Americans set to learn English

Posted on November 24, 2008
Filed Under Americas, Free websites for immigrants, Teaching materials, United States |

English can be a tough language to learn, just ask the misunderestimated outgoing president of the United States, but the federal government hopes to make it easier with a free website intended to improve access to language instruction for immigrants, as well as ex-presidents.

The website, the innovatievely titled usalearns.org, is a free and easily accessible resource available to anyone seeking basic English language instruction. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, it meets one of President George W. Bush’s immigration reform pledges from 2007, not to mention one of his personal goals of mastering his own mother tongue.

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