Sentences with phrase «by language minority»

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And later: «The language of Latin Mass was only understood by the top - heavy minority of clergy, and those steeped in religious education, rather than the lay majority.»

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

Advocates and local elected officials have pushed for a more comprehensive outreach plan by the state to ensure the tens of thousands of residents, many of whom are minorities and speak a language other than English at home, know about the need for testing.

Legislature Minority Leader Hector Rodriguez, the primary sponsor of the resolution, declined to characterize the measure as creating a sanctuary county, but the proposal — which Rodriguez said was crafted largely from a policy adopted by Tompkins County — mirrors the language offered by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in a report outlining model sanctuary provisions.

«Many of the people hardest hit by dyslexia are minority students and those from low - income families,» Shaywitz said, even though the condition affects all population segments and languages.

CI2 constructs translations for minority languages by borrowing words from languages in the same family.

Leiva and Alabau choose words by calculating the probability that a word from the major languages appears in the minority vocabulary by looking at the number of letter changes required to turn one word into another — so «con ``, which occurs in both Italian and Spanish, has a probability of 1, whereas the Italian «nome» has a probability of 0.79 because the Spanish word is «nombre ``.

China has some strong programs when it comes to using the native languages of minority groups for school instruction, according to a report published in 2005 and released online in July by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO.

The Word Generation team will continue moving forward, greatly encouraged by the preliminary evidence suggesting the effectiveness of the program, and its particular value for language minority learners.

More than half of the language - minority children whose reading abilities are substantially below the national average are not receiving bilingual or English - as - a-second-language instruction, according to a study by the Educational Testing Service.

In the language of the federal law: «Where inability to speak and understand the English language excludes national origin minority group children from effective participation in the educational program offered by a school district, the district must take affirmative steps to rectify the language deficiency in order to open its instructional program to these students.»

The study was required by the department's office for civil rights in return for dropping a complaint against the district's program for language - minority students.

But the conference — organized by the Department of Education's National Educational Reseach Policy and Priorities Board and its office of bilingual educaton and minority - language affairs — also had another purpose.

The Vietnamese project brings books and the know - how to establish libraries to rural communities, while the project in Thailand aims to improve the integration of the Patani Malay minority by providing teaching in their own language.

One faculty member teaches about issues of power in society (gender and minority status, for example) by asking students to analyze their own cultural perspectives (such as their cultural history, language, and literacy).

The California Department of Education has been harming language - minority children with its «single minded» emphasis on native - language instruction, a new report by a bipartisan state watchdog agency argues.

Closing the opportunity gap for Language Minority (LM) students begins by approaching these students as emerging bilinguals and building on the language strengths they bring to school.

She is also a research associate on the National Panel on the Development of Literacy in Language Minority Children and Youth, a panel funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive, evidence - based review of the research literature on the development of literacy among language minority children anMinority Children and Youth, a panel funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive, evidence - based review of the research literature on the development of literacy among language minority children anminority children and youth.

For many poor, language - minority, and dialect - speaking children attending low - performing schools, the odds of learning to read by the end of third grade are far too low.

The No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 included language requiring states to «ensure that poor and minority students are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out - of - field teachers.»

Segregated minority schools are almost always segregated by poverty as well as race, and sometimes by language as well; they typically have less experienced teachers, less educated and less powerful parents, more untreated student health problems, and many other forms of inequality (Orfield, 2009).

By 2012, though, things had changed for the better: Sanger Unified ranked third in achievement gains among California districts with high populations of minority, English language learners and disadvantaged students.

As part of this vision, the NTC scales high quality teacher induction services to a national audience and works closely with educators and policymakers nationwide to serve low - income students, minority students, and English language learners, who are otherwise often taught by inexperienced teachers.

Closing the opportunity gap for language minority students begins by approaching these students as emerging bilinguals and building on the language strengths they bring to school.

Continue to hold states accountable by ensuring that they set academic performance targets for minority and low - income students, English language learners and students with disabilities;

On the other hand, this program may be particularly appreciated by gifted and talented minority language students, since they often do not receive this sort of exposure to the arts in a standard instructional program.

In the United States, it is often customary to capitalize «Deaf» when referring to any self - identified member of the large cultural minority, united by common language and traditions, of people who can not hear.

He is currently touring two endangered language films: Khonsay: A Poem of Many Tongues, with each line from a different endangered / minority tongue; and Language Matters with Bob Holman, a two - hour PBS special produced / directed by David Grubin.

It presages a law captured by the rhetoric of the right to freedom of expression without due regard to the value underlying the particular exercise of that right; a law in which, under the guise of the right to freedom of expression, the «right» to offend can be exercised without responsibility or restraint providing it does not cause a disruption or disturbance in the nature of public disorder; a law in which an impoverished amoral concept of «public order» is judicially ordained; a law in which the right to freedom of expression trumps — or tramples upon — other rights and values which are the vital rights and properties of a free and democratic society; a law to which any number of vulnerable individuals and minorities may be exposed to uncivil, and even odious, ethnic, sexist, homophobic, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, and anti-Islamic taunts providing no public disorder results; a law in which good and decent people can be used as fodder to promote a cause or promote an action for which they are not responsible and over which they have no direct control; a law which demeans the dignity of the persons adversely affected by those asserting their right to freedom of expression in a disorderly or offensive manner; a law in which the mores or standards of society are set without regard to the reasonable expectations of citizens in a free and democratic society; and a law marked by a lack of empathy by the sensibilities, feelings and emotional frailties of people who can be deeply and genuinely affronted by language and behaviour that is beyond the pale in a civil and civilised society.

On April 24, 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada decided the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms» guarantee of minority - language educational rights protects substantive equality of minority - language education, not merely formal equality — and this is measured by the quality of the educational experience, not costs and practicalities.

Dissents and disagreements between the majority and minority positions should not feature sarcastic or folksy language that may be seen by some as similar to street fights.

First, language barriers faced by different groups (Indigenous people, Francophone minorities outside Québec, Anglophones in Québec and immigrants) are a significant component of the access to justice problems.

But you can give your child lots of exposure to the minority language by making sure your child uses Auslan with other signers in the deaf community.

So while it acknowledges that positive measures by States may be necessary to protect the identity of a minority and the rights of its members to enjoy and develop their culture and language and to practise their religion, it also notes that:

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.

The rights which persons belonging to minorities enjoy under Article 27 of the Covenant in respect of their language, culture and religion do not authorise any State, group or person to violate the right to the equal enjoyment by women of any Covenant rights, including the right to equal protection of the law.

In order to increase cultural competency, the scripts for both video clips were reviewed and tailored for appropriate language, communication style, and content by a pediatric health behavior researcher with expertise in developing interventions for urban, minority adolescents, specifically African American adolescents.