Sentences with phrase «students learn the language»

The government committed a total of NZ$ 10 million (roughly C$ 9.45 million) over 5 years to increase the number of students learning these languages.

New York City Education Department to Add or Expand 40 Dual - Language Programs New York Times, 1/14/15 «But Paola Uccelli, an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said that some research has shown that in well - run programs, students learn both languages.

Students learn language concepts and knowledge in their primary language at the same time they receive instruction in English.

Proponents of Prop. 227 say English immersion is essential to students learning the language as quickly as possible, pointing to increases in academic performance by English learners on state tests since the law passed.

And while engaged in these projects, students learn language arts, math, science, social studies, as well as essential problem - solving and social skills through involvement with nature and their communities.

Alignment not only helps students access the core curriculum but also ensures that students learn the language and have repeated opportunities to access and use the language in core content classes.

Elementary classrooms are organized in the same areas and students learn language arts, mathematics, science, history, and geography while studying in two languages.

The Institute for Multi-Sensory Education's Orton - Gillingham approach trains teachers to have students learn language by listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Help your students learn the language of classroom instruction, arrange their thoughts logically, master critical forms of writing, and spell words correctly.

Not exact matches

Even though Pioneer is considered a «high - needs school» and enrolls a large number of English language learners and children of immigrants, every student gets a chance to learn in Jones» high - tech classroom.

IHSNO is an open - enrollment charter school with 565 students and claims to be the only high school in New Orleans to offer the rigorous International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP), which requires students learn a foreign language.

While the curriculum is designed for high school and community college students — and select schools will start offering the curriculum this fall — you don't have to attend school to learn to code in Swift, Apple's programming language.

The company gave each student an iPad as Cook told them learning how to code was more important than speaking a second language.

(1) To address the coding skills gap and help prepare more people for jobs in software development, Apple created a powerful yet easy - to - learn coding language called Swift (TM), the free Swift Playgrounds (TM) app and a free curriculum, App Development with Swift, which are available to anyone and are already being used by millions of students at K - 12 schools, summer camps and leading community colleges across the country.

We've started world language immersion programs in which students spend half of each school day learning in Chinese or Spanish, beginning in kindergarten.

Based on the above, UKTI commissioned the ECR program in combination with the PIB service to, among other things, allow companies to employ foreign - language - speaking students at U.K. universities and other British institutions of higher learning to address issues related to language and cultural barriers that companies may face in entering particular foreign markets.

For example, Australia proposes giving all its students access to learning an Asian language, not just Mandarin, but also Bahasa (Indonesia), Hindi, Japanese and Korean.

Specializing in interpersonal relationships and gender communication, she is passionate about helping students learn to use language with intentionality and purpose in their vocations, families, communities, and churches.

If one purpose of seminary is to help prepare students to «go into all the world and preach the gospel» it seems that learning the languages of «all the world» might better prepare us to do that then learning dead languages that nobody speaks any longer.

Mastering the faculty's language, learning how to debate within the school's ideological limits, negotiating the foibles and passions of teachers and other students, figuring out how to be accepted in this community and then how to relate to the folks back home — this struggle can be debilitating as well as exhilarating.

Fatih was a generous patron of learning who endowed many educational foundations, and was himself a serious student who used eight languages and showed his keen interest in the Renaissance by inviting many famous scholars and artists to come and work in Istanbul.

Male students feel the burden as they learn firsthand how women students are revising the theological language, ministerial practice, and self - understanding associated with a profession too long captive to the interests of men.

Students go to school to learn language, math, science, art, and music.

With more thorough preparation in foreign language, both written and spoken, American students will be in a better position to learn effectively from travel and residence abroad as part of their educational preparation.

I felt blessed that with the help of European programmes and German student stipends I was able to spent my time walking around on the campus of Oslo university, getting to know all kinds of people, learning Norwegian and visiting German and English language classes.

«When educators neither prioritize these skills and mindsets nor integrate them with academic development, students are left without tools for engagement or a language for learning,» Stafford - Brizard writes.

And the inadequate nutrition, housing, language development, and early educational experiences that many impoverished students suffer are real barriers to learning.

It is not clear if she recognizes the sometimes substantial differences between oral and written prose or the fact that explicit instruction in grammar and usage can have many benefits, not the least of which is assisting the student in learning a foreign language.

All students study math and science and learn foreign languages; they all play an instrument and sing in the chorus; they all learn handwork and take movement classes and perform in the class play.

The district is gauging parent interest for their students to learn another language, starting at what grade level and what language.

A parent survey about students learning a second language at the elementary schools is available on the Arlington Heights School District 25 website through Feb. 20.

With this review of the learning disability, learn basic information about dyslexia and how it affects a student's reading, writing and language skills.

Students living with language - processing challenges often perform better when their style of learning encourages direct engagement with the learning materials without being sidetracked by unnecessary content.

Explore Japan Summer Cultural Exchange Program (Milton, MA) is a series of 2.5 - week programs where local students learn about the many facets of Japanese culture (art, language, cuisine, etc.) while hosting and spending time with visiting Japanese exchange students.

Strategies focus on pre-reading tasks, developing sight word vocabulary, mediated reading instruction, phonics, and possibly language therapy to help students learn.

English Language Learners - ELL English Language Learners (ELL) describe the student population of the United States that are actively engaging in learning the English language after immigrating to the country.

About 6 percent of Arlington Heights» students are low - income, 15 percent have disabilities and 7 percent are learning English as a second language.

Teachers engage students with thought - provoking questions to give children many opportunities to learn language through singing, talking about books, and creative play.

Plus: effectively using main lessons; fostering speaking and listening skills in children; understanding the scope of the language arts curriculum; writing and understanding the value of pedagogical stories and birthday verses as healing for children; exploring methods of assessing student learning

Backlash over the rollout of the Common Core learning standards, along with aligned state tests and new teacher evaluations, came to a head last April when more than 20 percent of the state's eligible students refused to take the state standardized math and English language arts exams.

Better alignment of English as a Second Language (ESL) programs with the needs of our English language learners, including expansion of the APPLE model, an alternative high school program for 17 - 18 year - old students to learn the language, graduate, and get a job or go to college.

Mr. Cuomo said, charters should also be subject to legislation that ensures they serve enough high - needs students — English - language learners, learning disabled students and those who receive free lunch.

A student from CUNY Citi Tech said it was very important to have the opportunity to learn the English language in order to succeed in life.

NEW YORK — Pre-K students at dozens of schools throughout New York will have the opportunity to learn a second language.

«Dual Language programs offer academic rigor for students and the opportunity to maintain their native language while learning a new one and learning about diverse cultures.

In our Focus on Education report, WBFO's Eileen Buckley reports there's not an unwillingness to learn, but it's a matter of some students learning a new language.

At the seven Success schools that took state tests last spring, just 7 % of students were learning English as a second language — roughly half the rate of public schools.

PS 179: Technology upgrade for underserved school ($ 115,000): 27 SmartBoards for high - needs school to aid learning for English language learners, special education and gifted students.

Mostly, this means the education and income of students, but it also captures factors like the percentage of students learning English as a second language, and the percentage of students who change schools during the course of the school year due to parental job shifts.

One challenge is that Upper Manhattan's schools serve a large population of students learning English as a second language.