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IELTS Preparation provides students with an intensive IELTS examination prepartion course and offers students the opportunity to take the IELTS examination in Cambridge in the last week of the course (extra charge of £180.00). Students study IELTS for three hours each morning and three hours of British Culture every afternoon except Wednesday.
The fees include:
- 27 hours of tuition per week
- Accommodation in supervised boarding houses
- Three hot meals per day in the central dining hall
- Two full-day excursions at the weekend
- One half-day excursion on Wednesdays
- A full programme evening activities
- Commemorative DVD
- Report
- Certificate of attendance
British Culture topics include: Country and People; UK Geography; The Economy and Everyday Life; History; British Identity; British Attitudes; The British Class System; International Relations; The Media; UK Education System; UK Arts; UK Political Life; The Monarchy; Government, Parliament and Elections; The Legal System and the Law; UK in the EU; The UK and the US.
Possible weekend full-day excursions include:
- London SightseeingYork and York Minster
- Cambridge and Cambridge University
- Birmingham and Cadbury Chocolate World
- London Museums and Shopping
- London Olympics Park
- Oxford, Oxfrod University and Blenheim Palace
- Woburn Safari Park
- Warwick Castle
- Alton Towers - Theme Park
Possible Wednesday half-day excursions:
- Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace
- Cycling around Rutland Water
- Rockingham Castle - guided tour
- Nottingham - Robin Hood Centre
- National Space Centre
- Leicester