College life in the USA, how to make the best use of your time, money and maintain great friendships.

With tuition fees rising, the cost of attending college may be more that what parents and TALK students have anticipated when they start to save for their education at college. For a lot of [...]

For our TALK international students, college can be a stressful time. Some stress may push you to work harder, study more to meet your goals, or stick with a challenging task. During this time it [...]

Few of us can ignore Mother’s Day, celebrated in the month of May.  Father’s Day falls on the third Sunday in June in the United States.  Even though the day to honor fathers was [...]

“In two weeks it’ll be the longest day in the year… Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then [...]

For any TALK student studying abroad, homesickness is often a painful reality. Homesickness affects many students and results in them being unable to concentrate on their studies and to make the [...]

“Hard work beats talent  when talent doesn’t work hard” is not  just a quote for former TALK English Schools student, Sara Varela. It is an approach to life which she lives by  and [...]

When you become a TALK English Schools student, be on the lookout for some college student discounts as these will help you manage the costs of living and traveling. There are many best student [...]

TALK international students have lived in, and traveled in parts of the world that many American college students have never been. So when the semester break comes around, it can provide [...]

Mothers Day this year falls on May 10 in the USA.  Other countries honor mothers too, some on different dates, and with different types of gifts and traditions. Mothers Day has been celebrated in [...]

Memorial Day – always the last Monday in May – falls this year on May the 25th.  What does this American holiday represent? Memorial Day is thought of as a fun, happy day in that it marks the [...]