The Teaching Challenges of IELTS Test Preparation; Speaking Section: An Exploratory Research (Published)
The primary focus of this study is to explore some of the teaching challenges of Pakistani IELTS instructors in teaching students specifically for the speaking section of the International English Language Testing System. This study employs a qualitative approach with face-to-face semi-structured interviews of 10 participants who are IELTS teachers. The instructors involved in this study have belonged to different IELTS preparation institutes of Lahore, Pakistan. Several types of research have been done on the difficulties faced by IELTS preparers but seldom have been conducted on the challenges experienced by IELTS teachers (Soatova, 2021). The focus of this study is to extract the major obstacles during teaching IELTS speaking and look for possible solutions to cope with those difficulties. The major findings of this study are some of the challenges of the instructors in getting students prepared for the IELTS speaking section. 1) Lack of intrinsic efforts from the learners. (Roza, 2019). 2. IELTS teachers’ teaching experiences. Moreover, teachers have also devised some strategies to motivate them and overcoming the difficulties in teaching IELTS. 1) Engaging and interesting communicative tasks, encouraging them by sharing the opportunities of passing IELTS.
Keywords: IELTS Speaking, IELTS Teaching, Strategies.