2016-09-20 Improve Your Pronunciation by Humming
English learners can improve their pronunciation by working with pitch humming. This advice comes from Tamara Jones. She works for the English Language Center at Howard Community College in the…
2016-09-17 ‘Millennial’ College Students Deal with Mental Health Issues
Last time, we examined the growing number of college students seeking help for mental health issues. We also shared the stories of two students, Giorgia and Jason. Giorgia began attending…
2016-09-19 U.N.: Millions of Refugee Children Cannot Attend School
World leaders will gather at United Nations headquarters in New York this week for the yearly meetings of the U.N. General Assembly. The leaders have been invited to a special…
2016-09-10 More College Students Seeking Help with Mental Health
Over the last 10 years, the number of university students seeking help for mental or emotional problems has grown sharply. A 2015 report from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health…
2016-09-13 STARTALK Language Program Teaches Intensive Russian
STARTALK is a language immersion program for students and teachers. Learning a language by immersion means a student is placed in an environment where only the target language is spoken.…
2016-09-07 School Year Begins in Cameroon, But Many Children Not in Class
Schools in Cameroon re-opened this week for the beginning of a new school year. But an estimated 100,000 children in northern Cameroon are not attending classes. They have been forced…
2016-09-06 Students Put Democracy Into Practice at Escuela Nueva Schools
From VOA Special English, This is the Education Report. At the beginning of September, children in many countries return to school. In classrooms all over, students sit in lines of…
2016-09-03 Immigrants Cooking Up a Fusion of Cultures and Cuisines
VOA Learning English talked with two students in the Culinary Arts program at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School. Maksym Olah is from the Ukraine, and Isidro Dubon comes from…
2016-08-30 Improve Your Writing by Using Concept Maps
English learners face a common problem: their writing often lacks clarity and cohesion. That is according to Babi Kruchin and Alan Kennedy who teach at the American Language Program at…
2016-08-27 Immigrants Find Their American Dream in the Kitchen
“They face the same challenges that any immigrants face: a different language, a different culture. They have left behind the whole world that they know: their neighbors, their parents, their…
2016-08-23 US College Students Missing Meals to Drink More Alcohol
Popular culture often shows alcohol as a big part of the college experience in the United States. Television programs and movies about American college life have images of wild parties…
2016-08-20 Immigrant Students Dream of Helping People
VOA Learning English talked with two students in the Nurse Aide training program at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School. Hasna Marmoucha is from Casablanca, Morocco. She moved to the…
2016-08-15 How Should Schools Deal with Misbehaving Students?
About 2.8 million American children were told at least once during the 2013-2014 school year to leave public school for bad behavior. In the United States, forcing a student to…
2016-08-13 ACT to Inspect Education Centers after Cheating Reports
The maker of a popular college entrance exam reportedly is dismissing its head of test security. The Reuters news service says the not-for-profit group, ACT Inc., now plans to audit…
2016-08-13 Immigrants Learn Nursing Skills as They Learn English
Many jobs in the United States can be outsourced, or done by workers in other countries. Much of the clothing sold in the U.S. is made in other countries, for…