He wanted to make English easier to understand by listeners of VOA broadcasts whose native language was not English.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

These included African-American gardeners, Native American laborers, maids from Ireland and men from England who worked with the horses.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Roots of Peace supports the planting of native crops and the employment of landmine victims to farm the cleared land.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

At Indiana University in Bloomington, sixty percent of students who use the Office of Writing Tutorial Services are non-native English speakers.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

She was also influenced by the wooded hills near her home as well as by local Native American burial hills.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

One chief said the suicide rate for young Native American men in his state was twelve times the national average.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

The National Hockey League in the United States is again permitting its players to represent their native countries in the Olympics.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

The Hopi,the Paiute,the Navajo and other Native American tribes have all been in the area for at least seven centuries.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

Schoenberg said Gershwin was a man who lived in music and expressed everything through music, because music was his native language.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

Non-native English speakers take the test to demonstrate their English skills when seeking a new job or a promotion.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Vincent Schilling says that like many Native Americans who live off the reservation, he still has strong ties to his culture.

VOA: special.2010.11.29

They have also provided forests for use by local communities and native peoples and for the protection of biological diversity.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

It is a place where plants and animals from the Caribbean Sea share an ecosystem with native North American species.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

For example,she says schools should teach African children in their native languages, not simply in English or French.

VOA: special.2010.05.20