2009-06-25 Foreign Student Series – 40. The Job Market
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In America, May and June are the traditional months for graduations. A listener in China, Jack Hoo from Jiangsu province, wants to…
2009-07-02 Foreign Student Series – 41. Foreign Graduates and Jobs
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We answered a question last week about how American college students find jobs after they graduate. Now, we discuss foreign graduates. The…
2009-06-11 Foreign Student Series – 38. Science Students Are Promised No More Visa Delays
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. American officials say they are working to reduce visa delays that have affected foreign science students, researchers and others. The delays involve…
2009-06-04 Foreign Student Series – 37. Getting a Military Education
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about military education programs in the United States. There are public and private…
2009-05-21 Foreign Student Series – 35. A Lesson in Personal Finance, Part 01
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A question from the teacher. Susanna Wesson writes: “I teach English to French students of engineering who benefit very much from your…
2009-05-28 Foreign Student Series – 36. A Lesson in Personal Finance, Part 02
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue now with our discussion of personal finance for students. A study in the United States found that eighty-four percent of…
2009-05-14 Foreign Student Series – 34. Studying at an American University, Just Not in the US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our series on American higher education, we discuss programs that are available in the Middle East. We talked last…
2009-05-07 Foreign Student Series – 33. Growing Interest in Agriculture?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In the United States, the area of study with the fewest international students is agriculture. The number was about nine thousand during…
2009-04-30 Foreign Student Series – 32. Writing College Papers
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today in our Foreign Student Series we discuss writing college papers. Writing a term paper, research paper or essay for a college…
2009-04-23 Foreign Student Series – 31. Beware of Essay Mills
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our discussion of plagiarism. Last week, we said colleges and universities in the United States define plagiarism as representing another…
2009-04-16 Foreign Student Series – 30. How to Avoid Being Accused of Plagiarism
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Plagiarism is the act of representing another person’s words or ideas as your own. The offense may be as small as a…
2009-04-02 Foreign Student Series – 28. Alcohol on Campus
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Most American colleges and universities take a spring break. Students might go home to their families — or spend a week partying…
2009-04-09 Foreign Student Series – 29. Coming to Terms with Academic Titles
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Not all college teachers are full professors. Many are assistant or adjunct professors. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we discuss…
2009-03-19 Foreign Student Series – 26. Helping Foreign Students Feel at Home
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Being a new student in school can be a little scary. Being a new student in a new country can be even…
2009-03-26 Foreign Student Series – 27. Where To Live?
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. March Madness is the name for the busy championship season in American college basketball. But March also means another kind of madness…