Type your codes into the Username and Password section and click on Login.

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1 Students guide to the Net Languages platform IELTS preparation course - Premium Contents 1. How to enter the course How to navigate around the preparation course and practice test How to view your progress Internal mail Your tutor How to enter the course Type your codes into the Username and Password section and click on Login. 2. How to navigate around the preparation course and practice test Once your have logged into the platform, you will see the home page of the preparation course and the practice test.

2 To go into your course, click on the IELTS preparation course or the practice test depending what you want to do. You will see the contents page of the course or the practice test and the navigation column on the left.

3 In the navigation column you will the different sections of the course. Click on the section you want to do.

4 The section will open and you will see the different exercises on different tabs. To finish a session, click on log out. To view the support documents click on My documents:

5 3. How to view your progress On the homepage you can view your progress in graphic representation. Each pie-chart corresponds to module tests and tutorials. You can see your exercise scores by click on the icon: 4. Internal mail To contact your tutor, you need to click on the mail link.

6 This will open up your mail. When you have new mail, the number of messages appears next to your tutor s name on the left. Your unread messages are in blue. Click on the message subject to read it. Once you have opened and read a message it changes to white. To reply to a message from your tutor, click on the arrow on the right of the message. This will open a window in which you can write the subject of your mail and write your message. You can also attach 1 or 2 documents. This means that you can send your tutorials as attachments in Word documents if you like. To attach a document, click on browse and find the document you want to attach. To send it, click on send.

7 Or to send a new message to your tutor, click on the pencil icon and write your message. 5. Your tutor You can see who your tutor is by clicking on the link: My tutor

8 6. Other tools and resources To see what resources are available in your course, click on My Resources: The following tools and resources are available. (See more details below.)

9 Text to Speech The Text to Speech tool allows you to listen to any text you write into the text box. Text to speech / Translate into any language You can also select any text on the page and listen to it or translate it into any language: Record yourself On each page of the course you have access to the "Record yourself" tool, which allows you to record yourself and save these files. This tool is designed to help you to improve your pronunciation. You can listen to yourself and compare your recording to the original. Dictionary The dictionary is an online dictionary which allows you to translate words from English to other languages on the list. Grammar reference

10 The Grammar reference opens up a level-specific Grammar Reference which you can use at any time. Business centre The business centre contains useful information for students who need to use English in a business context. Resources include templates for different types of texts, language and tips. Additional Resources

11 In "Additional Resources" you can find links to useful listening and video material as well as online reading material suitable for language learners. Interactive English Interactive English is a monthly Net Languages publication available at three levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. Each issue contains an interesting news text, vocabulary and language exercises, and discussion tasks. You can listen to native speakers talking about the topic (also available as a podcast), and you can access previous issues. Interactive English is mobile friendly and available as an app for Android and IOS smartphones. Forums

12 You can use the Forums to contact other students. Pronunciation The "Pronunciation" link opens up the phonemic chart. You can click on each phoneme to hear the sound of the phoneme in isolation as well as in a word.