Recent data released by the National Center for Education Statistics
shows that the achievement gap between English learners and their

Teaching English in Chile: The English Open Doors Program

What is the English Opens Doors Program?

A little late, but just as good! Your monthly update about everything study abroad. As I promised, I've introduced a few new blogs, and of course you can always refer back to old posts for other great study abroad resources. Here's what's happened in Study Abroad during the month of October!

What's new in the world of Study Abroad on The Study Abroad Blog:

Beijing Opera: A Show Like No Other…Seriously

October 22, 2011

Here are some basic sentences for beginners learning the Japanese language, with explanations on grammar that show patterns to apply to other sentences. Plus there are some some helpful words that are used often and give a glimse into Japanese culture. 

The first thing I want to say is learning Japanese is quite doable! I know I started off assuming there must be a mystery to how to speak it since it was so foreign but learning basic Japanese is surprisingly easy.