Monday, February 28, 2005

I go IELTS!

Back to the web site project. My latest plan is to base the site around the writing skills required for IELTS writing. If I want to follow a broadly constructivist approach, I don't want it to be just a list of exam tips. I envisage it being a series of example exam style questions accompanied by the questions that candidates may wish to ask themselves as they plan their answers. I aim to use Flash animation, partucularly for writing about prcesses in order to make the process to be derscibed 'come alive'. I feel it's perhaps best to start with section 1 - proccess writing and describing charts and tables. If I have time, I may move on to the various essay types required for section 2. I'm unsure about including actual writing exercises but maybe there could be some checking of model answers to questions the site uses in the 'thinking about planning' section. I plan to a aim the site at intermediate, and possibly upper-intermediate, students.