Sentences with phrase «from language minority»

In this regard, research on the language development and school readiness of children from language minority households should focus on how in - and out - of - home language experiences jointly contribute to children's proficiency in both English and their native language.

However, in Arizona, for example, only 0.14 % of the students in gifted and talented programs come from language minority backgrounds (Maker, 1987).

Not exact matches

The ironic and indirect ways of affirming and denying — God bless the Czar and keep him far, far away — modes of speaking that are so important for Jewish humanism, are found in Yiddish, a plastic language that hung like a long suspension bridge over the chasm that separated the world of an isolated, vulnerable religious minority from the dangerous Gentile - dominated majority culture.

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).

Maternity cards and Early Years cards are available from Dad Info; cards for a range of black and minority ethnic dads (African - Caribbean, Muslim (English - language), West African (French - language), Somali, Bengali) are available from the Fatherhood Institute.

Indeed, it is because of our reputation for research that experts often get asked to contribute to policy discussions — on everything from mental health to European minority languages.

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 ``.

Participants have lower prior math and reading test scores, more likely to be minority, more likely to be free - lunch eligible, less likely to be from «A» or «B» schools, less likely to be English - language learners

We fear that putting students with disabilities, English language learners and minority students into one «super subgroup» will mask the individual needs of these distinct student subgroups and will prevent schools from tailoring interventions appropriately.

Lesaux's research focuses on the reading development and the health and well - being of children who are at risk for learning difficulties, including children from language - minority and low socioeconomic backgrounds, and children with language impairments.

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.»

Targeted the participation of traditionally underrepresented students in advanced mathematics curriculum, including minorities, those from low SES backgrounds, and second language learners.

At the same time, gaps persist among students from low - income families and their more affluent peers, for English language learners, and for many minority students when compared with their Asian and white classmates.

Education Week examines whether the «widespread worry that states would walk away from making sure that particular groups of students — English - language learners, students in special education, and racial minorities — mattered in their school accountability systems» under ESSA is well founded.

This article provides an overview of the demography of language minority children, children from immigrant families, and English language learners — three populations that are related but not synonymous.

That measure drew strong opposition from advocates for English - language learners, racial minorities, disadvantaged students and those in special education who saw it as watering down accountability.

This study explores the heterogeneous effects of ESL compared to developmental English on first generation, second generation, and generation 1.5 students as well as other language minority subgroups in order to illuminate which language minority students benefit the most (and the least) from ESL.

For example, students from language - minority backgrounds often pursue finishing the task as their primary objective and believe that reading is synonymous with decoding and pronunciation of isolated words.

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.

Democrats argued that rescinding the rules opens loopholes that states can use to shield poorly performing schools from scrutiny, especially when they fail to serve poor children, minorities, English - language learners and students with disabilities.

In a letter to the heads of exam boards, she says she has received «numerous representations» from ethnic minority communities about fears that these languages would be dropped from A-levels and GCSEs.

Pam Perlich, senior research economist at the University of Utah, says immigration from around the world has changed Utah so that a majority of children here now are members of ethnic minorities, and speak a total of 129 different languages at home.

The proportion of students from a minority ethnic background and those whose first language is not English are well above the national average.

We fear that putting students with disabilities, English language learners and minority students into one «super-subgroup» will mask the individual needs of these distinct student subgroups and will prevent schools from tailoring interventions appropriately.

The Carpinteria language minority student experience: From theory, to practice, to success.

To challenge the labeling of students from minority groups as disabled, assessment must focus on (a) the extent to which children's language and culture are incorporated into the school program, (b) the extent to which educators collaborate with parents in a shared enterprise, and (c) the extent to which children are encouraged to use both their first and second languages actively in the classroom to amplify their experiences in interaction with other children and adults.

The identification of minority language students can include multiple criteria (with information from as many sources as possible) that are relevant to the needs of the population.

1974 > The internet «took off» 1990 > The invention of the web 1990 > The LINGUIST List 1991 > From ASCII to Unicode 1994 > Travlang, travel and languages 1995 > The Internet Dictionary Project 1995 > NetGlos, a glossary of the internet 1995 > Various languages on our screen 1995 > Global Reach, promoting localization 1996 > OneLook Dictionaries, a «fast finder» 1997 > 82.3 % of the web in English 1997 > The internet, a tool for minority languages 1997 > A European terminology database 1997 > Babel Fish, a free translation software 1997 > The tools of the translation company Logos 1997 > Specialized terminology databases 1998 > The need for a «linguistic democracy» 1999 > Bilingual dictionaries in WordReference.com 1999 > The internet, a mandatory tool for translators 1999 > The need for bilingual information online 2000 > Online encyclopedias and dictionaries 2000 > The web portal yourDictionary.com 2000 > Project Gutengerg and languages 2001 > Wikipedia, a collaborative encyclopedia 2001 > UNL, a digital metalanguage project 2001 > A market for language translation software 2004 > The web 2.0, community and sharing 2007 > The ISO 639 - 3 standard to identify languages 2007 > Google Translate 2009 > 6,909 languages in the Ethnologue 2010 > A UNESCO atlas for endangered languages

For overseas stocks, we restrict our investments to companies with English language reporting, from countries which have had a good history of protecting minority shareholder rights and with global operations.

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.

This 417 - page ICJ publication sets forth English - language summaries of selected domestic court cases involving sexual minorities from diverse countries.

Organise visits to or from speakers of the minority language.

Last week, language was inserted into Ohio's Mid-Biennium Review budget bill that would have restricted Planned Parenthood from federal family planning funds as well as funds from the Violence Against Women Act, the Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act, the Infertility Prevention Project, and the Minority HIV / ADS Initiative.

Foster carers are needed from all ethnic origins with varying faiths, cultures and languages, especially for sibling groups, teenagers, children from black and minority ethnic groups, children with disabilities and asylum seeking children.

This strongly suggests that more needs to be done to find suitable adopters to care for those children whose needs are well known and all too familiar — children with complex health needs or disabilities, children from minority ethnic, cultural, religious and language backgrounds, older children and sibling groups.

In light of evidence that children from low - income and minority backgrounds are more likely to exhibit delays in language and learning at school entry, additional work is needed to understand why these differences exist, and how to best support parents in their provision of positive home environments for their children.