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AMIDEAST/Saudi Arabia Testing Newsletter: November 2012

 Attend world's largest international MBA fair. The QS MBA Tour, in Riyadh December 11 and Jeddah on December 13, gives prospective M.B.A. candidates a fantastic opportunity to meet face-to-face with admissions directors of top business schools and apply for exclusive scholarships worth $1.2 million. AMIDEAST will also be providing a seminar on GRE and TOEFL for business school admissions at the Riyadh event from 18:30 to 19:00.  Register free.

Test prep success: new classes coming up fast! AMIDEAST/Riyadh will be busy in December offering a new SAT I class for boys, a GRE course for men, a TOEFL iBT course for women, and a GRE preparation course for women. Some courses begin as early as December 1 with others starting mid-month. Please visit our site; fill out the pre-registration form for your course of interest today, and our staff will be in touch with details. 

Planning to take GMAT? Provide your name and e-mail/phone number to receive information on upcoming GMAT prep courses, for men and for women, as soon as dates are set. Please contact our Director of English Programs at SaudiArabia@amideast.org for further information. 

KSA "very low" in English skills ranking. The recently released "EF English Proficiency Index" comments on a surprising gap between the scores of men and women in the region and offers hope and suggestions for the future. Read our summary.
Do your own employees or students know English well enough to succeed? Find out with an internationally recognized test. Whether you want to know about English for high performance academically or to meet workplace needs, we can arrange testing conveniently at your site or ours using the world-leading TOEFL ITP Assessments and TOEIC tests.
English Language Site of the Month. The Guardian Weekly's "Learning English" section is a great source not only of lessons but also the latest news related to English language learning and teaching worldwide. In December, the section leaves the print issue to go online only (with e-mail alerts on updates available to readers). We can only hope the current high quality will continue....

Living abroad at an early age: pros and cons. Arab News takes a look at the world's growing class of young "global nomads."

Arabic language online powerhouse. While Saudi Arabia's English can use work, their presence in Arabic on the Web and social media is among the world's strongest. Some interesting stats from Arab News


 

 

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