Sentences with phrase «spanish language speaker»

Mr. Espaillat cited a number of what he described as «irregularities» on Election Day, including an unusual lack of bilingual inspectors, the absence mailed notifications alerting voters to the new Election Day date this year, and Spanish language speakers being handed affidavit ballots instead of regular ones.

Not exact matches

Also at 8:30 p.m., Make the Road New York, El Diario, and Univision 41 will host the only Spanish - language candidates» forum with NYC Council speaker hopefuls, 92 - 10 Roosevelt Ave., Queens.

«I wish I could say we are here to celebrate, but we are not,» Rodriguez said during the meeting held at I.S. 143 on West 182nd Street, which was translated for Spanish - language speakers.

As a result of those subtle differences, English - only speakers might, in some cases, confuse the «ba» and «pa» sounds they hear in Spanish, explains co-author Andrew Lotto, associate professor of speech, language and hearing sciences at the University of Arizona.

The temporal regions of the left hemisphere associated with spoken - language function became active when whistlers heard Silbo sentences, which did not happen for Spanish speakers who do not understand Silbo.

Hernán Cerna of Isora Solutions explains: «Spanish - speakers -LSB-...] hear frequencies of between 125 and 2,500 hertz; Russians, meanwhile, are able to receive and process frequencies from 25 to 11,000 hertz, which goes some way to explaining their affinity for language - learning.

Spanish speakers learning to distinguish among sounds in the Basque language performed more poorly when they were asked to repeat one of the sounds during training.

For example, imagine that Spanish is a minority language, and a native speaker wants to read the English sentence «Another label with the same name already exists».

The pair tested CI2 by asking 17 native Spanish speakers to read a selection of Swedish sentences translated into CI2 «Spanish» via Italian, French and Portuguese, along with direct translations in all three languages.

Plus, the site is also easily accessible by Spanish and Portuguese speakers, with an option to switch languages in the upper right corner of the site.

All the words in all the languages pronounced by native speakers Free online translation of texts, Web sites and E-mails for English, Portuguese (Brazilian), German, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian languages.

For both vocabulary and narrative skills, children were tested in English on one day and in Spanish on another, by native adult speakers who interacted with them only in the relevant language.

In a Sept. 16 decision, U.S. District Judge James Carrigan ruled that the Colorado Official English Committee's failure to circulate Spanish - language petitions violated the rights of non-English speakers under the federal Voting Rights Act.

Currently, Lesaux is the principal investigator on multiple research projects that look at language diversity and literacy development in urban schools and two studies examining reading comprehension difficulty for Spanish - speakers reading in English.

She has since worked as project coordinator with Professor Catherine Snow on a word - generation pilot study, with Associate Professor Nonie Lesaux on predicting Spanish - speakers» growth in reading, and with former Lecturer Barbara Pan on developing methods for tracking the language development of bilingual children.

Roughly 70 percent of these students are Spanish speakers, but the group includes speakers of more than 400 languages, from Arabic to Tagalog.

Here are four Spanish - language novels that are ideally suited to bilingual middle - grade readers, whether they are dual language students, English learners or heritage speakers.

It is simple mathematics: The Spanish language is spoken by more than 400 million people; Chinese is spoken by more than 1 billion people worldwide; also, Arabic is spoken by more than 250 million people, not to mention Hindi, Russian, German, Japanese, or Bengali, all of which count tens of millions of speakers.

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Montana Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 U.S. Virgin Islands Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

Native Spanish speakers who participated in Tulsa's preschool program or Head Start, for instance, progressed more in their language development by the end of kindergarten than non-English learners.Michael Puma et al., Head Start Impact Study: Final Report (Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, 2010); W. T. Gormley, «The Effects of Oklahoma's Pre-K Program on Hispanic Children,» Social Science Quarterly 89 (2008): 916 — 936.

A few schools have veered from both approaches and adopted dual - language programs, in which half the students are native English speakers and half are native Spanish speakers.

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Nevada Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

They entered kindergarten as monolingual English speakers, and they were immediately immersed in classes where Spanish was the language of instruction.

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 New Hampshire Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

English - language speakers benefit from «extensive exposure to Spanish, accelerating their absorption and usage of the language to achieve early Spanish literacy; a highly academic curriculum, taught in a second language; the ability to transfer Spanish reading and writing skills to English language reading and writing after the second grade; the confidence to speak Spanish, resulting from the self - esteem and pride they gain because they are bilingual.»

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Michigan Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

For Spanish - language speakers, this early emphasis on their home language enables them to «expand their vocabulary and build literacy in their first language; study a highly academic curriculum in their first language; successfully transfer Spanish reading and writing skills to English in later grades; acquire high levels of self - esteem by becoming bilingual and playing a supportive role for their English - speaking classmates.»

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Ohio Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Kansas Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Arizona Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Georgia Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Guam Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Alabama Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Oregon Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Florida Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

Forty percent are native Spanish speakers; 40 percent are Chinese speakers, and 20 percent speak a diverse array of other languages.

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 South Carolina Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Oklahoma Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Indiana Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Texas Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Massachusetts Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 Minnesota Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

These content modules are included in the Achieve3000 California Edition for Pro (mixed - ability classrooms), Boost (intervention and special education), Access (English language learners), and Español (Spanish speakers).

For example, at the brand new Independence Charter School West in Philadelphia, which is 85 to 90 percent black, Flores has been working with staff to ensure that the experiences of black native Spanish speakers are represented throughout the dual - language curriculum.

Some schools actively seek native Spanish speakers, while others actively look for teachers who learned Spanish as a second language.

Lastly, there are «two - way» dual language programs that include both native Spanish speakers and native English speakers in the classroom.

The program initially provides instruction in both languages but is primarily designed to move students from being Spanish speakers to being English speakers as quickly as possible.

Starting in 8th grade, each student receives four years of Spanish - language instruction, beginning with either a native language arts class for Spanish speakers or a more traditional high school Spanish course.

Bravo, Hiebert, and Pearson (2007) found that approximately 88 % of key science words selected for instruction were cognates in Spanish, and about half of them were high - frequency words in Spanish, making them more likely to be known by Spanish speakers, including those who had not had high levels of schooling in their first language.