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.