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The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language (and the Welsh language in Argentina [2] ); encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational cooperation with the United Kingdom. The organisation has been ...
International English Language Testing System ( IELTS / ˈaɪ.ɛlts /) [6] is an international standardized test of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. It is jointly managed by the British Council, IDP and Cambridge English, [6] and was established in 1989. IELTS is one of the major English-language tests in the world. The IELTS test has two modules: Academic ...
Cambridge Assessment English or Cambridge English develops and produces Cambridge English Qualifications and the International English Language Testing System ( IELTS ). The organisation contributed to the development of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), the standard used around the world to benchmark language skills, [2] and its qualifications and tests are ...
The ECPE is taken by school-aged and adult learners living in countries where the common language is not English. It is used as official documentary evidence of English language proficiency. Results (issued in the last two years) are accepted by universities, governments and employers around the world.
Active listening is the practice of preparing to listen, observing what verbal and non-verbal messages are being sent, and then providing appropriate feedback for the sake of showing attentiveness to the message being presented. [1] Active listening is listening to understand. [2] This form of listening conveys a mutual understanding between ...
The British Library is a major research library, with items in many languages [8] and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, [9] along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and ...
Listening. Listening in conversation. Listening is giving attention to a sound. [1] When listening, a person hears what others are saying and tries to understand what it means. [2] Listening involves complex affective, cognitive, and behavioral processes. [3] Affective processes include the motivation to listen to others; cognitive processes ...
Received Pronunciation ( RP) is the accent traditionally regarded as the standard and most prestigious form of spoken British English. [1] [2] For over a century, there has been argument over such questions as the definition of RP, whether it is geographically neutral, how many speakers there are, whether sub-varieties exist, how appropriate a choice it is as a standard, and how the accent has ...