Sentences with phrase «language a student speaks»

But, then again, given their focus on test prep and how to fill in bubbles, it might not actually matter what language a student speaks.

Most egregious, teachers from multiple schools reported that the glossary provided for ELL students taking the SBAC test is not translated into all the languages our students speak.

Not exact matches

The company gave each student an iPad as Cook told them learning how to code was more important than speaking a second language.

ANNE STEEN, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: The fact that our students are global thinkers, global problem - solvers and the fact that they speak some of the critical languages is very attractive to the employers who work in the intel community.

They constantly talked over our head, and neither the teachers nor the students could speak to each other in the same language if our careers depended on it.

[4] This follows its use of UKTI's services targeted at localizing exporters» websites and employing expertise of foreign - language - speaking students.

Based on the above, UKTI commissioned the ECR program in combination with the PIB service to, among other things, allow companies to employ foreign - language - speaking students at U.K. universities and other British institutions of higher learning to address issues related to language and cultural barriers that companies may face in entering particular foreign markets.

Unless it was meant for us as a new system to drop Republican systems for the Royalist systems that are taking place now that Jordan and Morocco both Royelists are planed to join GCC as one with a change to the name of the GCC since the Royalist empire will be extending to countries outer of the Arabian Gulf Countries... What ever it is all we need is freedom of rights, justice, peace, equality and to live in prosperity... Egypt is not in the heart of Egyptions only but as well in the heart of every Arabic nation, Egyptions were our teachers in our schools and Egypt was the university of our Yemeni students... Egypt was the source of islamic educations, Egypt was the face of all arts, books, papers, TV plays and movies to all of Arabian speaking countries... Egypt is our Arabian Icon so please please other nations are becoming larger and stronger in the area on your account as a living icon for the Arabian Unity what ever our faiths or beliefs are we are brothers in blood, culture and language, God Bless to All.Amen.

In opposition, speaking as a student of Greek and Hebrew, a participant insisted that these languages are a foundational study for all theological education, and seminary is, for her, an opportunity to gain a solid grounding in God's Word.

Speaking from the other side of the fence as a (former) seminary instructor, what you're saying is the exact same thing we hear from * every * student that didn't master one or both languages.

If one purpose of seminary is to help prepare students to «go into all the world and preach the gospel» it seems that learning the languages of «all the world» might better prepare us to do that then learning dead languages that nobody speaks any longer.

Here are students who speak the same language and who in many instances share the same political and social traditions.

Such a system had serious drawbacks because the teaching materials were several centuries old, the study of Arabic — and no Chinese — was inadequate, so the students could read only a limited amount and could not speak the language, there was no general educational background for the religious courses, and the freedom allowed to the students often led them to form bad habits.

With more thorough preparation in foreign language, both written and spoken, American students will be in a better position to learn effectively from travel and residence abroad as part of their educational preparation.

We can also advocate for students whose parents may not speak the language at local public forums in their communities.

I'm an Irishman living in America speaking whatever language and using the cultural values of my audience (College students) Thanks for this!

Also, several players from Canada speak French and have made appearances at local high school French classes to help students develop their language skills and share information about their culture.

Non-English speaking students enter the school's English as a second language program, which has seen enrollment double since 1997, Supt. Tim Kanold said.

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.

Plus: effectively using main lessons; fostering speaking and listening skills in children; understanding the scope of the language arts curriculum; writing and understanding the value of pedagogical stories and birthday verses as healing for children; exploring methods of assessing student learning

Then there are the foreign students — all those young Chinese and Koreans studying at Central St Martin's University of the Arts in King's Cross, the European students on Erasmus exchange programmes around the country (doubly bad no doubt in Mr Farage's eyes since it's an EU scheme, that also sends Britons to the Continent, where they might too pick up the habit of speaking these foreign languages), the students from the Indian sub-continent studying engineering and computer science, students from around the globe trying to acquire or improve their grasp of the English language that can be their passport to a good job wherever in the globe they come from.

Buffalo Public Schools have added so many immigrants to the student population, the district now has 84 languages spoken in the hallways and 125 teachers have been added to work with these students.

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Recently issued guidance on the Dignity for All Students Act and on the rights of immigrant students is now available in the top 20 languages spoken in New York State, state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia anStudents Act and on the rights of immigrant students is now available in the top 20 languages spoken in New York State, state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia anstudents is now available in the top 20 languages spoken in New York State, state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced.

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.

Language barriers presented by the 40 + languages spoken by our very large refugee population and students attending the New York State School for the Deaf that will lead to language interpretation «killer apps» to facilitate communication in healthcare, education and the courts system

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.

While P.S. 130 has strong test scores, TriBeCa parents were concerned about the school's stricter rules, including a requirement that students must wear uniforms, and parents also worried their children would have trouble making friends because 70 percent of incoming kindergarteners at P.S. 130 do not speak English as a primary language.

Brookshire worked with Daniel Casasanto, assistant professor of psychology and leader of the Experience and Cognition Lab; Susan Goldin - Meadow, the Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor of in the Department of Psychology and an acclaimed scholar of language and gesture; Howard Nusbaum, professor of psychology and an expert in spoken language and language use; and Jenny Lu, a PhD student specializing in sign language, gesture and language development.

The research team led by Ji - Young Choi, an assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies, found dual - language learners (DLLs) had significant growth, eventually outperforming students who only spoke English, once DLLs gained basic English proficiency.

Community colleges are also equipped to provide English language training for immigrant and refugee students, so they are a good starting point for strong students with weak skills in spoken and written English.

«If a special education student's language has developed to a point that is comparable to an English speaking student with the same disability, let's take that into account,» Thompson said.

However, previous studies have shown that lower - income students are more likely to suffer from stress in early childhood, have more limited access to educational resources, and receive less exposure to spoken language early in life.

The scholar was visiting his department to give a talk in an area with seemingly very little connection to Reddi's expertise, but he cornered him nonetheless, because «as a doctoral student I had made it an issue to attend talks in areas other than mine and to cultivate learning from people who didn't speak the same language as I do,» he recalls.

Prinet speaks Chinese, but her Chinese students have good English, so, she says, English is frequently the common language for discussions.

Tarduno and his team, which included both undergraduate and graduate students, named the bird Tingmiatornis arctica; «Tingmiat» means «those that fly» in the Inuktitut language spoken in the central and eastern Canadian Arctic (Nunavut territory).

For instance, many of Lucero's students through the years have primarily spoken English, while most of the older people were fluent in their native language of Keres.

The purpose of the present study, performed with doctoral students Svetlana Dachkovsky of the University of Haifa and Christina Healy of Gallaudet University, was to determine whether the facial intonation of sign language is the same for all sign languages or whether, like spoken languages, intonation takes on different characteristic patterns in each language.

«Assessing the readability of campaign speeches is a little tricky because most measures are geared to the written word, yet text is very different from the spoken word,» said Maxine Eskenazi, LTI principal systems scientist who performed the analysis with Elliot Schumacher, a graduate student in language technologies.

Extrovert Chinese students learning English as a second language are likely to perform better in speaking and reading, but less proficient in listening than their introvert counterparts, according to a study published in Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (JSSH).

Enter role of teacher: the language of yoga is not yet comfortably spoken, and student looks to more experienced guide for assistance in translation.

You're never «done» so to speak, and that's just something you have to accept as a language student.

Keeping the language students have learnt from efl courses is a bit long and complex in non-english speaking countries.

Running for nearly 20 years, English School of Canada has educated over 30,000 students from more than 50 countries.Students appreciate and are engaged with the multicultural student body they study with at our fully accredited school.Finally, the third class will illuminate how to write various academic, business, professional, and functional compositions.In addition to these practical objectives, this class will show students how to put themselves in the correct mindset to write, how to plan to write as well as how to implement editing and revision strategies.The program also teaches students the specific language skills and vocabulary needed in a health care workplace.It covers speaking, listening, and reading on a wide range of topics from technical skills to ethical concerns, from communicating with patients to discussing issues with colleagues.

;) I offers quality TASIS The American School in Switzerland Our student body represents more than 60 nations and speaks more than 30 languages.

I'm a single student from Argentina... I'm 31 years old and i speak many languages.

New York, NY About Blog The New York Language Learning Center provides outstanding language courses designed to help students master the ability to speak English fluently.

There is no question that Spanish - speaking Hispanic students» language - learning needs are somewhat different than their monolingual peers, particularly in the early years.

With a high percentage of ELL students and families, WHEELS identifies volunteer translators among grades 9 - 12 students for those teachers who don't speak the home language of families.

I try to have students speak in the target language as much as possible during the limited time that they are in class.