IELTS Preparation Course

An IELTS Preparation course will begin in February 2010 at Yethreb. This 60 hour course will meet twice a week for a duration of 10 weeks.

• Course Fee: 250 Libyan Dinars (does not include the exam fee)
• Materials: included in the course fee
• Additional self study practice materials: are available for use in the institute free for students enrolled in an IELTS preparation course.
• Practice: is available free for students who have previously taken an IELTS preparation course at Yethreb Institute.

Please see Mrs. Khadija if you have any questions or would like to join the next course.

Thank You!

Yethreb Institute for English & Vocational Studies | 021 360 4565

Located in Benashur, Tripoli, Libya – near Mukhtar Clinic

Codes of conduct for visitors to Libya

Here are some tips that the upper intermediate students thought would be helpful for visitors to Libya.

Behaviour on public transportation

Avoid paying the bus driver the fare until you reach your stop.

If you're taking a taxi you should negotiate the price before getting in the taxi.

Learn the proper hand signals for hailing the right bus.

Queuing

Libyans are jumping the queue all the time so you need to be a bit aggressive if you want to get to the head of the queue.

Dress codes

Dressing modestly will gain you more respect.

Wearing hijab for women is not necessary.

Saying please and thank you

People like saying 'please' and 'thank you' and it's a good idea to learn how to say the words in Arabic.

please = min fadlak

thank you = shokran

Starting conversations

Starting conversations is easy by asking where someone is from, or directions to places.

Talking to strangers

If you are a man, avoid talking to women you don't know in the street. It may be ok in some public places.

Libyans like meeting and talking with foreigners.

Talking loudly in public

Talking loudly is usually considered impolite.

Subjects you shouldn't talk about

Avoid using dirty words.

Steer clear of discussing local politics.

Things that might cause offence

Saying something bad about Islam or Muslims.

Eating or smoking in front of people in the daytime during the month of Ramadan.

Drinking alcoholic beverages (they're forbidden in Libya).

Upper Intermediate Students

Face2Face unit 6

Abdallah's news

- I like most fruit, apart from grapes.

- Even though I read grammar over and over again, it's still difficult for me.

- I couldn’t be ready for the exam last week due to my brother’s wedding.

- Since I couldn't go to Ali’s party I tried to send a message to him, but there was no coverage.

- While my best friend was talking on his cell phone someone came up quickly on a bicycle and stole his phone.

Abdalla Ben Nji

Upper Intermediate

A very wonderful garden

Yethreb's upper-intermediate students are learning about the Eden Project in Cornwall. It's a garden that uses exhibits, events, workshops and educational programmes to remind people what nature gives to us and to help people to learn how to look after it in return. In class we'll discuss the possibility of having a similar project in our community.

The Eden Project's website is here: Eden Project

What's in my future?

I've got a shop, so I work as a shopkeeper. It's hard work but it's good. I might open another one next month. But I want to work as an engineer for a government company. It will be interesting there. I won't be married before that. Now I'm studying an English course. I'll be able to speak fluently with Mrs. Khadija. God willing.

Khaled Alhemaly

Pre-intermediate

In the future....

• I'll stay at home all day.
• we'll have robots in our homes.
• we might be able to fly without pilots.
• I won't stay at home all day only.
• I'll be able to do a computer degree.

Mohamed Tantoush

Pre-intermediate

My dreams for the future

I won't want to have lots of children because life is becoming more and more difficult everyday. I know it's out of my reach, but that's my opinion at the moment. I'll do Umra and Hajj, God willing, if I have enough money. But the first thing I might do is build a beautiful house with a nice garden. These are not all of my dreams.

Abdulbasset Tantoush

Pre-intermediate

IELTS Preparation students - look here!

The IELTS prepartion students are learning to write about graphs, trends and changes. Click on the image above or this link: http://www.eclecticenglish.com/applets/Graphs.html to play a game to help you learn some useful verbs used to describe graphs.

More for IELTS - Describing Graphs

This is a helpful website about describing graphs for IELTS. Click on the image above to visit the website or click on this link: http://adw.hct.ac.ae/site_ilc/sites_ielts/graphsite/index.htm.

University Information

Many students have questions about different universities and often ask their teachers for help in finding answers to their questions. Here is a website created by Google to help people find information about different universities and colleges: Google University Search

It's easy to find out specific information about a particular university. For example if you want to find out whether the IELTS exam is required for admission, and what band is needed, you can choose the university you are interested in and then simply enter IELTS in the search box. A list of links will be given showing you what information is available for that particular university.

Help with Spelling

Many students have problems with spelling. Here's a fun way to improve your spelling - it's an online spelling program that you can play. Here's the link: Spelling City

Have Fun Spelling!

What is Libya Like?

Food: In my country people usually cook their food at home. The most popular foods are couscous, bazine and macaroni but they sometimes eat out in restaurants especially at dinner and they never eat in the street.

Weekends: A lot of people go to picnics at their farms. Some of them go to the beach, sometimes they go to visit some friends. We've got two days holiday in a week; Friday and Saturday. On Friday we've a special prayer in the mosque at lunchtime.

School: We send our children to study at the age of six, this is primary school. When they are twelve they go to a secondary school.

Entertainment: People usually watch TV at mealtimes. A lot of people like Aljazeera channel. They sometimes go to the hospital to visit some friends because a lot of them are sick of boring days. Also they enjoy shopping and sleeping.

Sport: Libyan people like football matches. Some of them like fishing on the sea, but they always play football wherever they want; sometimes in the street, their farms and they usually play at school.

Animals: Some people raise animals on their farms. We use the meat of some animals in our food. Most of the animals are camels, sheep, rabbits, but people never raise pigs on their farms at all.

Shops: Shops are usually open at 9:00am. Some people open their shops at 11:00am but they never open n Friday mornings. Some shops are closed on Saturday too.

Sharfaldeen M. Abudheer
KET Preparation

My Mother

My life would be totally different without my mother in it. I don't think that there is any woman that's as good in the mother's role as my mother.

She is very nice to us, yet very tough when one of us makes a mistake. She is a very energetic woman and not lazy at all. She can do lots of things in a very short time and she will do them right. She is also cheerful and optimistic.

Ever since I was a little girl I loved her so much as a girl loves her mother. But when I turned 12 she became closer and closer to me. We talk about everything in life, not as a mother and daughter, but as friends. She is so understanding that I can tell her about any problem that happens with me and I'm sure that she will tell me the right thing to do.

God bless my mother!

Eman Elaradi
FCE Preparation

My Father

The person I would like to speak about has given a lot and is still giving today. This person has had a huge influence on my way of thinking in life. The person I am writing about is my father.

Mohamed is his name, a real confident, religious, open-minded man and a great father also. He loves his work so much; he's a geologist working in a well-known oil company. He spends most of his time travelling and working abroad.

I don't see him a lot, but his words and lectures never leave my heart. He taught me the secrets of success in life:

"Respecting Islam as your religion is the first and most important source of your power. If you respect your religion every person on this planet will respect you." he says.

"Be honest in everything you do and always think before taking actions."

"When you give a word to someone be a man of your word, and never start something without finishing it."

"When you fall in love respect the woman that you love and treat her well because respect is the strong base in any relationship."

My father is a successful man in my opinion, but he didn't succeed easily in life. His father died when he was ten years old, so you can imagine how tough life was for him. He spent years working and studying to get me and my family the simple things that he couldn't have when he was at my age.

I used to travel with him and study abroad but in the last few years studying and working as an intern doctor has prevented me from travelling anymore. Anyway anytime travelling with him was a lesson of life.

He is a man of principles, I really respect him and love him as a father. I've learned a lot from him and I'm still learning till today.

Ahmed Riyani
FCE Preparation

Websites to practice your English

Here are some student websites from Cambridge University Publishers that you can use to practice your English.

• Interchange Arcade - 3 levels
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• Touchstone Arcade - 4 levels
  
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• Connect Arcade - 4 - levels

These sites were requested by Hamza, a student in Mrs. Khadija's KET Preparation class.

Thank You Hamza!