Sentences with phrase «as mastering both languages»

According to Chambers, clients particularly value his «thorough knowledge of the French and US judicial systems,» adding «He intimately understands both and can explain them to anyone, as well as mastering both languages perfectly».

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We've taken many of those common concepts and created a kid friendly version, the idea being that KidScript is a first step, that once mastered, they can then go and master more complex languages as well.

How to qualify: Careers in audiology and speech - language pathology require an undergraduate degree, as well as a master's degree in either field.

Her accomplishments are impressive: she speaks five languages, holds a master's in biomedical engineering, and pursued a career as a cancer research scientist.

It could also mean developing new competencies, such as pastoral counseling, a biblical language, or mastering the accounting principles or computer software used in managing the church's financial affairs.

I have some experience with it, having studied and taught it to undergraduate students for ten years, and having practiced Buddhist meditation periodically, most meaningfully under the guidance of a Zen Buddhist master from Japan for whom I served as a language instructor for one year.

Speaking from the other side of the fence as a (former) seminary instructor, what you're saying is the exact same thing we hear from * every * student that didn't master one or both languages.

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.

In evocative language, the christological hymn functions as a master image of the Christian view of the world.

(In case you haven't heard me mention it, I'm working on a master's in speech and language pathology with dual certification as a reading specialist).

When questions are asked, they're deflected with ease as Wenger resorts to clichés or a sudden inability to master the English language.

She has a Masters degree in Multicultural Education from Eastern University and a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education with concentrations in early childhood, teaching English as a second language and anthropology.

As kids gain master language skills, they also develop their conversational abilities.

They may not master the language milestones at the same time as other children, and it may be a sign of a language or speech delay or disorder.

I remember, back as a student starting out with two majors, biology and English language and literature, at the University of Szeged in Hungary in 1993, how keen I became to study anthropology for my master's in biology in a foreign country.

As an undergraduate, she juggled three part - time jobs and struggled to master a new language; she only had 6 months of English lessons before starting college.

Those people dismayed that they didn't learn multiple languages as little tykes, when mastering them may have been easier, shouldn't despair entirely, according to new research.

But for native Anglophones, the challenges are subtle and paradoxical: to avoid complacency — specifically, the belief that one's native mastery of the world's lingua franca confers an inherent and permanent advantage — and marginalization as billions around the world who also know other languages master and colonize our native tongue.

As Spelke sees it, these cognitive tools underlie all the more complex skills and knowledge we master as we grow up — spoken languages, number manipulation and other abstract mental operationAs Spelke sees it, these cognitive tools underlie all the more complex skills and knowledge we master as we grow up — spoken languages, number manipulation and other abstract mental operationas we grow up — spoken languages, number manipulation and other abstract mental operations.

Chomsky's works, most notably Syntactic Structures (1957) and Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965), presented a revolutionary approach to understanding language structure, known as generative grammar, positing that every child has the innate capacity to master language.

IBM's megacomputer, Watson, creamed the hominid competition at the quirky, punny, idiosyncratic Jeopardy! This contest, calling on such skills as language, grammar, and wordplay, is among the most human of games — much more so than the mathematical system of chess, which IBM's Deep Blue mastered in the 1990s.

Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's first English language film This Must Be the Place was a drifting disappointment, but when his follow - up, The Great Beauty, wowed the cinemagoing world (and won the Foreign - Language Oscar) his status as a master filmmaker was confirmed.

Flashbacks of their first meeting (which look as if the actors have been subjected to a Snapchat filter) and growing attraction is as conveniently collapsed as Tarzan / John's off - screen Anglicized transition, whereby he's mastered the English language and custom.

That 2012 film, which earned the Austrian master his second Palme d'Or at Cannes (the first was for 2009's «The White Ribbon») as well as the Oscar for best foreign - language film, told the story of an elderly couple confronting the abyss.

He currently serves as the Cultural Coordinator for the Indigenous Masters of Education program at the University of Calgary, and is producing his directorial debut Kills Last — a post-apocalyptic thriller based on traditional tribal coup stories and told primarily in the Blackfeet language.

As directed by Zak Hilditch (whose 2013 debut «These Final Hours» was an expressionistic apocalyptic tale), «1922» has the merits of a solid «Tales From the Crypt» or «Masters of Horror» episode, with a straightforward story that folds the delicate visual language of a rural Terrence Malick drama into the mold of existential horror.

Dec. 4, 2 p.m. ET: Common Core State Standards: Literacy and English - Language Learners As educators begin putting the common core into classroom practice, what instructional strategies will they need to bridge the gap between acquiring language and truly mastering academic content for ELLs?

But if you look at the data in Amazon books, you will see that the bestselling books about the Common Core are «skills - centric» ones that claim to prepare teachers for the new language arts standards by advocating techniques for «close reading» and for mastering «text complexity» as though such skills were the main ones for understanding a text no matter how unfamiliar a student might be with the topic of the text.

This is particularly the case for EL learners, who typically master decoding and build reading fluency during the primary grades when basic stories are used, but who are more likely to struggle as the language of middle and high school text becomes more complex and more discipline specific.

«Translation is simple, too, with XLIFF export and import fully supported, meaning the course text, in the master language, can be exported with a single click and sent to a translation agency such as RWS.

«Content - area teachers in middle and high school feel less prepared to teach reading skills, and they also view reading skill as something that should have happened at the elementary level,» says Lecturer Pamela Mason, M.A.T.» 70, Ed.D.» 75, director of the master's program in language and literacy and the Jeanne Chall Reading Lab.

«It's a throwback to looking at language as one monolithic thing that's made up of discrete parts, and if you can master those parts — the sounds, symbols, and structures — then you are going to be a competent language learner,» she explains.

The study, which comprises responses from individuals studying at Undergraduate, Masters and PHD level, also found that 42 % of students do not speak English as their first language, and 1 in 10 do not speak English at all.

First step: enrolling in the Ed School's Language and Literacy Program (L&L) and working toward her master's so that she could resume her career as a foreign language teacher.

So while parents and caregivers should support and nurture these systems through fun, pre-reading exercises such as making up rhymes, singing, and playing with language, they shouldn't feel that it is a reflection of their caregiving skills if their child hasn't mastered learning to read independently by the time the fifth birthday party rolls around.

Currently, she is pursuing a second master's degree in teacher leadership, with a concentration in English as a second language.

Math and English language arts (ELA) apps will support students looking to master new skills, and video streaming apps can help them build prior knowledge as they explore new topics.

Students who are still working to master the English language are being held to the same reading and math proficiency targets as native English - speakers.

While teaching a language that is used in industry has some merit, we strongly discourage the teaching of Java (or for that matter C++, C#, or Swift) in school, because the languages are too large and difficult to master as first programming languages.

In December she announced a # 3.5 m fund for character education programmes, citing as good practice a scheme run in Stratford, east London, in which students are given time in the school day to «master» personal goals such as an instrument or a language.

With only one teacher and given the difficulty of learning and mastering the language, P.S. 191's School Leadership Team determined that teaching just one class per week in each grade wouldn't be as effective, she said.

This field requires a master's degree in speech and language pathology as well as certification through an organization such as the American Speech - Language - Hearing Association.

Specifically, they supported theme - based options such as technology - focused schools or dual - language schools that provided opportunities for students to master specific skills.

Have the items in the portfolio been carefully selected to show the range of language and literacy skills the student has mastered as well as the ELL's growth in content knowledge and skill?

After receiving her master's degree in education from John Carroll University, she served as a middle school language arts teacher, a dean of students, an assistant principal, and a principal before becoming the founding instructional leader of the National Inventors Hall of Fame ® School... Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Learning.

Connecticut law mandates that students take a «statewide mastery test,» defined as «an examination which measures whether or not a student has mastered essential grade - level skills in reading, language arts and mathematics.»

The main goal for English learners is to be reclassified as fluent in English as soon as possible, even though experts have agreed that mastering a new language takes an average of five years.

«For purposes of this section, a state - wide mastery examination is defined as an examination which measures whether or not a student has mastered essential grade - level skills in reading, language arts and mathematics.

Julie earned a master of education degree in teaching English as a second language and bilingual education from Rhode Island College, and is currently completing her PhD in reading, language, and literacy at Concordia University in Chicago.

She received her master's degree in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University and holds K - 12 endorsements in English as a second language, career and technical education, and speech.