Sentences with phrase «even second language»

Also, keep in mind that if you are trying to establish initial contact with someone who does not speak English as a first or even second language, your email could easily be perceived as junk mail.

Regarding my English: is not my first, not even second language.

Some daycare centers build in extracurricular activities or «interest stations» that are age appropriate within the day as part of the service offered to families, while others allow parents to elect to put their kid in gymnastics, karate, art or even second language instruction for an extra fee.

Not exact matches

Even by law: the second one is simply rude language (which you deliberately selected, to contrast with equally biased selection of carefully polite phrase for your side — as if we never hear a rude word from you guys); while the first one is actually a blackmail, despite the said politeness of the form.

Second, it's hard to have a conversation with most theists when there is not even agreement on the language being used.

We seem to do that to everyone; we even speak up for the blind, I've noticed, and for people whose English is a second language.

Second, outside this elaborate technical framework, but nonetheless within the even more elaborate framework of ordinary language, to ascribe mass to this pear is to acknowledge a host of fundamental properties and behaviors that need no formalization.

Well, Dan, even in German you would want an indefinite article or the personal possessive determiner pronoun before «second language.»

But do we not now have to keep in mind, even more than the Second Vatican Council, what a Buddhist or Hindu might think of our theologically exclusivist language?

Second: Even without this first defect, demythologization fails to do justice to the language of the Bible.

When it comes to kids and bilingualism, it's never too early to begin learning a second language, even if your child is a newborn.

Even older kiddos can benefit by learning ASL as a second language.

It can be helpful to emphasize the «new» language you are providing by saying those words with a higher inflection / tone in your voice and sometimes can you can even repeat those new words a second time.

But even though the 5 - 4 majority ruling makes an intellectual end run around the language of the Second Amendment to get to their ruling, they very clearly state that society (government, convened to collectively protect us from what we can't protect ourselves from as individuals) has the right to, and legitimate interest in controlling gun ownership, in several specific ways.

Second, funding such efforts is likely to require not merely writing another grant, but, rather, encouraging investigators / educators to add in a small budget — and appropriate language — to research and training grants across departments, even across the whole institution.

The situation is even more dire for children learning English as a second language; only 31 % of these children were at or above the basic level.

For individuals who speak English as a second language, not understanding some of the words on a questionnaire or not understanding the instructions may lead to a failed test even if there is no problem with the person's mind.

Even in France, which has only one official language and is immensely proud of its linguistic heritage, most people speak a second language.

Findings published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, show that individuals who speak two or more languages, even those who acquired the second language in adulthood, may slow down cognitive decline from aging.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Rated PG - 13 for intense prolonged sequences of sci - fi action violence, mayhem and destruction, and for language, some sexuality and innuendo Available on DVD and Blu - ray After the horrible reception of the second film (I actually received the worst hate mail of my career for my semi-positive review), the big metal robots are back for an even bigger adventure.

It proves that bad jokes can bomb not once but twice if offered consecutively (Bad Company, because it fears correctly that its target audience won't understand a joke unless it's repeated, does two Czech language jokes and two New Jersey jokes one after another to a rising chorus of crickets), and it will demonstrate by its inevitable box - office failure that even the dumbest members of the audience have the animal sense not to sit through something this appalling a second time.

An English - language art - house effort that's positively drenched in thick, tasty Euro - ambiance, A Bigger Splash serves up tantalizing characters and even more tantalizing ideas before turning shockingly tame, predictable and, well, American during the second half.

The often impossibly tedious narrative is compounded by stilted dialogue that rarely sounds authentic or even plausible (ie it's as if everything's been translated into English directly from another language), while the total lack of tension ensures that the movie's second half, ostensibly designed to operate as a suspenseful thriller, feels even more aimless and irrelevant than anything preceding it.

«It was for all of our students for a number of different reasons, [including] students learning English as a second language, even just the literacy approach to have the words running across the screen.»

9 • solve one - step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher • recognise, find and name a half as 1 of 2 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • recognise, find and name a quarter as 1 of 4 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [for example, long / short, longer / shorter, tall / short, double / half]; mass or weight [for example, heavy / light, heavier than, lighter than]; capacity / volume [for example, full / empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]; time [for example, quicker, slower, earlier, later]; • measure and begin to record the following: lengths and height; mass / weight; capacity and volume; time (hours, minutes, seconds) • recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes • sequence events in chronological order using language (for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening) • describe position direction and movement including whole half quarter and three quarter turns PLUS MANY MORE OBJECTIVES!

The vocabulary and concepts that they begin to incorporate into their activities often exceed expectations for even high school students — and for most of these second graders, English is a second language!

Funding is available this year for second subject specialism training in maths, physics and modern foreign languages — but sex education is not an option, even though it...

Thus, alongside Common Core Standards, Marquez, who learned English as a second language herself, has been able to outshine competitors and help her students perform to the highest of their abilities even in a struggling district.

«Children who have been abused, come from homes where parents are in and out of prison or are drug addicts, children who are homeless, have behavioral issues, have special needs, or where English is a second language have even more of a challenge meeting NCLB expectations,» wrote New Hampshire educator Debbie Lane.

However, these women, who are more likely to be people of color or to speak a second language, or both, are generally not as well educated as lead teachers and are usually paid even less.

They haven't received rigorous instruction — and because beginning and introductory - level language and English as a Second Language classes tend to focus mostly on basic retrieval of vocabulary, many educators aren't even sure how help language learners meet rigorous standards.

The shadow education secretary backed a government plan to make learning a second language compulsory for pupils in English schools from the age of seven, and suggested they should start even younger.

According to federally funded research, students who are living in poverty, are learning English as a second language, and are from racial and ethnic minority groups are 250 percent less likely to be identified for, and served in gifted programs, even when they perform at a comparable level to children in the program.

Most likely, this happened sometime in your first few years of elementary school --- kindergarten or first, second, or third grade — building the vocabulary and language skills you began developing earlier in your life, starting in infancy and even before you were born.

Second, even those supporters who are open to external forms of accountability, or at least reporting outside the boundaries of the classroom or school, often claim that standardized tests, state assessments, and other external measures of student accomplishment do not provide sensitive indicators of the goals of curricula based upon whole language principles.

Second, they share a common language and approach that is accessible to even their newest teachers.

The new design language introduced with the BMW 4 Series Coupe is even more evident in this second model of the series, enhancing the appearance of the BMW 4 Series Convertible while setting new standards in terms of dynamics, elegance and extraordinary driving pleasure — with the top up or down.

Across Europe, even though local languages may pose the same problems of having very few ebooks available, the widespread use of English as their second language is giving ebook retailers a lucrative sideline in English - language ebooks.

If a translator is very experienced with their second or even their third language, like I am with English, and translates into them, it can be done but then the proofreader will most likely have to do a larger part of editing too — compared to when the translator is working into their mother tongue.

In this, her second novel, Coe demonstrates a keen eye for the intricate dynamics of family life and an even sharper ear for the language we use both to conceal and to wound.

Upon the first, second, even third reading of this proposal, like the G8 language pertaining to cutting emissions globally, this appears hopeful.

Now let me state most emphatically, that I am not talking about people for whom English is a second language; we have many here at WUWT, and I just wish I had any skills at all, in any other language, even a fraction of the English skills, some of our ESLs here have.

Our technology uniquely combines behavior and emotional analysis, unsupervised content classification and natural language processing to help users navigate unstructured data (emails, text messages, legal documents, etc.) and identify case - relevant facts in seconds instead of hours or even days.

Second, even if inmates did have access to cases, courts often use language that is difficult for a layperson to comprehend.

Even when they do speak a second, third or fourth language, it may not be one of the other official languages.

If English is your second language you should consider using an interpreter to assist with completing the claim form or a complaint even if you speak some English.

For budget buyers, price is usually the first thing they look at before buying a phone, with the specs sheet coming in second or even third, after design language or camera specs.

Even better if your second language is one of the most sought - after languages in the translation industry.

For example, many banks like to recruit graduates who are fluent in second or even third languages, so if you are an overseas student or are studying modern languages, this could be your foot in the door.

Some of these skills are very distinct, even technical, such as being fluent in a second or third language, knowing how to write clear and accurate reports, and being good at public speaking.