Comparing American and Chinese Parents

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I'm Mario Ritter with the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Some American parents might think their children need better educations to compete with China and othe...

He Trained in the Restaurant Industry, and Now He Serves the Homeless

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Steve Badt prepares meals for people who have no place to live in Washington, D.C. Steve Badt starts work early, while most people are sleeping. He supervises meal preparation for more than two hundred people. Badt left his job in the resta...

What Is the Relationship Between Age and Happiness?

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Are people less happy or more happy the older they get? If you answered more happy, then you were right, based on a stud...

Are People Who Speak More Than One Language Smarter?

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I'm Carolyn Presutti with the VOA Special English Health Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish In the early nineteen fifties, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if th...

Iron, Vitamin D May Lead to Smarter, Healthier Children

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Health Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Many people have low amounts of iron in their blood. But pregnant women need extra iron for their own ...

Business English Speakers Can Still Be Divided by a Common Language

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Economics Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Business is the most popular subject for international students in the United States. At last count...

Teaching Children How to Think Internationally

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I'm Carolyn Presutti with the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The International Primary Curriculum is an idea that began in Britain eight years ago. Today this ...

Facebook Finds New Friends in the World of Private Finance

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Economics Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Facebook is the world's biggest social network -- and the subject of the movie "The Social Network....

VOA Learning English - Education Report 393

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New developments in American education presented in Special English

A Goal for 2012: Learning English

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Did you make a New Year's resolution? Some of you shared your goals at the VOA Learning English page on Facebook. And,...

Are You Learning English? These Songs May Help

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Songs teach language. Consider a song like "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega. An American teaching Engl...

VOA Learning English - Development Report: A Service Group Built on 'Friendship'

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Amizade means friendship in Portuguese. It is also the name of a service organization in the United States that places volunteers in projects mostly in developing countries. Amizade's exec...