Posts Tagged ‘linguistics’
US Banks Under Pressure to Lend More
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, from voaspecialenglish.com In December, President Obama told some of the nation’s top bankers that they need to explore “every responsible way” to make more loans. The president said “Americas banks received extraordinary assistance from American taxpayers to rebuild their industry. And now that theyre back on their feet, we expect extraordinary commitment from them to help rebuild the economy.” Major banks have been doing well since the worst …
Bringing Young People Together by Video
This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from voaspecialenglish.com An American nonprofit organization helps young people around the world to understand important issues, and each other. The Global Nomads Group organizes educational videoconferences. Students and speakers discuss subjects like AIDS, world religions, nuclear weapons, immigration, climate change and politics. For example, students from at least eight schools in Ghana talked with American students about the election …












