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Korean College Grads and English Job Interviews

From all that I’ve heard, the push to learn English in Korea is huge these days. This article from the Korea Times reports that 39% of recent college graduates want to find jobs with big companies where spoken English is frequently a prerequisite for the job. Some job interviews are done with native English speakers

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Foreign Doctors take Accent Reduction Classes

There are currently 9,857 international medical school graduates from 83 countries practicing in the state of Texas and the need for accent reduction is critical as these new physicians try to communicate with their patients. This article describes an accent reduction course that is customized to the needs of these doctors. But it’s not cheap.

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