We have between 20 - 35
home languages spoken among our students.
The 130 +
home languages spoken in APS presents a unique — but not insurmountable — challenge when it comes to communicating with families.
A high - poverty urban district with 28 percent English language learners and more than 50
home languages spoken throughout the district, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) in California was looking for new ways to reach these diverse families.
«The ideal solution would be to measure their skills in their first language to gauge whether the issue is from lack of exposure to English or an underlying language impairment, but that isn't feasible given the diversity of
home languages spoken by children in the UK.
«The ideal solution would be to measure their skills in their first language to gauge whether the issue is from lack of exposure to English or a general language impairment, but that isn't feasible given the diversity of
home languages spoken by children in the UK.
Not exact matches
Ethnic minorities make up 36 percent of the country, and more than 20 percent of Americans
speak a
language other than English at
home.
Catalonia is a 32,000 - square - kilometre area that is
home to 7.5 million people, who
speak a different
language — Catalan.
The LoweBot
speaks multiple
languages, and will be deployed to 11 stores to help guide
home improvers to find items in store.
According to its website, over 140
languages and dialects can be heard in the city, with a third of its population
speaking a
language other than English or French at
home.
«We
speak four
languages at
home: Spanish, Dutch, German and English (which is the
language we prefer to
speak as a couple).
especially since 80 per cent of the congregation
speak Afrikaans at
home but attend English -
language services.
I believe in
speaking in my prayer
language quietly to the Lord but at
home by myself I
speak out loud.
Children were forcibly removed from tehir
homes, not allowed to
speak their native
language and Christianized without their parents» permission.
French was
spoken at
home, so it wasn't until I went to school that I was really immersed in the English
language.
On this particular weekend the
Home Secretary, Mr. Henry Brooke, appeared on the scene to tell the Tories of Newcastle that Labor would lose the election, that Newcastle was a city of character and history and that the people who lived along the Tyne had hearts of gold, proving once again that electioneering politicians
speak an international
language.
Some 19
languages are
spoken in our
homes, and we hail from over 20 different nations around the world.
Highlight: It's often assumed that children raised in
homes where more than one
language is used will begin to
speak later than children raised in a single
language home, but it's not necessarily true.
Being bold with
language has a positive social effect in children and your child will feel smart and confident when
speaking both at
home and in the classroom, eliminating potential frustration.
Only
speaking the
language that you are learning around the
home will definitely help everything to sink in.
The best way to encourage your baby to learn any
language - Sign
Language or the
language (s) you
speak at
home - is to interact directly with your infant or toddler,» Ayelet says.
Initially, she didn't
speak any English, and she found a
home in La Leche League of Fort Collins, Colorado, where she signed up to become an LLL Leader without realizing it (
language barriers» best outcome ever!).
Talking to the baby bump helps baby start learning their
language spoken at
home, and the art of conversation.
I find many programs treat WAH businesses as sub-par to those outside the
home, don't take them seriously, or speak in language and deal with issues that don't apply to At Home Busin
home, don't take them seriously, or
speak in
language and deal with issues that don't apply to At
Home Busin
Home Business.
Once an icon of the Jewish community, Skokie since the 1980s has become something of a north - suburban United Nations, where 80
languages are
spoken in the
homes of its public school students.
This year has been a year of great independence — Tyler began first grade, joined the French Immersion Program that requires him to complete his homework independently,
speaks a
language that neither of his parents understand, runs around the neighborhood alone calling for friends, plays independently at
home with his sibling and peers, and generally has a whole life at school and on the playing field that feels mostly separate from his father and me.
Second
language: When a child
speaks a different
language at
home, care should be taken before diagnosing her with SM.
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.
About 18 percent of Utica's 60,000 residents were born outside of the United States and more than 25 percent
speak a
language other than English at
home.
Deprivation varies by
home language, with pupils from Somali, Lingala and French -
speaking homes having the highest levels of eligibility for free schools meals, while Igbo, Yoruba and Shona speakers live in financially better - off households.
In England, almost one in five primary school pupils
speak a
language other than English at
home.
New York City leads the nation in the number of
languages spoken at
home: a remarkable 192 or more, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a report this week.
A new version of the SAT has longer and harder reading passages and more words in math problems, which some educators and college admissions officers to fear will penalize students who have not been exposed to a lot of reading, or who
speak a different
language at
home — like immigrants and the poor.
The airport is architecturally impressive but inconvenient.The people
speak her
language, but they are always judging and comparing, evaluating the clothes she wears, the
home and neighborhood she lives in, the school her children will attend.
«Half of all New Yorkers
speak a
language other than English at
home,» said de Blasio at the time.
The NYC Department of Education has been trying to recruit and retain teachers of color, bilingual teachers and male teachers in an effort to have the adults in the classroom look more like the students, who are overwhelmingly students of color with many
speaking a
language other than English at
home.
Outreach has been a particular concern in Newburgh, where nearly half the residents
speak a
language other than English at
home.
With nearly half of the 2.3 million residents born abroad, our neighborhoods are
home to families that hail from over 120 countries and
speak over 135
languages.
The North Side neighborhood that once housed mostly German and Italian immigrants is now
home to a new group of immigrants where 20 percent of families
speak a
language other than English at
home, according to U.S. Census data.
«I don't know, I don't know,» Stege says when asked whether she thinks the Marshallese
language could survive in the U.S. «With my children, I try to
speak Marshallese, and when I go back
home, people always appreciate that.»
In other words, immigrants» children
speak their
home language, but their grandchildren do not.
When Europeans colonized Australia 250 years ago, the continent was
home to an estimated half - million to 2 million people who were organized into about 700 different groups and
spoke at least 300
languages.
Infants raised in
homes where they hear a single
language, but
spoken with different accents, recognize words dramatically differently at about 12 months of age than their age - matched peers exposed to little variation in accent, according to a recent study by a University at Buffalo expert in
language development.
6 But more than 70 percent of all the
home pages on the Internet are in English, and more online users
speak English than any other
language, making it the world's lingua franca (assuming you consider brb, omg, g2g, and rofl English).
About one in five children in the United States
speak a
language other than English at
home, and about half of them are not yet considered proficient in English.
The children of immigrants who grow up with two
languages — one
spoken at
home with family, the other learned at school — frequently become balanced bilinguals.
We can go into their
homes,
speak their
language, identify opportunities for behavioral changes, even open the fridge and see what's in there — it's a partnership.»
With her Zero - Waste
Home book that's been translated into 12
languages,
speaking engagements across the world, profiles on BBC and NPR, and a nod as «The Priestess of Waste - Free Living» from the New York Times under her belt, it's safe to say that she's become the face of a movement.
Whether she is searching for her dream job or a new city to call
home; is saving for a down payment or a ticket to travel the world; is learning to cook or
speak another
language, she needs a bit of guidance, she wants to be inspired.
It's another thing to be at
home and not be able to communicate with your spouse because you don't
speak their
language.
Be convinced that
speaking in the mother tongue of your partner carries its own advantage, as he / she would feel comfortable and feel at
home as from the day of childhood he / she has been reading, writing and
speaking the
language of mother tongue.