Sentences with phrase «first language influence»

To address this, the research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), led by Professor Charles Alderson at Lancaster University, set out to identify the factors that determine how this skill develops in a number of different languages and what factors in people's first language influence progress in reading.

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«There are a several factors that inform speech and language acquisition and skill level — one of which is hormonal influences that impact brain development in early childhood, particularly during the first three years of life.»

Influenced by several traditions including Katonah Yoga, Para Yoga and Kundalini, she is recognized for her combination of physical alignment and the Art of Attention — also the title of her first yoga workbook, now translated into 5 languages.

Having Spanish as a first language has also influenced my work, as I often write poems in Spanish and a lot of my favorite poets write in Spanish, as well.

We know from research that building the literacy of kids in their first language is really the key thing that influences their acquisition of the English language and how they do academically.»

First - and second - language acquisition and linguistics, literacy instruction and assessment, culturally relevant pedagogy, curriculum development, and policy issues that influence assessment and instruction of bilingual learners.

Courses will examine first and second language development; second language literacy development, assessment, and instruction; successful approaches to assessing and teaching oral language and content skills including designs for differentiating instruction according to students» levels of language proficiency; and the multiple factors that influence academic achievement among this student population.

The language arts performance gap is influenced by students whose first language is not English.

Marcel Dzama first gained fame with his drawings, but has recently expanded his practice to encompass film and three - dimensional work, developing an immediately recognizable language that draws from a diverse range of references and influences, including Dada and Marcel Duchamp.

Cosmic Modules, PLAKOOKEE's first installation in Washington DC, is influenced by the aesthetic history and visual language of science fiction «B - movies.»

Ōyama first encountered the visual language of graffiti in Italy around 2000 (and later in Tokyo and New York in 2011), which became a principal influence in establishing his signature style in the Tokyo underground art scene of the mid-2000s.

Experiences in the first 1000 days of life have a crucial influence on child development and health.1 Appropriate early child development (including physical, social and emotional, language and cognitive domains) has consistently been shown to be associated with good health and educational outcomes in childhood and consequent health and employment outcomes in adulthood.2 — 4 Adopting a life course approach, including early intervention, is essential, 5 and investment is therefore needed in effective prenatal and postnatal services to optimise child health, well - being and developmental resilience.6