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EDUCATION REPORT - Visiting Teacher Programs Offer a Chance to Work in U.S.By Nancy Steinbach

Broadcast: Wed¹, 5 Jul 2006 16:00:00 UTC

I'm Jim Tedder² with the VOA Special English Education Report.

Everyone knows about exchange and visitor programs that give students a chance to study in another country. But today we are going to talk about two programs that give teachers a chance to teach in the United³ States.


Venezuelan English teacher Diana Marco entered the Visiting International Faculty⁴ Program in 2005

One of them is the Visiting International Faculty Program. VIF is based in North Carolina and says it is the United States' largest cultural exchange program for teachers and schools. This program has brought about seven thousand teachers to the United States since nineteen eighty-seven.

The program is open to teachers from Latin⁵ America, Europe, South Africa, Canada, Australia, the Philippines and New Zealand. It places them in schools in seven states for one to three years. After that, they must return home.

The seven states are North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Florida and California⁶. The teachers work for local school systems and are paid the same as an American teacher.

The majority are placed in elementary education, Spanish language and English as a second language, special education, math and science. Some teachers are placed in other language classes and other subjects.

Teachers in the program must have an advanced proficiency⁷ level in English. They must have a teaching⁸ or university degree equal to an American bachelor's degree. And they must have three years of teaching experience with students between the ages of five and eighteen. Two years of driving experience is also required.

Visiting teachers may also be able to earn a master's degree while in the United States.

Another visiting teachers program is offered by the Spanish government. Teachers from Spain are placed in elementary, middle and high schools in several American states and in Canada.

This program is also for one to three years. The teachers from Spain are teamed with teachers in Spanish language classes. They also help students who speak English as a second language.

This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. To find this report online, and for links to the Web⁹ sites of these two programs, go to www.unsv.com.

And one more thing -- if you are a teacher using Special English in your classroom, please let us know. We are interested to know where you are and what you teach, and how you put our programs to use for your students. Write to [email protected]. I'm Jim Tedder.

1 wed   

v.娶，嫁，与…结婚

参考例句：

• The couple eventually wed after three year engagement.这对夫妇在订婚三年后终于结婚了。
• The prince was very determined to wed one of the king's daughters.王子下定决心要娶国王的其中一位女儿。

2 tedder   

n.（干草）翻晒者，翻晒机

参考例句：

• Jim Tedder has more. 吉姆？特德将给我们做更多的介绍。 来自互联网
• Jim Tedder tells us more. 吉姆？泰德给我们带来更详细的报道。 来自互联网

3 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

4 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

5 Latin   

adj.拉丁的，拉丁语的，拉丁人的；n.拉丁语

参考例句：

• She learned Latin without a master.她无师自通学会了拉丁语。
• Please use only Latin characters.请仅使用拉丁文字符。

6 California   

n.加利福尼亚(美国)

参考例句：

• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
• We were driving on a California freeway.我们正沿着加利福尼亚的一条快车道驾车行驶。

7 proficiency   

n.精通，熟练，精练

参考例句：

• He plied his trade and gained proficiency in it.他勤习手艺，技术渐渐达到了十分娴熟的地步。
• How do you think of your proficiency in written and spoken English?你认为你的书面英语和口语熟练程度如何？

8 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

9 web   

n.网，蛛丝，蹼，织物，圈套，卷筒纸；vi.生蹼，形成网；vt.织蜘蛛网于，使落入圈套

参考例句：

• The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
• You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网？