IELTS

I'm in Dammam but wants to take IELTS in Riyadh. Can anybody help me where the test centres are located in Riyadh for IELTS under British Council

http://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/loc … udi-arabia

British Council Main centre
Office No. C-14, 3rd Floor
Al-Fazary Square
Diplomatic Quarter
P O Box 58012
Riyadh 11594
Working Hours:
Saturday - Wednesday
Exams registration: 0830 - 1430
Teaching centre: 1530 - 2230
Location map for men and women

Women's centre
Al Manahil Centre
Ibn Zaher Street
Diplomatic Quarter
Working Hours:
Saturday - Wednesday
Exams registration: 0800 - 1400
Teaching centre: 0800 - 2000
Location map for men and women


Telephone +966 1483 1818 (men)
+966 1480 7811 (women)


Fax +966 1483 1717 (men)
+966 1480 7811 Ext. 37 (women)

E-mail [email protected]

Thank you alliecat, I took the course in the British council, now i need private teacher specially to correct my essays.

Thanks a ton, quite useful info.

asma izz wrote:

Thank you alliecat, I took the course in the British council, now i need private teacher specially to correct my essays.

Maybe place an ad here or on expatriates.com.  Or, actually, with essays, you could even do via skype.

Good luck!

Alliecat wrote:

asma izz wrote:

Thank you alliecat, I took the course in the British council, now i need private teacher specially to correct my essays.

Maybe place an ad here or on expatriates.com.  Or, actually, with essays, you could even do via skype.

Good luck!

Skype with who?

Alliecat wrote:

asma izz wrote:

Thank you alliecat, I took the course in the British council, now i need private teacher specially to correct my essays.

Maybe place an ad here or on expatriates.com.  Or, actually, with essays, you could even do via skype.

Good luck!

yaa with who loool

TheLegendLeads wrote:

Alliecat wrote:

asma izz wrote:

Thank you alliecat, I took the course in the British council, now i need private teacher specially to correct my essays.

Maybe place an ad here or on expatriates.com.  Or, actually, with essays, you could even do via skype.

Good luck!

Skype with who?

With WHOM (object of the preposition 'with' ).

Oh I don't know .. There are plenty of people who advertise this!

asma izz wrote:

Alliecat wrote:

asma izz wrote:

Thank you alliecat, I took the course in the British council, now i need private teacher specially to correct my essays.

Maybe place an ad here or on expatriates.com.  Or, actually, with essays, you could even do via skype.

Good luck!

yaa with who loool

Whom!  WHOM!



Your first FREE lesson!

Alliecat wrote:

asma izz wrote:

Alliecat wrote:

Maybe place an ad here or on expatriates.com.  Or, actually, with essays, you could even do via skype.

Good luck!

yaa with who loool

Whom!  WHOM!



Your first FREE lesson!

hhhhhhhh good one loved your free lessons please make loads of it.

Question out of curiosity: Do Americans teach IELTs?

asma izz wrote:

hhhhhhhh good one loved your free lessons please make loads of it.

I wish you could have Skype sessions with Allie

TheLegendLeads wrote:

Question out of curiosity: Do Americans teach IELTs?

asma izz wrote:

hhhhhhhh good one loved your free lessons please make loads of it.

I wish you could have Skype sessions with Allie

Sure we do--it's almost the same as the TOEFL. A few slight differences based on vocabulary, perhaps (elevator/lift) and V2/V3 (learned/learnt, spilled/spilt) but nothing that can't be dealt with

*Accent*

For us UK and US accents are way apart.

TheLegendLeads wrote:

*Accent*

For us UK and US accents are way apart.

Sure but the speaking part of IELTS is about grammar/vocabulary/fluency/pronunciation, not accent.  How could it be about accent since it is non-native speakers of English taking the test and they will all have accents based on their own language?

No, listening part of exam does have a role played by 'accent'. E.g. I've to be bit more keen to understand UK english.

TheLegendLeads wrote:

No, listening part of exam does have a role played by 'accent'. E.g. I've to be bit more keen to understand UK english.

Trust me, you aren't judged on having a British accent.  How could you be?  Same as TOEFL you don't have to have an American accent.  You just have to speak clearly and pronounce words properly.

Ironically, most Saudis have very clear accents and although most of them were taught English by Brits here in Saudia, none that I ever met had an identifiable British accent.  If anything, it was more American.  Maybe due to movies?  I don't know.

("I've to be a bit more keen" isn't about accent, rather it's about usage.)

he is reffering about the "listening" test where the accent makes the difference..

Alliecat wrote:

TheLegendLeads wrote:

No, listening part of exam does have a role played by 'accent'. E.g. I've to be bit more keen to understand UK english.

Trust me, you aren't judged on having a British accent.  How could you be?  Same as TOEFL you don't have to have an American accent.  You just have to speak clearly and pronounce words properly.

Ironically, most Saudis have very clear accents and although most of them were taught English by Brits here in Saudia, none that I ever met had an identifiable British accent.  If anything, it was more American.  Maybe due to movies?  I don't know.

("I've to be a bit more keen" isn't about accent, rather it's about usage.)

Oh yes. I once noticed a saudi having amazing US accent (pitch, vowels, R etc). He (innocently enough) admitted confessed that he had learnt that all from movies

DrHassanMalik wrote:

he is reffering about the "listening" test where the accent makes the difference..

Alliecat wrote:

TheLegendLeads wrote:

No, listening part of exam does have a role played by 'accent'. E.g. I've to be bit more keen to understand UK english.

Trust me, you aren't judged on having a British accent.  How could you be?  Same as TOEFL you don't have to have an American accent.  You just have to speak clearly and pronounce words properly.

Ironically, most Saudis have very clear accents and although most of them were taught English by Brits here in Saudia, none that I ever met had an identifiable British accent.  If anything, it was more American.  Maybe due to movies?  I don't know.

("I've to be a bit more keen" isn't about accent, rather it's about usage.)

So you have to be able to understand English.  Period.  I have taught the IELT and I have an American accent.  Australians can teach it, too, with an Aussie accent, of course.  And so on and so on.  For me, I find the most difficult English accent to understand (apart from really thick Scottish and North England) is South African.

TheLegendLeads wrote:

Oh yes. I once noticed a saudi having amazing US accent (pitch, vowels, R etc). He (innocently enough) admitted confessed that he had learnt that all from movies

Have you ever met Salman?  You'd swear he is American and he learned his English from watching American TV as a kid (and having a good ear).

irish is the toughest to digest i bet

Alliecat wrote:

DrHassanMalik wrote:

he is reffering about the "listening" test where the accent makes the difference..

Alliecat wrote:

Trust me, you aren't judged on having a British accent.  How could you be?  Same as TOEFL you don't have to have an American accent.  You just have to speak clearly and pronounce words properly.

Ironically, most Saudis have very clear accents and although most of them were taught English by Brits here in Saudia, none that I ever met had an identifiable British accent.  If anything, it was more American.  Maybe due to movies?  I don't know.

("I've to be a bit more keen" isn't about accent, rather it's about usage.)

So you have to be able to understand English.  Period.  I have taught the IELT and I have an American accent.  Australians can teach it, too, with an Aussie accent, of course.  And so on and so on.  For me, I find the most difficult English accent to understand (apart from really thick Scottish and North England) is South African.

I am with alliencat accent is not the matter in IELTS even in the listening part the record may be in British, Australian or American accent.

so alliecat are you able to help me through this ??????? do u have free time for me

@asmaa, I could you help you out by introduce you to a friend of mine. He's an English teacher who works for a Saudi govermental company; anyhow he had left off for the new year's holiday. So basically if you are interested I might pull off some strings once he's landed!!!

Adios!!

@Allie , I scored 85 when I took TOEFL IBT, and I have never been majored in English language. Now I work as a translator,I would thank the TV and Music for that and don't forget the massive effort which has been put in together by me to build up vocabulary.

asma izz wrote:

so alliecat are you able to help me through this ??????? do u have free time for me

I'm sorry but I can't--don't do tutoring any more.

iMack10 wrote:

@asmaa, I could you help you out by introduce you to a friend of mine. He's an English teacher who works for a Saudi govermental company; anyhow he had left off for the new year's holiday. So basically if you are interested I might pull off some strings once he's landed!!!

Adios!!

Thank you very much iMack, the problem is my exam is on 11 jan 2013
anyway hope i can handle it by my self. Again thank you

Alliecat wrote:

asma izz wrote:

so alliecat are you able to help me through this ??????? do u have free time for me

I'm sorry but I can't--don't do tutoring any more.

no problem allicat

Alliecat wrote:

So you have to be able to understand English.  Period.  I have taught the IELT and I have an American accent.  Australians can teach it, too, with an Aussie accent, of course.  And so on and so on.  For me, I find the most difficult English accent to understand (apart from really thick Scottish and North England) is South African.

I find the Scottish accent and the Cockney slang impossible to understand.

Good luck in your exam, and keep us posted!