Touchstone Educational IELTS Training Institute Chandigarh

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Result Oriented, Research Oriented

Delivering successful lessons

Result orientation is Touchstone’s primary state of mind. We support an environment where we are accountable for the personal and collective growth of every student. Student learning and effective training are parts of the culture at Touchstone.

How are we result-oriented?

Level-based classes: Level-based classes at Touchstone ensure that every student connected with us is important, learns at their own pace and does not have their learning confined to the level of others. Touchstone acknowledges the significant proficiency differences in every individual that needs to be addressed regardless of their age and background. Our formation of classes reflects and caters to such differences. Our three different levels – Toddlers, Movers and Flyers are further bifurcated based on the level of understanding of every student. No one group or level is seen as a disadvantage; everyone, at every level, is offered the same opportunities and expectations with varying strategies.

Masterclasses: Touchstone’s masterclass philosophy places every student at the centre of the considerations of our curriculum and classroom practice. Our classes are goal-oriented and time-sensitive for students who are enthusiastic about achieving their goals. Our experts help them learn more about English proficiency tests through Masterclasses and familiarise them with the assessment criteria. We further offer guidance on mistakes to avoid in different test parts and display an advanced level of English. The section-wise support for each part helps one figure out tips and tricks related to each part to see how costly mistakes can be avoided in each section of every test. These meaningful productive lessons are an innovative way to learn the intricacies of a subject and score better.

Student support system: Student success and satisfaction are the main objectives of Touchstone Educationals. It is a Student-Touchstone ecosystem where both the students and Touchstone’s support team can connect with each other to solve students’ queries and problems. This department is particularly dedicated to students’ success and growth, ensuring they are best equipped to thrive in the English-speaking environment.

Research-based mock tests: Our research-based mock tests are an exact replica of the real test in terms of timing, scoring and difficulty level. In simpler words, our mock tests are a simulation experience to prepare you for the real exam. Our mock tests are an important tool to map your progress, track daily improvement and get an objective assessment of all the skills required in English proficiency tests. We help you perfect your strategy and learn time-management skills. Remember, ignoring the mock tests before the final exam may result in a coveted band score eventually.

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    Smart Classrooms, well-equipped labs

    Freedom to interact with the content

    Touchstone is a teacher-led learning space with technology-enhanced classrooms. We provide an integrated learning experience with updated computers, student-response system and specialized software to foster excellent facilities for our students. Like a traditional class, our IDP-trained teachers provide front-of-class education and the smart technologies enable students to interact better with the content.

    Here we try to make classrooms come alive through audio-visual exposure to make learning more interesting for students. Achieving your dream score is no longer materialized through conventional preparation methods at Touchstone. You will be surprised at the pace you can reach your English competency level with the advanced facilities available with us.

    Keeping students focused with our smart classrooms:

    Our smart classes are our way to keep students interested and motivated in class. The modernized classrooms are endowed with top-class equipment and facilities to let the educators take charge of the entire class and focus on every student. The expert trainers at Touchstone encourage healthy communication and organize better student collaborations.

    The contemporary setting of our classrooms with its interactive content never fails to attract students. Seeing the bright, larger-than-life pictures with three-dimensional animations make jaws drop out of fascination. Such all-inclusive, interactive classroom environment nurtures the young minds at a tender age and help them grow and make their place in the international market.

    One-to-one attention system

    The individual attention system at Touchstone enables our trainers to spot talent and give them their due credit. Every student is different, with different capacities to learn and avail opportunities to maximise their potential. We believe in the spark of every student and the key to igniting this secret door is individual attention. 

    Why individual attention?

    Individual attention helps bridge the gap between the learning pace of students as the class progresses. This is done to minimize or prevent the feeling of isolation in students. 

    Benefits of the individualized attention system at Touchstone:

    • Opportunities for every single student
    • Strengthened student-teacher bond
    • Increased focus on each student
    • Scope of improvement and opportunities
    • Healthy class environment

    Individualized attention for a strong foundation

    Open-ended discussion: Touchstone conducts timely open-ended discussions with students to encourage complete meaningful answers to understand their ideas, opinions, thoughts and feelings. This is done to make students understand that their contribution matters and strengthen their self-esteem. We help them be creative and use cognitive skills for better relationship-building with our support team. When students express themselves freely, without restricting themselves to monosyllabic answers, is when our student support team takes notes of their pain areas to solve their problems.

    Mock Tests, notebook checking, etc. are some of our other ways to understand the student’s psychology and help work on their weak areas. We not only help our students to ace the English proficiency tests but also prepare them to become global citizens. This results in high-quality interaction where every student feels heard. All our instructors are committed to figuring out the problem areas of our students and initiate timely check-ins to ensure an active response to those problems.

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    Listening

    The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

    Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

    Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

    Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

    Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

    Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
    factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
    to follow the development of ideas.

    No. of questions: 40 Marks:

    each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 30 minutes (+ 2 minutes review time )

    Speaking

    The IELTS Speaking test assesses your pronunciation, grammar, accuracy, fluency and lexical resources while speaking English. There are three (3) parts to this test, with each part fulfilling a specific function in terms of task input, interaction pattern and the test taker’s output.

    Part 1: Introduction & Interview This part includes general questions about the test taker like residence, work,family, interests, etc.

    Part 2: Long Run Cue cards are shared on a particular topic and one (1) minute will be given to prepare to speak for upto two (2) minutes on the topic.

    Part 3: Discussion This part gives you the opportunity to discuss the topic from the cue card in further detail, in a more general and abstract way

    Total time: 11-14 minutes

    Reading

    The IELTS Reading test is designed to test a wide range of reading skills including reading for skimming, details, gist, understanding arguments and writer’s opinions,attitude and purpose

    IELTS Academic Reading – It includes three (3) reading passages (with a variety of questions) ranging from descriptive and factual to discursive and analytical. These passages are of general interest dealing with interesting and recognizably appropriate issues, with at least one passage containing a detailed logical argument

    Note: The reading texts may contain non-verbal materials as well like graphs, diagrams or illustrations.

    IELTS General Reading – It includes three (3) daily passages (with 2-3 short texts in the first passage, 2 texts in the second passage and 1 long text in the third passage), based on an English-speaking environment, from notices, newspapers, magazines or advertisements.

    Reading passage 1: texts based on social survival, like advertisements, notices and timetables

    Reading passage 2: texts based on workplace survival, like contracts, job descriptions, staff development & training material

    Reading passage 3: texts based on general reading, involving more extended prose and a complex structure.

    No. of questions: 40

    Marks: each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 60 minutes (no additional transfer time)

    Note: Please note that the question types in the Listening & Reading sections can include multiple choice answers, true or false answers, matching information/headings or sentence, table & flow-chart completion.

    Listening

    The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

    Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

    Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

    Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

    Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

    Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
    factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
    to follow the development of ideas.

    No. of questions: 40 Marks:

    each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 30 minutes (+10 minutes transfer time)