2015-10-31 ‘Better Make Room’ for College Kids, Obama Says
First Lady Michelle Obama launched a media campaign last week designed to help more young people go to college. A new social media website called Better Make Room is at…
2015-10-24 Can You Wrap Your Words Around These Tongue-Twisters?
Can you say quickly and successfully: “She sells sea shells by the sea shore?” It is hard even for native speakers to say perfectly. Do you have an idea what…
2015-10-27 Med Students Learn Medical English in Cuba
How can I help you? How long has it been hurting? These are among the sentences that medical students are learning at the Enrique Cabrera Medical School in Havana, Cuba.…
2015-10-21 Rethinking Grammar: How We Talk
We judge people by the way they speak and the grammar they use. Listen to several Americans from different regions speak. Don’t worry too much about what they are saying,…
2015-10-14 Rethinking Grammar: Who Makes the Rules?
If you learned about grammar in school, you were probably taught to think about “correct” and “incorrect” ways of using a language. Maybe you had to “unlearn” some grammar patterns…
2015-10-17 Students Get Motivation Straight From the Top
It is a common complaint of students: What they are learning does not have a practical use. The quickest way for students — or anybody for that matter — to…
2015-09-30 Terror in Cameroon Targets School Children
The Cameroonian government says that terrorism threatens large numbers of schoolchildren. Two bomb attacks killed nine people last month in the town of Kolofata, near the border with Nigeria. At…
2015-09-25 Kenyan Education Ministry Orders Schools to Close
Last week, we reported that Kenyan teachers went on strike. They want the government to honor a court decision that requires a 50- to 60-percent increase in teachers’ pay. Because…
2015-09-23 Students Love Grammar! So Why Do Teachers Hate It?
Today we have a special guest. Betty Azar is the most successful writer of grammar textbooks in the world. Generations of English learners will recognize her best-selling book Understanding and…
2015-09-16 Kenya Teachers’ Strike Continues for Third Week
Dispatch from Kenya: This article comes from James Mwangi, Director of Mavens Education Centre in Kenya, a private school in Kenya. Mr. Mwangi was the winner of an essay contest…
2015-09-16 Afghan Refugee Wins UN Award for Teaching
Aqeela Asifi, who fled to Pakistan as a young woman, has spent her life teaching other Afghan refugees. For her efforts, Ms. Asifi, who is 49, has won the 2015…
2015-09-10 Calais School Offers Migrants Help in Time of Crisis
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Those sounds you hear are from the Chemins des Dunes School in France. The school serves a camp for migrants near…
2015-09-03 Cambodia: No-Cheating Exam Rule Is Working
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. The top education official in Cambodia is praising efforts to prevent final-year high school students from cheating on their exams. Minister…
2015-08-26 Betty Azar, ‘Rock Star’ of English Grammar
It all started with a question from a student. The year was 1965. Betty Azar was teaching her first English as a Second Language class at the University of Iowa.…
2015-08-19 Peshawar Attack Survivors Learn Nanotechnology in US Visit
On December 16, 2014, Taliban militants attacked Pakistan’s Army Public School. They killed 132 children and 13 teachers. Many call the day Pakistan’s 9/11. Pakistan reacted strongly. Its army expanded…