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If you’re coming to study ESL abroad at a US college, chances are you’ll have a roommate.  If you don’t select one yourself ahead of time, you’ll be assigned a roommate by your college or school. [...]

I started to make a list for myself of some experiences you’d have as an ESL student studying in the US that I wanted to highlight, and realized that they are almost too numerous to tell.  Your [...]

How do you get ready for that un-matchable experience?  Study abroad is the time when you not only advance your career prospects, but you grow as a person.  As a student abroad, you meet academic [...]

International students flock to the USA. There will be literally hundreds of things you’ll experience as an ESL international student studying abroad that will be new and surprising, but here are [...]

So you’ve made decision to be an ESL student abroad! This will serve your personal and professional goals well in the future.  There is a lot to be excited about, but there is also the [...]

Miami South Beach, or “SoBe”, is the Southernmost 2 ½ miles of Miami Beach.  Miami Beach itself is an Island bordered by Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.  SoBe is famous for its Art Deco [...]

In the first two ESL Cheatsheet blogs here and here, we talked about common problems that ESL learners face such as the tendency to translate from your native language, not practicing your [...]

English is a complex language, and the spelling of a word in English isn’t always a clear indication of HOW that word is pronounced.  You may have a head start learning English if your native [...]

Students studying English as a second language (ESL) face some common challenges.  English is a complex language, and the spelling of a word in English isn’t always a clear indication of HOW that [...]

This Thanksgiving, why not combine the two most loved pie fillings and delight your guests with the ultimate Thanksgiving dessert: Pecan Pie Cheesecake!! Prep time is about 30 minutes. It’s [...]