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3 Customs You Should Follow in American Business Meetings
Should I shake hands? How do I address this person? Do they have a title? Should I use first or last names? We're willing to bet you've had those thoughts, and more, before heading into a business meeting. American business culture is difficult. We're overly...
5 Tips for Immigrants to Get to Know the United States Culture
Have you finally achieved your dream of living in the United States? Once you've secured a job and get settled in, your next plan should be enjoying your new life. Learning about United States culture can be daunting when you first arrive. But you'll want to partake...
8 Confusing English Words With Multiple Meanings (And How to Get Them Right)
There are 171,146 words in the English language. It is hard to learn the meaning of them all, and even worse when some are words with multiple meanings. Homonyms are different words with the same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings. Unless you learn all...
Advice for Foreign Students: 3 Tips to Get Accepted Into U.S. Graduate School
As a foreign student in the US, you may face financial challenges (the average cost of an MBA is $40,000) or even extreme culture shock. Despite these challenges, the post-secondary education system in America is among the best. The US is home to 8 of the top 10...
4 Ways to Get a Green Card for U.S. Residency
No one can accuse the US immigration system of being too simplistic. No matter how you come to the US in the first place, a green card is your key to permanent residency. The good news is that there are a few ways to go about it. If you're ready to become a permanent...
Your Guide to the (Difficult) US Legal Immigration Process
U.S. immigration laws allow for a limit of 675,000 permanent immigrants every year. Today, over 40 million foreign-born people live in the US. Most immigrants to the U.S. use the legal immigration process to enter. But navigating that process can be hard. If you have...
Which Should You Learn: American English or British English?
English can be an incredibly hard language to learn, especially if your native language is not derived from Latin or Germanic. Unfortunately, that includes most of the world's population. To make matters worse, several countries speak English as their native language,...
The Hardest Words to Pronounce in the English Language
Learning English is becoming a necessity, especially if you travel, but no one ever said it was easy. In fact, there are some rules in English that contradict themselves more times than not. One of these is the famous "I before E". This rule doesn't apply to the...
Rating The Most English Speaking Countries (Whose First Language Isn’t English)
Wondering where the most English speaking countries are located? The English language is widely spoken, globally, but it isn't prominent everywhere. This article rates the countries that have the highest percentage of English speaking citizens. The most...
8 Confusing English Words With Multiple Meanings (And How to Get Them Right)
There are 171,146 words in the English language. It is hard to learn the meaning of them all, and even worse when some are words with multiple meanings. Homonyms are different words with the same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings. Unless you learn all...