The Rules You Need to Follow when Working with American Students

By Rin Ichino. I gave a sigh of relief – our research project and presentation would be in a group! Now my friends would help me with English, and I wouldn’t have to worry that I would mess up the presentation because of my language skills. This was 9 months ago, in the summer of 2012, before I started my study abroad program here at Bates College. I was participating in a six-week summer program with students from seven universities around the world, but mostly from the United States. We had met just four days earlier, but I already had found this group of people was far more smart and promising than I had imagined. I had also learned quickly that my English was almost no use among native speakers. Read more...