Students are instructed
in their first language, learning educational concepts in their own language and learning their first literacies in their mother - tongue.
Having the ability to speak
in your first language, or the one most comfortable to you, allows increased freedom to express yourself and your needs.
You can choose the course that best meets your needs and where necessary can access support
in your first language.
Listen to radio programs
in your first language, including popular music programs and channels for teenagers.
Go to the library and borrow CDs, DVDs, picture books, junior fiction and magazines
in your first language.
There are millions of people around the world who make games with GameMaker, and this update is about recognising the potential of people who want to make games
in their first language.
• Improvement
in first language - An international language scholar become more conscious about the grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, and other comprehensions.
Recruit people who can tutor students
in their first language.
Encourage students to write contributions
in their first language for school newspapers and magazines.
Provide opportunities for students from the same ethnic group to communicate with one
another in their first language where possible (e.g., in cooperative learning groups on at least some occasions).
Progress is being made in these areas, particularly in the improvement of standards in primary schools, but there is more to be done, particularly so that children arrive at reception already having good language skills, particularly
in their first language, which is not always the case.
The Every Student Succeeds Act requires states to make every effort to test students
in their first language.
Bravo, Hiebert, and Pearson (2007) found that approximately 88 % of key science words selected for instruction were cognates in Spanish, and about half of them were high - frequency words in Spanish, making them more likely to be known by Spanish speakers, including those who had not had high levels of schooling
in their first language.
She is encouraging them to think
in their first language and draw a picture before they write.
High oral proficiency
in the first language: conversational interactions, vocabulary enrichment activities, children's literature, group activities
Bank Street's Literacy Guide offers suggestions on how to work with ELLs who have had no formal reading instruction
in their first language.
For my learners, it seems their natural reaction is to either say the word
in the first language or reach for their dictionary and look it up.
The new volume from the National Research Council, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children (1998), and the Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence (CREDE) both make the following research - based suggestions for improving the reading achievement of bilingual and ESL children: All students benefit from grade - level instruction
in their first language as they are becoming fluent in English.
Their parents» English language proficiency and literacy levels
in their first language matter, and so does family financial and social status.
With second language acquisition, the learner possesses knowledge
in their first language, and then begins to learn elements in the new language, such as vocabulary or grammar.
Developing literacy
in the first language is a short cut to English literacy.
Teaching subject matter
in the first language stimulates intellectual development and provides students with valuable knowledge that will help the child understand instruction when it is presented in English.
For Spanish - language speakers, this early emphasis on their home language enables them to «expand their vocabulary and build literacy
in their first language; study a highly academic curriculum
in their first language; successfully transfer Spanish reading and writing skills to English in later grades; acquire high levels of self - esteem by becoming bilingual and playing a supportive role for their English - speaking classmates.»
Teachers teach only in English and students are expected to perform in English, which prevents them from developing cognitive and academic language proficiency
in their first language.
While some students had excellent and consistent literacy instruction in their native country, others — for various reasons, including poverty and war — enter bilingual / ESL classrooms in the United States with limited or no literacy skills
in the first language.
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.»
A young South Korean student in the same class spoke little English, but had a great deal of content knowledge
in her first language.
A child who can't speak English may have academic knowledge in other content areas, and may have strong speaking, reading, and writing skills
in their first language.
Another teaches Spanish - speaking children to read
in their first language through child - centered stories enhanced with interactive technology.
«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.
Students are encouraged to write
in their first language, and we include books, pictures, and objects that reflect our students» culture into our classroom.
An edition
in her first language, Spanish, will be published in August.
«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.
Contrary to much belief, the researchers found that ability to read
in a first language is less important in SFL reading than proficiency in the new language being learned.
Talk to your child
in your first language.
And, most importantly, she says, «
in first languages.»
Not exact matches
When Hillary Clinton — dressed
in her power - red pantsuit — sauntered over the stage to greet Donald Trump last week
in their
first presidential dplaceholderebate, her body
language spelled power.
First, the court found that the term «commodity» encompasses virtual currency «both
in economic function and
in the
language of the statute.»
Considered one of the
first three «modern programmers,» Dr. Hopper made trailblazing breakthroughs
in the development of computer
languages.
When documents reviewed for production
in connection with committee requests reminded me that meeting had occurred, and because of the
language in the email chain that I then read for the
first time, I included that meeting on a supplement.
And Constellation is planning Spanish -
language TV ads for Victoria for the
first time
in the U.S. market.
None other than Charles Darwin wrote the
first academic investigation into body
language, his «The Expression of the Emotions
in Man and Animals,» published back
in 1872.
The unique
language style originated
in the East End of London during the
first half of the 18th century and relies on rhyme to disguise words within a sentence.
The ad — which features people singing
in languages like Hindi, Arabic, and Tagalog — infuriated some viewers when it was
first aired
in 2014.
An easy
first step is to use gender - neutral
language in job descriptions that will attract a diverse pool of applicants.
Ohalala will only be available
in Berlin at
first (prostitution is legal
in Germany), but there will be an English -
language rollout soon.
In 2009 he shut down the foreign - language channels, firing about 140 staffers, in the first layoffs in Bloomberg's histor
In 2009 he shut down the foreign -
language channels, firing about 140 staffers,
in the first layoffs in Bloomberg's histor
in the
first layoffs
in Bloomberg's histor
in Bloomberg's history.
International students are offered Chinese
language classes
in their
first year.
This isn't the
first study to document gendered
language in a business context.
This quality standard was
first introduced
in 1987 by the International Organization for Standards (ISO)
in hopes of establishing an international definition of the essential characteristics and
language of a quality system for all businesses, irrespective of industry or geographic location.