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An IELTS booking service that's "fit for a queen"!
07 Jun 20212 min read

An IELTS booking service that's "fit for a queen"!

MTS was pleased to have recently provided a bulk booking IELTS service 'fit for a queen', providing covid-secure IELTS tests for 26 students in May 2021, all taking place on-site at Queens College Taunton, a beautiful and historic independent co-educational day and boarding school in Somerset, UK.

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MTS wins new contract to provide ACCA exam services across 14 cities in the UK and Ireland
19 Apr 20211 min read

MTS wins new contract to provide ACCA exam services across 14 cities in the UK and Ireland

MTS is delighted to have won a competitive tender with a major global examinations partner to provide examination venues equipped with high-specification computer terminals for the delivery of secure and high-stakes computer-based testing for ACCA accountancy exams in 15 venues across 14 cities in the UK and Ireland, for exam dates in June, September and December 2021.

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Reading techniques for mixed ability IELTS classes in the age of Zoom
08 Oct 20205 min read

Reading techniques for mixed ability IELTS classes in the age of Zoom

The focus in the IELTS reading component, for the academic and general versions of the exam, is on testing competence, that is use of the language rather than language knowledge per se. Yet, the temptation for many students and teachers is to focus on the latter. A common outcome of this is that candidates fail to make progress during IELTS preparation by themselves or in courses and perform well below their level of competence in the reading component in the exam itself, much to their own frustration, and that of their teacher.

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Little and often fills the purse
20 Aug 20207 min read

Little and often fills the purse

How regular, short study sessions can transform your English learning progress, illustrated through the story of Katie and her Japanese lessons.

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Are you hangry? Chillax, and we’ll have a cronut for brunch
07 Jan 20205 min read

Are you hangry? Chillax, and we’ll have a cronut for brunch

Having fun with portmanteau words You’ve probably seen lots of portmanteau words in English. But what are portmanteau words? Are they all slang words? And how can analysing them help ESL learners? Read on to find out more about this particularly joyful aspect of English word play, the source of many contemporary new words.

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