Sat, Oct 19, 2002 - Page 4 News List

Education foundation touts US schools

Patrick Fong is director of the IEF Education Foundation, an organization working globally to provide information on US academic institutions to interested international students. He and his colleague Ted Wang spoke to `Taipei Times' staff reporter Sandy Huang prior to the Fall 2002 American Education Fair

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Once students have decided on what school they want to attend, we also would recommend students to go on-line to do more relevant research on the school such as its location, weather, culture etc, to get themselves well prepared for what's ahead of them, before arriving.

Wang: I can't stress enough the importance of having a thorough study plan and doing thorough research on schools which students wish to apply at. Doing a good job in these two areas is a good start for any students who are interested in studying at an American school.

As far as English proficiency goes, we would recommend students expose themselves to an English environment as much as they can to help enhance their English ability before arriving in the US For example, students can do so by watching English-language TV programs and movies and listening to English radio stations.

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