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...

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...

Business English Speakers Can Still Be Divided by a Common Language

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report , fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Business is the most popular subject for international students in the United States. At last count, twenty-two perc...

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....

Study Says PTSD Therapy Helps Sexually-Abused Girls

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Study Says PTSD Therapy Helps Sexually-Abused Girls Researchers say a treatment for soldiers returning from battle can also help girls who have been sexually abused. From: VOA Learning English Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:14 More in News &am...

What You Can Do to Help Bees

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Bee expert May Berenbaum knows that many people have an uneasy feeling about bees because they sting. MAY BERENBAUM: "But on the other hand, people all over the world have developed a dependency on the honey bee because it is really the wor...

Smithsonian Exhibit Explores the World of the Senses

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Smithsonian Exhibit Explores the World of the Senses Student volunteers helped develop museum science and art show for the Museum of Natural History. The program combines the newest technologies and scientific equipment with more than 6,000...

Pretty Flowers Lead Two Scientists to a Discovery

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Not all research begins with a plan. Some studies begin by accident. Meredith Schafer says that i...

Entrance Exams Cause Problems at University of Liberia

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Entrance examinations have been causing problems at the University of Liberia in Monrovia. The exams help to decide whom the university will accept as a student. The trouble began aft...

Testing New Ways to Recognize What Makes a Good Teacher

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish In recent years, Bill Gates has given financial support to improve American education. In two thous...

VOA Learning English - Education Report 393

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New developments in American education presented in Special English

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...