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IELTS went live in 1989. Test takers took two non-specialised modules, Listening and Speaking, and two specialised modules, Reading and Writing. Test taker numbers rose by approximately 15% per year and by 1995 there were 43,000 test takers in 210 test centres around the world. IELTS was revised again in 1995, with three main changes:
GCSE Bitesize was launched in January 1998, covering seven subjects. For each subject, a one- or two-hour long TV programme would be broadcast overnight in the BBC Learning Zone block, and supporting material was available in books and on the BBC website. At the time, only around 9% of UK households had access to the internet at home. [3]
The BBC Learning website was an attempt by BBC Worldwide to provide learning programs through the internet, the primary content of the website were sponsored list of universities and organizations which were providing e-learning, distance learning and similar courses.
BBC Learning English is a department of the BBC World Service devoted to English language teaching. The service provides free resources and activities for teachers and students, primarily through its website. It also produces radio programmes which air on some of the BBC World Service's language services and partner stations.
For a worldwide audience, the BBC World Service provides news, current affairs and information in more than 40 languages, including English, around the world, and is available in over 150 capital cities, making it the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception area, language selection and audience reach.
BBC News (UK) BBC News-BBC News Hindi--BBC News Arabic-News bulletin for TV Rain channel News bulletins in Urdu, Pashto and other languages and BBC News Persian: i24NEWS (Israel, France) i24NEWS English--Weekly Spanish news bulletin at i24NEWS English: i24NEWS français: i24NEWS Arabic -- - TRT Haber (Turkey) TRT World----TRT Al Arabiya--
The show, dedicated to international news is said to "bring the best of the BBC's global journalism to audiences in the UK and around the world.". [1] As well as interviews with leading figures from the arts, culture and entertainment. The World Today is the BBC's flagship international news programme. [2]
The BBC's international operations initially consisted of a single channel – BBC World Service Television. On Thursday, 26 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT this was split into two television stations: Launched Monday, 16 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT: 24-hour English free-to-air terrestrial international news channel named "BBC World" (now BBC World News).