Mls International College

Over the Weekend and into Next Week
It's Bank Holiday Weekend and the college is CLOSED on Monday 27 August.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone and best wishes to all the students who have left us today. Special thanks to Beyza, from Turkey, for her excellent work as a Student Representative and to Fahad, from Saudi Arabia, who has been organising the student football.
... We'll be back on Tuesday 28 August!
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Being @MLS
We would like to give our best wishes to Sule, from Turkey, who finishes her course today. She has been studying Business English with us since the Spring and she has been consistently hard-working and motivated - making the very best of her time.
Good luck to her on her return to Turkey and on her return to work (where she can use her new, improved English!)

Being @MLS - Legal Studies
It's so nice to see ex-students! Today Eda and Barkin, from Turkey, came to visit their Legal Studies teacher Christian.
Eda and Barkin both studied 'Legal Studies and Business Communications' courses at MLS last year and they are both continuing with their Law degrees in Turkey.
... They said:
"We have a lot of good memories of MLS and shared some unforgettable moments. The Legal Studies course was very helpful for our university in Istanbul. We love Christian, we loved all of our teachers!"
She was too shy for a photo, but Elif, (again from Turkey) also came to visit us this week! She studied IELTS with us last year and particularly wanted to say hello to her teacher, Jen.
Good luck and very best wishes to all of them! Keep in touch!
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English Challenge of the Week
Can you select the correct grammar 1-7?
THE BIRTH OF FRANKENSTEIN (THE BOOK)
... During May of 1816, Mary and her future husband Percy Shelly, 1) TRAVELLED/ TRAVELLING to Lake Geneva to SPENDING/SPEND summer 2) NEAR/NEARER the famous poet Lord Byron. In terms of English literature, it was a 3) GREAT/GREATEST summer. Percy began work on "Hymn To Intellectual Beauty" and "Mont Blanc". At the same time, Mary was inspired to 4) WRITING/WRITE her classic work.
One evening, the group of young writers decided to 5) HAVE/HAVING a contest telling horror stories. Another guest, Dr John Polidori, came UP/DOWN with The Vampyre, later a 6) STRONG/STRONGEST influence on Bram Stoker's Dracula. Other guests told scary stories, but Mary could not think of one. But that night, she dreamt of the story she had wanted to tell. She wrote it down, and in time, her story would be published as Frankenstein, and it became more successful than any of the other writings 7) PRODUCED/PRODUCING that summer.
Mary Shelley IS/WAS born on 30 August 1797 in London and died of a brain tumour on February 1, 1851 in London. She was buried at St. Peter's Churchyard, opposite MLS Language College, in Bournemouth, Dorset.
[Adapted from an article on kids.kiddle.co] [photo - 'The Mary Shelley', local pub sign]
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EID MUBARAK
Happy Eid to all of our Muslim students, partners and friends. Thank you, especially, to the students who have helped to organise such a lovely party for everyone today.
Best wishes to all!

Being @MLS
What do MLS students do in the classroom? Teachers try to make it interesting, and working on a team project is an effective way to test your ability to communicate in English under pressure!
Here are the students from Russ's Business Topics class this afternoon.
... (We do have a number of engineers in the college!)
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Gizem, from Turkey; Vincent, from France; and Juick, from Korea - working as a team to build a weight bearing bridge in the Business Topics class.

Being @ MLS - Muscat University
MLS was proud to welcome the first cohort of students from Muscat University, this July.
The students were studying as part of a long-term educational plan at the University that will see them progress through English Language, Foundation Studies and onto undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering and Logistics, validated by Aston University.
... Congratulations to all the students and good luck in their degree programmes!
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Bank Holiday Weekend (25-27 August)
Bournemouth will be transformed over the Bank Holiday weekend with a 120m Water Slide in Richmond Hill - leading down into the Square. There will also be music, street food and splash pools. That will be something to see!

English for Aviation
We would like to end the week by sharing the words of Paulo, from Brazil - just one of our leavers this week. Thank you and best wishes to him (and to all of the other students who finished their courses today!).
"I’m a pilot in Brazil and English is very important for my job and my life. When I was looking for an English course my agent recommended MLS College in Bournemouth because they specialise in Aviation English.... I have been here for the last 4 weeks and I have had a really amazing time. Most of my classes have been General English and I have met people from all over the world while I have been working on my grammar and learning new vocabulary! I also had 1:1 training in English for Aviation and my teacher has really helped me to prepare for the SDEA – ICAO test I have to pass in Brazil. The lessons were really fun and useful at the same time. The teaching techniques are great and I have had so much opportunity to speak and to practise. Apart from the classes, there is a great atmosphere at MLS. Everyone is really friendly and there are lots of social activities where you can meet new people. I’m very grateful to my 4 special teachers Kevin, Phil, Shaun, Tracy and all the MLS staff. I don’t want to go home – it’s just been an amazing experience!"
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Being @MLS
Congratulations to Mariany, from Brazil, who achieved a C2 in Module 1 of BULATS (Reading and Listening) today!
This is an impressive result and not something that is easily realised! She will be receiving the results for the other 2 modules (Speaking and Writing) next week.
... Very well done to her!
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It's August - the month of the fabulous Bournemouth Air Festival. There are 4 amazing days of aerobatics and displays and the whole town is transformed.
Don't miss this - it's the biggest air festival in the UK and it's FREE!
30 August - 2 September!

English Challenge of the Week
It's a long, hot Summer in Bournemouth and everyone is out of doors doing things.
Can you match the activity with the equipment?
... 1. Barbecue 2. Surfing 3. Boat trip 4. Picnic 5. Beach volley
A. life jacket B. rug C. tongs D. board E. net
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Over the Weekend and into Next Week
It's hot, hot, hot here in Bournemouth and we are going to the beach!
Don't forget the fireworks in Bournemouth tonight and check out the Bournemouth website for other ideas for things to do over the weekend.
... See you on Monday!
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Being @MLS
Another Friday and we're saying goodbye to another group of students who have finished their courses in Business English, Legal Studies and General English. Some of these students, such as Yusuf, from Turkey, have been with us for 6 months - so this is a big day. Culture shock returning home after so long!
Good luck and best wishes to all of them - we hope they take away happy memories of MLS and all the people they have met here.

Being @MLS
This Summer we were pleased to welcome Anna Sophie, from Denmark, who has been blind from birth. She is used to being the only blind person, but she was more surprised to be the only Danish student in the college, which made her feel rather proud.
At the end of her 4 weeks at MLS Anna is pleased with her progress and has noticed a definite improvement in her English, particularly in listening and in her ability to speak more fluently. Her General English sched...ule included a self-study period, which she really appreciated. This gave her the opportunity to collate her notes and process everything she had learned in the group lessons.
Full course documentation was provided in advance of her stay and our Deputy Director of Studies has been converting all of the course materials ahead of class into a format that is readable for Anna. This enabled her to fully participate in the lessons. All of the teachers and students have been working to verbalise the visual aspects of the course, including describing the pictures from the course materials and making sure that everything written on the board was spelled and described out loud. This, of course, has been very positive for everyone’s English progress!
Anna has felt herself to be very much part of the college community. The other students at MLS have been absolutely brilliant and she has made lots of friends. Not only has she played an active part in the lessons, but she has also taken part in a range of social activities.
Horse riding “The horse riding and cooking dinner with other students afterwards was very, very enjoyable. It was an amazing day.”
MLS Summer Boat Party “I wish the Boat Party was longer… until midnight! I absolutely loved it!”
Conversation Club “The MLS Conversation Club is awesome! It’s so crowded and a really good place to meet people.”
She was also welcomed to the Bournemouth Blind Society, where she was lucky enough to make friends with a woman of a similar age to herself. Another advantage to attending events with them, such as archery, was that she was in touch with a group of native speakers!
There was also very high praise for her homestay family host, Helen. Anna said, “It is not often that you meet people that you get along with so well. It is going to be hard to deal with the fact that I’m going home and I am not going to have her as a companion. I have enjoyed every moment and every second of the time I have spent with her.”
Thank you to the Bournemouth Blind Society #bournemouthblindsociety for all their support and advice and thank you to MLS students for being so thoughtful and kind. Thank you, too, to Anna, for choosing MLS!
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Being @MLS
Particular thanks to the Russian university group who left us on Friday - 18 students who studied Business or General English with us and, according to their teachers, an absolute pleasure to teach!
We hope to see some of them again next year - good luck to all of them.

Being @MLS
Good luck and best wishes to all the students who left us on Friday! It was such a busy day and so many lovely people to say goodbye to... Here are just a few pictures to celebrate the end of July courses.

We will leave you this week with a very personal view of life at MLS made by Florence, from Switzerland, who finished her course last week. We love the video! Do other students think it is a good representation?

ما شاء الله تعليمهم جميل ومدرسيهم اجمل استمتعنا باحلى الاوقات.... كل الود والتقدير والاحترام

it was great experience at MLS , i met a lot of people from different nationalities , my english really improved , thank you MLS .

Very nice they still exist

This is my favorite partner company for the University Foundation year program and language courses for business professionals. I know Hanwood family since 1994. They build an excellent team and manage the College very well. Thank you!

The best place to improve English, make new friends from all over the world and spend amazing time!

MLS was my second home. I lived the best experience of my life. I miss Linda and John who were my teachers. Thanks for everything. I hope come back again...

MLS is a great academy. I improved my english enormously and also met nice and helpful staff and teacher. Thanks to all.

It's a good place to learn english!!!

It was absolutely amazing at MLS!! The teachers are really helpful and the atmosphere is so friendly!! The afternoon activities such as Conversation Club ( thanks Marion❤), Language Lab and trips were absolutely great!! Thank you MLS!!

I studied at mls some 20 years ago for a year. It was the best experience I had in my life ... Would never forget that Wonderfull year...

I studied at MLS in 2009. It was the best time of my life. Miss Bournemouth and my friends from MLS. Thanks for everything!!!

I studied at MLS Bournemouth at 2010 foundation year .. It was the best experience in my life .. I really enjoyed it and loves it .. Hope to study again one day ❤️❤️

I had here the best time ever ❣

Great experience with helpful learning environment. Hnd courses for university pathway programmes are spot on!