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The American Way of Learning
Tianfeng Sun (SMG'14) and Shuang Hao (COM'16) talk about adjusting to the style of American education and why they were afraid to work in groups.
Read the story on Bostonia:
http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/winter-spring14
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Lost in Translation
Hector Roman, a bilingual aphasic patient, receives treatment from therapist Danielle Tsibulsky (SAR’10); additional commentary provided by Swathi Kiran, a SAR associate professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences.
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http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall10/stroke/
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Tory’s Story
Tory Sampson (CAS’15) is learning Arabic, and as a deaf student she faces unique communication challenges throughout the process.
Read the full story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/torys-story/
Closed caption video available [...]on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/qxJoWRWTAqQ
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Making Friends
Chenxi Ou Yang (CAS'14, COM'14) and Shuang Hao (COM'16) talk about the difficulties of making friends with American students.
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http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/winter-spring14
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MED Students Without Borders
Boston University medical students improve their Spanish and learn about global health through Cachamsi, a medical Spanish immersion program in Ecuador. Beyond language classes, they run health education camps for children, work in clinics and [...]hospitals, and live with host families.
View the story on BU Today:
http://www.bu.edu/today/2011/med-students-without-borders/
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Learning a New Journalism
Graduate students Weiwen Zhao (COM'15) and Linda Yuting Yan (COM'15) talk about the pros and cons of learning the American style of journalism.
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http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/winter-spring14
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Finding My Way: Madeline - "The best of both worlds"
How a College of General Studies/ College of Communications student majoring in Public Relations benefited from small classes, concerned professors, studying abroad and taking risks.
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Reaching the Silent Ones in :60
elen Tager-Flusberg was born in England. She did her graduate work at Harvard in experimental psychology in the 1970s when B. F. Skinner still roamed the halls. But it's at BU that she's tackling one of the most baffling—and [...]neglected—areas of autism research. Reaching and testing children with no language skills.
Last fall, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded $10 million to establish an Autism Center of Excellence, giving hope to scientists and to the families of children on this dark end of the autism spectrum. Researchers put their number at 30 percent. Tager-Flusberg, a professor of psychology, will lead the effort.
Read the story on the Annual Report:
http://www.bu.edu/ar
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BU Abroad: Madrid's Deeper Meaning
Studying abroad was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, says Cherisse, who last fall studied in the Madrid Language and Liberal Arts Program. Cherisse took classes, honed her language skills, and discovered what it takes to live in a foreign country.
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