Sentences with phrase «as language acquisition»

Words as tools: Learning academic vocabulary as language acquisition.

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China's search giant Baidu has made another acquisition to continue its push into artificial intelligence, and specifically to help it carve out a place for itself as a platform for developers who want to create chatbots and other services based on natural language technology.

There are, for example, signals used in animal communication, nonconventional signals which include some gestures, and single - word sentences such as the word «Tree» used by children in the early stages of language acquisition.

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With a background in language acquisition, SLP's can play a critical and direct role in the development of literacy in children as the connections between spoken and written language are well established.

The DSM - V defines is as having «persistent difficulties in the acquisition and use of language... due to deficits in comprehension or production.»

Although, many have seen the acquisition as a lifeline to the sector, MTN's body language does not reflect a company pretty eager to go into core CDMA operation.

English does serve as a kind of de facto lingua franca in a number of international settings, but it is not, from what I have read, taught universally in South America, many African countries, or in parts of Asia, at least not at an early age for effective language acquisition (and I am unaware of any evidence that English is projected to take over in a reasonable period of time on its own; I have read that in Southeast Asia, for example, emphasis may even be shifting to Chinese).

Babbling — the stringing together of repetitive syllables, as in da, da, da, da, da or ga, ga, ga, ga, ga — is one of the earliest stages of language acquisition.

As part of LORELEI, Schuler and his team are using the Ohio Supercomputer Center's Owens Cluster to develop a grammar acquisition algorithm to discover the rules of lesser - known languages, learning the grammars without supervision so disaster relief teams can react quickly.

In 2002 he reported that a gene known as FOXP2, which plays a role in language acquisition, produces a subtly different protein in humans than in chimps.

I would have loved it to be more ambitious, and to find more ways to be a useful language acquisition tool, but as of now it's only useful to players who want to learn just hiragana and katakana.

The authors argue visual literacy is especially important for primary school aged children, as they are making the transition from «viewing and speaking to formal language acquisition and incorporate the rules of speaking and writing, and from making marks and drawing to letters, language and text - based learning».

As bilingual children toggle between two languages, they use cognitive resources beyond those required for simple language acquisition, Luk writes in a forthcoming edition of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development.

We think of the learning journey (towards reading, writing and spelling independence) as a skills acquisition process, and the «how» of teaching language, literacy and literature is fully differentiated.

And unlike assortative mating, blood - sport parenting, and legacy admissions to the Ivy League, it is within our power as educators and policymakers to influence children's acquisition of that language.

As our students prepare for a future where the world is more connected than ever before, second language acquisition is top of mind for many educators.

The objective is to establish English fluency as quickly as possible, since language acquisition is easiest at young ages.

In this course of study, students are exposed to a theoretical introduction to the nature and structure of language, key factors affecting second - language acquisition, and communicative approaches to the teaching of English as a second or foreign language.

As if these difficulties were not enough, teachers typically have not been trained to evaluate children's language development as it relates to the acquisition of literacAs if these difficulties were not enough, teachers typically have not been trained to evaluate children's language development as it relates to the acquisition of literacas it relates to the acquisition of literacy.

As a result they may not be aware of second language acquisition, the needs associated with that, and / or effective instructional programs.

Join this research - fueled session to learn how leveraging targeted and embedded scaffolds as part of a differentiated instruction approach can dramatically accelerate language and literacy gains for ELLs at every stage of English acquisition.

Coupled with online software like Duolingo and Anki that emphasize spaced repetition, vocabulary acquisition, as well as good old immersion techniques such as watching videos in the target language, Dunn's students» attitudes about learning a new language have changed.

A theoretical introduction to the nature and structure of language, key factors affecting second - language acquisition, and communicative approaches to the teaching of English as a second or foreign language.

This department also provides services to support additional student learning needs such as extended learning opportunities, language acquisition, and early childhood education.

The doctoral program in Language & Literacy Education offers candidates the opportunity to develop specialized knowledge in either language or literacy acquisition and development grounded in an understanding of cognitive, linguistic, cultural, social, economic, and affective factors as they relate to language and literacy learning.

Take the sequential second - language acquisition theory developed by Patton Tabors as an example.

Meadow Park Middle School chose to use individualized language acquisition plans for all English learner students as a way to track their specific learning needs, as well as help content - area and ELL teachers stay on the same page.

With second language acquisition, the learner possesses knowledge in their first language, and then begins to learn elements in the new language, such as vocabulary or grammar.

As a starting point for thinking about the relationship between standards and reading acquisition, we focus here on an analysis of the nature and content of early reading / language arts standards.

The program focuses on making students familiar with the foreign language, so that it feels like a natural acquisition of Spanish as they progress.

These skills include critical thinking, communication and language acquisition; and as highlighted by the National Center for Education in its 2006 report, creativity, innovation, use of ideas, abstraction, self - discipline, and the ability to function as part of a team.

Parent educators receive professional development on language acquisition, emergent literacy, and emergent writing, as well as the Book M.A.G.I.C. curriculum, books, and implementer kit, including bilingual parent education resources.

The authors also emphasize the notions that neither content knowledge nor English language acquisition, both of which are ever - present when working with ELL students, are (or should be) linear, rigid, and structured as they have been viewed historically.

Maria has also served as a teacher consultant, staff developer in the areas of second language acquisition, bilingual program development, and diversity training working at higher education institutions such as City University of New York, Mercy College and Teachers College, Columbia University.

Daily Conversation Daily Conversation is an intentional, interactive strategy that supports students» language skills (e.g., speaking, listening, vocabulary acquisition) as teachers purposefully engage students in reciprocal exchanges throughout the day.

The doctoral program in Language and Literacy Education offers candidates the opportunity to develop specialized knowledge in either language or literacy acquisition and development grounded in an understanding of cognitive, linguistic, cultural, social, economic, and affective factors as they relate to language and literacy learning.

Built using the same innovative approach to differentiated instruction and proprietary adaptive content system as Pro, Access features classroom - tested linguistic scaffolds and a targeted student literacy routine specifically designed to meet the unique needs of ELL students and accelerate their language acquisition and literacy gains.

Laura designs and delivers language acquisition content support for Mills Teacher Scholars and serves as an advisor for program evaluation.

Students face the challenge of producing original writing and commentaries as well as exploring language change and child language acquisition.

The authors find that statewide accountability measures fall into one of seven main categories of indicators: achievement indicators, such as proficiency in reading and mathematics; student growth indicators in multiple academic subjects; English language acquisition indicators; early warning indicators, such as chronic absenteeism; persistence indicators, such as graduation rates; college - and career - ready indicators, such as participation in and performance on college entry exams; and other indicators, such as access to the arts.

«Our goal is to help students become global citizens through the acquisition of two languages and broadening their perspectives and understanding of other cultures as well as empowering them to take action against injustice or to change existing conditions in the world.

It provides opportunities for English language acquisition through listening, reading, and writing activities that effectively engage ELLs with academic content delivered in English, commonly referred to as «academic language.»

My gravitation toward grant seeking began as a way to solve a challenge that may be familiar to other English language acquisition teachers: ELLs at higher levels of proficiency don't need to be pulled from their general education classrooms into specialized programs; they need their general education classrooms to incorporate project - based learning that focuses on authentic, relevant, content - related activities.

The final level of the acquisition of a language is writing and it is generally considered as the end product of the aforementioned processes as a whole.

Substitution: Assessment of language acquisition skills through the use of written text in the e-books students created, as well as through the ability to record audio and place audio files into the e-book.

XM depository consists of more than 50,000 eBook titles available for Library acquisition ranging from all categories and genre, as well as languages.

Dr. Katie Slocombe from the University of York's Department of Psychology, said: «A special speech register, known as infant - directed speech, is thought to aid language acquisition and improve the way a human baby bonds with an adult.

Early hominid reliance on carcasses as a source of meat, and the competition with fellow scavengers that went with it, are thought to have contributed to the evolution of human tool use, cooperative food acquisition, and even language development — the very things that define us as a species!

Catherine Petitgas, a London - based collector on Tate's Latin American art acquisition committee, believes the new wave of interest is based on a reassessment of geometrical abstraction in the 1950s when Brazilian artists such as Lygia Clark and Hélio Oiticica created a distinctive artistic language as part of the Neo-Concrete Group.