Sentences with phrase «improve language teaching»

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Parents may worry that teaching their baby to sign will interfere with normal speech development, but some studies suggest the opposite is true: Signing may actually improve language and vocabulary.

Digital games can effectively teach refugee children much - needed skills — including a new language, cognitive skills, and coding — while also improving their mental health, finds research by New York University, the City University of New York, and Turkey's Bahcesehir University.

We teach and guide professionals who wish to improve their Swedish language skills, or improve their understanding of Swedish culture and communication.

Austin, TX, United States About Blog This Blog is to help create a culture of collaboration and sharing in order to improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages.

Along with the STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, another area we were passionate about improving was how languages were taught and the various ways we could increase the exposure our students have to other cultures.

This initiative at Iowa State University, whose mission is to improve K - 12 foreign language teaching across the country, is a good place to connect with other like - minded teachers.

Here are lots of different fun teaching resources for students who are learning to speak English as a second language, or for students who want to revise and improve their understanding of English.

I teach ESL and one thing I like to do with students who need to learn computer skills as well as improve their language proficiency is to help them develop e-mail journals.

But the dominance of teaching methods such as «whole language» reading instruction may be exactly why education is so hard to improve.

Tried, tested and improved over 3 years teaching Business in an English as a second language environment - these slides are very straightforward for students to understand!

We've also learned that if we teach structures on the side, we can help students improve their accuracy, particularly in writing, but only once they reach intermediate fluency, so that they have enough language to which they may apply their improved accuracy.

Tried, tested and improved over 3 years teaching Business and Economics in an English as a second language environment - these slides are very straightforward for students to understand!

«By working in groups to improve instruction, teachers are able to develop a shared language for describing and analysing classroom teaching, and to teach each other about teaching.

While the details are still being worked out, Buchanan suggested that 25 independent schools have already expressed an interest in being involved, which could go some way to improving the teaching of languages in schools across the country.

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.

Improved incentives to teach physics, chemistry, maths, Welsh and modern foreign languages in Wales, have been announced by the education secretary Kirsty Williams.

Teacher of the Year Aims to Celebrate Teachers, Teaching National Teacher of the Year Kathy Mellor, an English as a second language teacher in Rhode Island, is eager to spend her term celebrating teachers and teaching and encouraging school - community partnerships to improve edTeaching National Teacher of the Year Kathy Mellor, an English as a second language teacher in Rhode Island, is eager to spend her term celebrating teachers and teaching and encouraging school - community partnerships to improve edteaching and encouraging school - community partnerships to improve education.

Ensure appropriate systemic interventions are in place to improve teaching and learning schoolwide by developing a clear set of expectations and a common language around instructional practices.

This online course will share ways of teaching languages through the medium of short film that will inspire and motivate both teacher and learner, and improve attainment significantly.

Cincinnati — Saying «America has dug itself into a hole» in the international marketplace, Gov. Gerald L. Baliles of Virginia began his term as chairman of the National Governors» Association by exhorting his fellow governors here to work toward improving the teaching of foreign languages and geography.

On a four - point scale they rated at three or higher many aspects of their program preparation including a range of aspects of classroom management; language, literacy, and reading instruction (including teaching phonics); ability to teach mathematics; ability to use a range of assessments to improve their teaching and learning; and knowledge of content.

Designed in partnership with over 250 teachers and administrators, the ultimate goal of the Framework is to create a common language for talking about high - quality teaching and how classroom practice can be improved.

These include work with the Royal Shakespeare Company to help primary schools teach the bard, a project with the Royal Society of Arts which used theatre to improve literacy and language development, and a Welsh scheme which used music to teach modern foreign languages.

This work has been guided by an unwavering belief that student learning will not increase until the quality of teaching improves, and that the quality of teaching will not improve until our school leaders develop a clear vision, understanding, and common language for high - quality teaching and learning.

With expertise in Differentiation, Standards - Based Teaching Activities, Creative and Critical Thinking, Assessment, Underachievement, and Gifted and Talented Education, we publish supplemental Activity Books to improve student thinking and questioning skills, encourage creativity in the language arts, promote critical thinking in math and science, explore character education, present research skills and provide enrichment in social studies.

A team of six national researchers is analyzing teaching methods in several dual language schools across the United States, Texas, and San Antonio in hopes of improving the educational landscape for Latino students.

CSI - Comprehension Strategies Instruction is a cutting - edge literacy resource for teaching comprehension strategies and improving vocabulary, fluency, and oral language.

For a lesson plan designed to help teach students improve their reading comprehension, for example, you might state that at the end of the lesson, students should be able to read and understand figurative language, plot, climax, and other fiction characteristics, as well as the elements of nonfiction, and display the ability to find specific information in the text.

And examples also enable readers to have a vision of efficient communication with dual language learners and to improve their own teaching situation.

For instance, teachers may say they want students to improve in their work with «place value» in math, and then set a goal for their own teaching that has to do with differentiation for English language learners without articulating how the two are connected.

TODAY»S FEDERAL REGISTER: PRIORITIES FOR CHARTER SCHOOL GRANTS: The Education Department is pondering whether grants to nonprofit organizations that run charter school projects [http://1.usa.gov/17v5Lqz] should be weighted based on whether they improve efficiency through economies of scale, improve accountability, recruit and serve students with disabilities and English - language learners more effectively and combine technology - based instruction with classroom teaching.

The initiative has improved educator knowledge, understanding, and skills in teaching of English language arts and mathematics through the application of Focused Instructional Modeling - Mathematics (FIM) and Academic Language Development (ALD) pedagogy.

National Council of Teachers of English: The NCTE, the world's largest subject - matter educational association, is devoted to improving the teaching of English and the language arts at all levels of education.

In an effort to improve performance and growth of students, we assessed and reviewed current instructional models for teaching reading / language arts aligned to the Utah Core.

The purpose of teacher subject specialism training (TSST) is to improve the subject knowledge of non-specialist teachers and those looking to return to the teaching profession, and increase the number of hours taught in secondary mathematics, core maths, physics and modern foreign languages.

Studying and practicing dance improves reading readiness, and music gives context for teaching language skills.

In addition, we used district news publications and websites as vehicles to promote the common language of meaningful assessments and their direct relationship to improved teaching and learning.

New York is one state that stood out in the waiver application process for submitting detailed and comprehensive information about its plans to teach English language learner students in both its move to college - and career - ready standards and its efforts to improve leadership and instruction.

There is language in the legislation, however, that would allow the department to request from states and districts a more careful accounting of how the funds are spent to ensure that teachers are better able to teach in ways that improve student learning.

This means that children need to be helped to catch up as quickly as possible, he says, which, rather than learning formal lessons, might be about being taught to use a knife and fork or to improve very poor language skills.

Read about our transformative English language teaching programmes in India and find out how we apply our leading ELT expertise to improve the quality of teaching.

In particular, he aspires to use his pedagogical training to help develop improved teaching and literacy materials for endangered - language communities as part of a life - long commitment to improving the world in terms of language and social justice.

The world's top educational publishers (and soon anyone who creates lessons) use Knewton to improve learning outcomes in K — 12, higher education, English - language teaching, corporate training, and other markets.

Dr. Bob Pritchard, co-founder of EPF for Teaching is a language and literacy specialist who works extensively with teachers and administrators around the county implementing high leverage, research - based, instructional practices associated with improved student learning across content areas.

SOAR supported teachers in planning and understanding language teaching practices, and supported coaches and administrators in observing, collecting evidence, and facilitating reflective conversations to improve delivery of instruction focused on student academic interactions.

Imagine if Connecticut's elected and appointed officials actually stopped denigrating teachers, the teaching profession and public schools and started listening to teachers and providing the resources necessary to improve educational outcomes, especially for Connecticut children living in poverty, facing English language challenges or requiring special education services.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Resources for Supporting Teachers and Administrators to Improve Outcomes for Dual Language Learners in Pre-K through Third Grade identifies selected resources on best practices and policy to support effective teaching and learning for dual language learners (DLL) in early childhood programs and early elementary school.

There was no evidence to show whole language worked and lots of evidence that teaching children the relationship among sounds, letters and spelling patterns improves reading achievement.

Our members are classroom teachers, department chairs, professors, librarians, and administrators devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels.