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TALK2US: Skype Call-In Show for English Learners
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Practice your conversational skills with real topics. You might be asked to comment on current events, or you can suggest a topic. Give your opinion about something in the news. Or tell the world about something interesting in your life. Calls are answered from 1500 to 1545 UTC on Tuesday and Friday. Send a contact request in advance to our Skype name, VOALearningEnglish. Be sure your webcam is working. And be patient if you have to try a few times to get on the show.
TALK2US Conversational Practice (Skype: VOALearningEnglish)
- Algeria: Becoming a Pharmacist Takes a Lot of Work
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Nigeria: Country's Problems Show Lack of 'Good Leaders'
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- Iran: First-Time Voter 'Optimistic' About Hassan Rowhani
- Iraq: A Boxer Knocked Out by Love
- Iraq: Learning English With Particle Physics
- Opinions: Is Sending Humans to Mars Worth the Cost?
- Pakistan: Meet a Math Teacher in Karachi
- Lebanon: Syrian Student Cut Off From Family in Aleppo
- Japan: Student Learns Something About His Shirt
- Iraq: Living With Violence in Mosul
- Iraq: A Young Soldier's Story
- Colombia: Time for Catholics to Allow Women Priests
Education Report
- Obama Visits Tech High School in Texas
- Program Seeks to Lower Teen Pregnancy Rate in New York
- Disagreement Over Value of Shelters for Street Children in Ethiopia
- Educational Gains Mixed for Girls and Boys in Puntland and Somaliland
- School Offers Kenyan Girls Free Education
- How Immigration Reform Could Affect English Learners
- Learning Outdoors at a Natural History Museum
- Law School in Two Years
- Student Essays Reflect on "One World" Issues
- Small Change Can Improve a Child's Reading
- Getting More Americans to Study in China
- Afghan Youth Orchestra Performs in US
Health Report
- The Dangers of Living Near Toxic Waste Dumps
- Lower Prices for HPV Vaccine in Poorest Countries
- Improvements in Trauma Care Save Lives
- WHO Says Vaccines Save Up to 3 Million Children a Year
- What Your Blood Pressure Means
- Pakistan Improves Care for Wounded Troops
- Fighting to End Polio in Nigeria
- Using a Smartphone as a Microscope
- Gonorrhea Getting Harder to Treat
- People Get Happier With Age
- Folic Acid May Reduce Risk of Autism
- Breastfeeding in the First Hour After Birth
Technology Report
- Persuading You to Buy a PC
- Brck: an Internet Router Designed for Africa
- Smartphones in Space: a Really Long-Distance Call for NASA
- An App for Alzheimer's Caregivers
- California Governor Seeks to Increase Ties with China
- Why 'Lite' Smartphones Are So Popular
- Tricks in Digital Video
- The Threat From Cyber Attacks
- An App That Predicts Traffic Delays
- China a Growing Supplier of Drones
- A Plan to Fight Cyber Threats
- Building Machines With Human-Like Senses
Lifestyles
- Frisbee and the Ultimate Pastime
- Technology Helps Deaf Students at Gallaudet University
- Recovery Dorms Help Students Fight Drugs and Alcohol
- What Politicians Can Learn From High School Debaters
- 'I Eat, Sleep, Breathe, Live and Love Electronica'
- Fake Medicines Pose Global Danger
- Prayers for Nature at 'Surf City' Beach
- Recyling Plastic: Part 3
- Recyling Plastic: Part 2
- Recycling Plastic: Part 1
- A Pakistani Chef Shows Her Chops in New York
- Studying in a Floating Classroom for a Life at Sea