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How can I get into college if I am not an english speaker?

How can I get into college if I am not an english speaker?

  • Hello there, I came to America 7 months ago, and back then my english was pretty bad. As the time passed, my english skills (speaking, writing and reading) have been conside considerably improved. I am 17 years old and I am a Junior in a high school in California, but I was supposed to be a Sophomore because in my country I finished the first year of high school and then I came here. I'm struggling in speaking english, especially to pronounce words (it is even harder because of my braces). My big questions is, I have one year left of high school, how can I get into a good college ( I do have good grades, my GPA is 3.2) if I'm not speaking english as everybody else? I have one year and few more months left to improve my english, but I think that's not enough to handle college and I DO NOT want to get in an ESL program in high-school. What can I do? Thank you!

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    Looks like your English is good enough for now. I have a friend who came here from Japan speaking very little English. Now she's working on her PhD at a prestigious private college. She did take an ESL class (I met her because I'm a friend of the teacher). If you need something to worry about, work on your grades. Higher is always better. Your English will improve with time as you use it more and more.

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Looks like your English is good enough for now. I have a friend who came here from Japan speaking very little English. Now she's working on her PhD at a prestigious private college. She did take an ESL class (I met her because I'm a friend of the teacher). If you need something to worry about, work on your grades. Higher is always better. Your English will improve with time as you use it more and more.

Jerry H

Well, don't worry, there are dozens of universities you can join, despite of your disability of speaking english properly. Here are some places you might want to check. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_state_prisons Just don't drop your soap. Cheers!

No worries. Being able to speak English isn't a requirement for college. As long asyou have the knowledge, are able to understand what a proffessor is saying, and have great time mangement skills, then you are okay.

The TTSUU software can help you, TTSUU (Text to Speech Universal Utility) is a Text to Speech software that converts any text into natural-sounding speech. It reads any text for you. You can also convert the text material into WAV or MP3 audio files with this tool, so that the resulting MP3 can be played on many other devices such as iPods, PocketPCs and CD players etc. And TTSUU can even generate lyrics for you when converting text material into audios. When playing the audio, those devices with the lyrics capability, will display the original text, and therefore it will be possible for you to not only hear the text material but also get a look at the content through the display. The interface of TTSUU is very simple and intuitive, the two pillars in the interface serve as the area where you can add sticky notes that highlight points in the text content. You can pick off any interesting and salient parts of the text from any electronic documents such as MS Word Documents, Emails, Web Pages, PDF Files, etc and copy into these notes, and these can be colored to draw your attention easily. TTSUU allows you to slow down reading speed to learn the pronunciation. We provide multiple language voices: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Finish, Japanese, Chinese(Mandarin, HongKong, Taiwan), Korean, Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, etc.

They will ask you to write the TOEFL test. If you do well on it, you will be fine. And get out there and talk to other people a lot to practice.

The TTSUU software can help you, TTSUU (Text to Speech Universal Utility) is a Text to Speech software that converts any text into natural-sounding speech. It reads any text for you. You can also convert the text material into WAV or MP3 audio files with this tool, so that the resulting MP3 can be played on many other devices such as iPods, PocketPCs and CD players etc. And TTSUU can even generate lyrics for you when converting text material into audios. When playing the audio, those devices with the lyrics capability, will display the original text, and therefore it will be possible for you to not only hear the text material but also get a look at the content through the display. The interface of TTSUU is very simple and intuitive, the two pillars in the interface serve as the area where you can add sticky notes that highlight points in the text content. You can pick off any interesting and salient parts of the text from any electronic documents such as MS Word Documents, Emails, Web Pages, PDF Files, etc and copy into these notes, and these can be colored to draw your attention easily. TTSUU allows you to slow down reading speed to learn the pronunciation. We provide multiple language voices: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Finish, Japanese, Chinese(Mandarin, HongKong, Taiwan), Korean, Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, etc.

Taylor Zhang

No worries. Being able to speak English isn't a requirement for college. As long asyou have the knowledge, are able to understand what a proffessor is saying, and have great time mangement skills, then you are okay.

Camerion Cardwell

They will ask you to write the TOEFL test. If you do well on it, you will be fine. And get out there and talk to other people a lot to practice.

Chuckles

Well, don't worry, there are dozens of universities you can join, despite of your disability of speaking english properly. Here are some places you might want to check. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_state_prisons Just don't drop your soap. Cheers!

Phantom

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