Sentences with phrase «language backgrounds tend»

For instance, nonnative speakers from a variety of first - language backgrounds tend to overemphasize the ending consonant in words like «what,» a tactic other nonnative speakers would recognize and understand.

Not exact matches

She also encouraged states to use this opportunity under Title IV, Part A, to provide a «well - rounded education» for young students, noting that early elementary grades tend to focus on literacy skills such as letter and word identification, while dual language learners — as well as all young children — would benefit from increased attention to building comprehension, vocabulary, and background knowledge.

Standardized tests tend, to varying degrees, to be culturally and linguistically biased against English language learners and students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

«Children from homes that are considered impoverished with low educational backgrounds tend to have vocabulary and oral language skills significantly less than a child whose family is not living in poverty,» Bailey said.

Because I have a background in music and languages I tend to be very sensitive to the sounds of words and so I find it useful to read the finished book aloud and to eliminate anything that sounds ugly or which destroys the flow of the narrative.