Teaching ESL: Bilingual Teaching: Making Your English Students Ready for America Fast (Teaching ESL, #7) (ePub)

Are your students asking you about America? Are you tired of guessing and want to give them answers? Get this book right now!

Becoming a student in America isn't impossible, but it isn't the easiest thing in the world either. First, you're going to have a lot of competition. According to U.S News & World Report, there were almost 820,000 international students studying in America during the 2012-2013 school year.

Think about that for a second. That number is larger than the whole student population of some countries. It might even be larger than the total number of people in the city you're living in now!

Another report by the Institute of International Education found that for the past seven years in a row the number of international students in America has been growing. This means that there are 40% more international students in America than there were just ten years ago.

So you'd think that getting into a school would be pretty tough, huh? After all, how can you compete against 820,000 other applicants and probably even more?

Easy – with this book. This book will tell you what you need to do to become one of those 820,000 exchange students.

So what are you waiting for? Get ready to come to America now, with Bilingual English!

International Students in America

So where are these international students coming from? By far, the most international students in America are coming from Asia. In fact, China, South Korea, and India make up 49% of all international students studying in America today.

What are those folks studying? The majority go into medicine, business, management, or computers. There's a certain core-group of disciplines called STEM fields, which stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. Those are the things that are in demand in America.

What Schools Will Take You?

Most know Harvard, some might know Yale, and a few know MIT or UCLA. That's about it. So in other words, most of my students just figured they were going to Harvard since that's the only place they'd ever heard of.

Golly, that's not much of a plan, is it? If you want to be serious about coming to America then you've got to know which schools to apply to.

One of the best places to start is again with U.S. News & World Report. In February, 2014, they put up a great article showing the Top 10 Universities in America for International Students.

Topping off the list was New York's New School, where 29% of the student body is made up of international students.

Next is the Florida Institute of Technology with 28% and then the Illinois Institute of Technology with 23%.

Probably the most well-known school, or at least that with the highest college ranking, is Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, where 18% of the student body is international.

So how many of those schools have you heard of?

Do yourself a favor and send off dozens of applications, especially to schools that already have a large international student body.

International Students and Visas

These rules apply to international students and include:

You must always have your passport on you;
Your I-120 form must be valid always;
You have to be enrolled at the university on a full-time basis;
The school will need your current address at all times;
Keep your health insurance up-to-date;
Don't work more than 20 hours a week (it's not allowed);
Obtain permission from the USCIS to work off-campus.