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BRITISH COUNCIL EXPANDS IN SINGAPORE
Singapore – 2 October 2009 –The British Council, the world’s leading cultural relations organisation, today opened its fourth centre in Singapore. His Royal Highness The Duke of York, officiated at the opening. Located at the HDB hub in Toa Payoh, this 1,100 square metre centre will offer classes for both English language teaching and corporate training. Classes began in September and more will be progressively offered.
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ANNUAL TEST SCORES REVEAL TOP ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN 2008
Singapore – 24 August 2009 – Of the 1.2 million candidates who took an IELTS test in 2008, Afrikaans speakers achieved the highest average scores for listening, reading, writing and speaking English. German, Romanian, Tagalog, Yoruba and Ibo speakers also performed well across the four components of the world’s leading English language test for higher education and immigration.
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SINGAPOREAN STUDENTS SHINE IN BRITISH COUNCIL’S INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AWARDS 2009
Singapore – 8 April 2009 – Singaporean student Eugene Aw’s inspirational story of student life in the UK has resulted in him being named West Midlands International Student of the Year 2009 in a prestigious British Council competition. Fellow Singaporean, Lim Yee Hung, was named runner-up in the same competition. Both are currently studying at the University of Warwick.
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