Listening for ielts 7 Unit 1

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: Listening Activity No. 15 
Welcome to Bell College. The aims of the College is to foster the growth of international understanding 
through the provision of high standard educational courses. Second, the College is based in a residential 
setting for adult students from abroad. And last is to make a positive contribution to the development of 

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teaching English as a foreign language. Bell College is one of a group of schools run by the Bell 
Educational Trust, a non-profit-making educational foundation.
The College offers an attractive environment for study and leisure for students aged 18 or over. A 
hundred and sixty students live in comfortable single and twin study bedrooms on the campus, and a 
further seventy or eighty with carefully selected local families. The excellent common room facilities in 
the College are matched by the extensive gardens and sports fields.
Superb academic facilities including a modem learning centre and library and sophisticated computer 
network are available for students' use in class hours and in the evenings and at weekends.
A wide range of courses is offered in three areas: the Main English Programme, Teacher Training and 
English for Specific Purposes. The teaching staff are highly qualified native speakers with wide 
experience of working in schools, colleges and universities in many parts of the world.
Living in an international community of thirty or more nationalities is all important part of the Bell 
College experience. Great stress is laid on pastoral care and the College has its own medical centre. 
A busy and interesting programme or sporting, cultural and social activities is provided in the evenings 
and at weekends with excursions to many parts of Britain. 
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