2015-05-13 Successful Debate is Like Building a House
As an English learner, you want to be able to understand and to discuss a subject. You want to have the ability to express your opinions, and to support that…
2015-04-30 Learning to Read in Safaliba Helps Ghanaian Kids Learn English
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Ghana’s official national language is English. But for most citizens English is also a second language. Until recently, children in the…
2015-04-24 More US Students Learning Korean
Korean language studies are quickly growing in popularity across the United States. The Modern Language Association says the number of U.S. college students taking a Korean language class rose by…
2015-01-16 Tips for Writing: ‘They Say, I Say’
For VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein are the writers of a best-selling book about college writing. The book is called They Say,…
2015-03-07 Five Tips for Planning a Presentation
Editor’s note: When teaching public speaking, Professor Charles Lebeau divides presentation into three aspects. The three aspects of a presentation are: the physical message, the visual message, and the story…
2015-04-22 April 23 Is English Language Day
Happy English Language Day! English Language Day is celebrated each year on April 23 – the date when tradition says William Shakespeare was born. Shakespeare has been called the greatest…
2015-04-11 Cameroon Building Classrooms for Students Fleeing Boko Haram
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Cameroon has launched an $8 million emergency program to help students displaced by Boko Haram militants. The government last month announced…
2015-04-05 Philippines Attracts English Learners on a Budget
America continues to lead the world as a destination for international students. Last year about 900,000 foreign students were studying in the United States, about half of them from Asia.…
2015-03-26 UN Representative Pushing for Safe Schools
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. A United Nations representative wants international support for programs aimed at helping 28 million boys and girls return to school. The…
2015-03-20 ‘Uglish’ Gets Its Own Dictionary in Uganda
The official language in Uganda is English. But visitors to this African country soon recognize that the English spoken here is different from British or American English. Ugandan English has…
2015-03-14 A Blind Teacher’s Vision
There are an estimated 70,000 blind children in Indonesia, according to a recent study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The researchers found that 60 percent of the children they…
2015-02-13 Three Tips to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
Students in American schools learn from an early age to give presentations as part of their regular classroom activities. Children as young as five years old often give brief talks…
2015-02-27 Improve Your Public Speaking With Body Language
Today, we return to the subject of successful public speaking centering on the physical message of presentation. Some call this ‘body language.’ Charles LeBeau is a professor of public speaking…
2015-02-26 Tips for Public Speaking
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Students in American schools learn from an early age to give presentations as part of their regular classroom activities. Children as…
2015-02-20 Will Citizenship Test Make Better Citizens?
A new law in Arizona requires high school students to pass the United States’ naturalization test. Immigrants to the United States must pass this test to become a citizen. The…