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Monument to Cervantes in Madrid, Spain I f you haven’t read Don Quixote, maybe you’ve seen the movie Man of La Mancha with Peter O’Toole in the lead role? Man of La Mancha is a 1972 film adaptation of the eponymous Broadway musical. All the tele-plays, stage plays and films that are named Don Quixote or Man of La Mancha  were inspired by the classic 17th century novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, used a lot of peculiarities in his writing. My quote under my picture captioned,   A Woman of Plain Words   is from Don Quixote, hence the peculiar spelling.   Cervantes didn't bother with accents, hardly used punctuation, and capitalized prepositions, adjectives, and nouns for no apparent reason. He wrote given and family names, including his own, in lower case, but not consistently and with different spellings. There are some convoluted literary and orthographic reasons for this, the explanation for wh...

Panic as Indian students amongst those in UK facing deportation . About 350 Indian students are among the more than 2,600 students could be kicked out of the UK after the Government stripped a university of its right to admit foreigners. London Metropolitan University came under fire from the UK Border Agency – it has had its authority for sponsoring international students revoked and will no longer be allowed to authorise visas, according to the institution's website. The National Union of Students (NUS) said that this could mean more than 2,000 students being deported within 60 days unless they find another sponsor. Immigration minister Damian Green said the university proved to be a "very, very deficient" sponsor on three counts: more than a quarter of students sampled were studying there when they did not have permission to stay in the country. A "significant proportion" of students did not have a good standard of English and there was no proof t...

IETLS TEST DATES LEFT for 2012 Don’t wait too long to prepare for the IELTS. September ’12  test dates are - for the   Academic Test:  1st, 6th, 15th and 22 nd   General Test:  1st and 22 nd October ’12  test dates are -Academic Test:   11th, 13th, 20th, 27th  General Test:  13th and 27th November  ’12  test dates are - Academic Test:   3rd, 8th, 17th, and 24 th   General Test:  8th and 17th December ’12  test dates are - Academic Test:  1st, 6th, 8th, and 15th  General Test:  1st and 8 th If you are in Mumbai you can contact me for IELTS Coaching, Maggie at 9820 407396. I usually conduct coaching in an office at Dadar West. I will explain everything, clear your doubts, make sure you thoroughly practice grammar, do the practice tests and teach you all IELTS Sections: Spoken, Listening (Audio), Reading and Writing - we will increase your score or prepar...

How is it conducted? How is the test set up? What should I expect in the IELTS? What is the Test Pattern? MODE: The IELTS test is a paper-based test. Be aware! Not beware, but be warned : ) You should spend some time practicing your handwriting! There are four modules and except for the Speaking Test, they are all paper based. However, you need to write at length only for the Writing Test. Listening and Reading Tests answers are one to three word answers. DURATION : The test is for 2 hours & 45 minutes. SCORE : Total score is out of 9 Bands. Scoring is between 0-9. The scores are valid for 2 years FEES : In India INR 7900/- IELTS Test Pattern :- All candidates must complete four Modules - Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking to obtain an IELTS Test Report Form. Candidates are tested in Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. All candidates take the same Listening and Speaking Modules. There is a choice between Academic and General T...

International English Language Testing System - (IELTS) The IELTS is taken for several reasons such as:  1) pursuing studies in most Australian, British, and Canadian and New Zealand academic institutions. American academic institutions are increasingly accepting IELTS for admissions purposes.  2) obtaining your visa for the purpose of working abroad & immigration.  It is owned and managed by 3 different bodies– IELTS Australia, The British Council and the University of Cambridge - ESOL.  IELTS tests the complete range of English language skills which would most commonly be encountered by students when studying or training in the medium of English. All candidates take the same Listening and Speaking Modules. There is an option of either Academic or General Training for the Reading and Writing Modules. The Academic Test is suitable for candidates planning to undertake higher education study. The General Training Test is suitable for candidates plan...