance & personality
- idioms used in a variety of situations
- daily life
- leisure and entertainment
- social issues
- relationships
- work
- art & literature
- environmental problem
- medicine & technology