Sentences with phrase «language conventions of»

Not exact matches

Despite the fact he couldn't speak the language, Paine was elected to the French National Convention, where he became an enemy of the more radical Montagnard faction.

So the use of this convention also expresses the ultimate mystery of God, and acknowledges that our language and symbols can never adequately grasp the being and will of God.

Ignorance and the proper use of capitalization and punctuation are also inversely proportional — meaning the more intelligent a person, the better is the use of grammatical conventions in his writing, and the less intelligent, the more cavalier he is with his use of language.

To follow these conventions faithfully is evidence of respect both for language and for those to whom it is directed.

Since linguistic signs are matters of historical and cultural convention, when language presents itself as natural rather than drawing attention to its own arbitrariness, it may get granted unquestioned status as the expression of what is real and abiding.

LifeWay Christian Resources, a division of the Southern Baptist Convention, had been selling the DVD at its 165 stores for two years with a sticker warning its patrons of strong language.

In a rare unscripted moment at the Democratic National Convention this week, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called for a voice vote to pass an amendment to the party platform reinstating language that identified Jerusalem as the rightful capital of Israel and that referred to people's «God - given potential» in its preamble.

Or to use the language that Jesus himself used, it's the narrow way, as contrasted with the broad way of convention.

Northrop, by changing the rules of evidence in the light of the philosophy of science, claims that language is not simply a linguistic convention but is a report on reality.

We must look instead to something more publicly accessible» that is, to the language of the Constitution itself and the conventions governing that language.

Leaving aside the (still interesting but tangential) issues of whether rule 40b can be amended prior to convention; OR lawyering of its language to benefit specific candidates; the question I have is:

Yesterday, in wording of a much stronger language on their stance opposing gay marriage, the draft from the Republican Party will address in the Republican National Convention next week, the party will make their anti-gay marriage stance clear:

For the future, a Convention can revise the Constitution to modernize the language of the Convention Question and require its prominent placement.»

After Cuomo declined to attend the convention — opting instead to issue a speech via video (and later calling in on speaker phone)-- and initially balked at including all of W.F.P.'s desired language in his statement, the vote was postponed.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has had an uneasy relationship with some public - sector labor groups during the early years of his administration, blasted the case in similar language this week when speaking at a convention for the Transport Workers Union in Las Vegas.

Republican delegates gathering in Cleveland ahead of the party's nominating convention approved a draft of language for the formal GOP platform that proposes a wall that would cover «the entirety of the southern border and must be sufficient to stop both vehicular and pedestrian traffic.»

Leaders instead settled on language that dramatically increased the amount of money an individual could donate to the national party committees for special accounts to pay for conventions, buildings and recounts.

But as the Syria case unfolds, there have been some conflicts between the language of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the U.N. resolution — brokered by Russia and the United States — that gives the OPCW authority to destroy Assad's arsenal.

The 2 °C target was reaffirmed in the 2009 «Copenhagen Accord» emerging from the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention [11], with specific language «We agree that deep cuts in global emissions are required according to science, as documented in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report with a view to reduce global emissions so as to hold the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius...».

It also means possessing an informed knowledge of the film's complex and dense «language,» its conventions, codes, symbols, cinematic attributes, and other factors.

Not only do the Coens honor the traditions and touchpoints of their»40s predecessors, they also subvert convention and reinvent visual language to serve the story.

Leaving the language barrier aside, the accessible story is communicated clearly and briskly, with plenty of vivid, unambiguous character work; its pert challenges to dominant conventions lie in the realm of representation, not narrative or patience.

A bold new leap in Persian - language cinema, UNDER THE SHADOW repurposes the conventions of genre storytelling into frightening new form, delivering an emotionally pulverizing experience in fear that also functions as gripping sociopolitical commentary.

As Checker Finn once noted, they respect basic skills, mathematical computation, the conventions of the English language, good literature and America's founding documents.

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 15 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 93 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (21 sheets) Unit's lessons include: * Introduction to the AQA GCSE Media Studies course requirements * Introduction to the four key concepts * Activity focused on pupils» own consumption of media texts * Detailed research into the history of the media - creating a timeline of people, technology and institutions * Applying Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to film media * Introduction of camera shots, angles and movement * Film terminology «speed - dating» to introuce key media language * Analysing a mise - en - scene * Analysing a film trailer: genre conventions and audience appeal * Creating genre - specific typography and writing a commentary * Analysing logos and slogans * Exploring stereotypes in the media * Music industry terminology and genre features * Analysing a CD album sleeve: genre conventions and audience appeal * The history ofvideo gaming * Video gaming genres and gratifications * Analysing a video game cover: genre conventions and audience appeal

A missing period at the end of a sentence might make teachers cringe, but it's a real - life example of how readers and writers develop a shared understanding of what conventions mean and how language works in patterns.

13 - 16 — Foreign language: Annual convention, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French, for French teachers at all levels, to be held at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Tex..

«Proficient» work in written communication «communicates effectively with awareness of audience and purpose; writing is coherent, adequately organized and developed; provides a variety of details, quotations or examples to support claims; demonstrates adequate control of sentence structure with appropriate use of language and word choice; reflects fundamental control of the conventions of written English and is generally free of errors.»

In their study, up to 43 per cent of the variance in written composition was explained by the three language conventions — leaving a large percentage unexplained.

«Overall, results from the analyses indicate that between approximately 24 per cent and 43 per cent of the variance in written composition was explained by the three language convention measures and that spelling was the main predictor of written composition for each cohort.

«Advanced» work «communicates insightfully with consistent awareness of audience and purpose; writing is confident, coherent, clearly focused, well - organized, and thoroughly developed; provides a variety of well - chosen details, quotations, or examples to support claims; demonstrates exceptional control of sentence structure with precise use of language and word choice; reflects mastery of the conventions of written English and is virtually free of errors.»

Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

For example, when editing writing, students address Writing standard 5 («Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach») as well as Language standards 1 - 3 (which deal with conventions of standard English and knowledge of language).

Rolando Aguirre, president of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas, writes that Hispanics make up more than 50 percent of student enrollment in Texas public schools, so «It would be fair to say the success of Texas schools rises or falls with Hispanic students,» and many of these students are English - language learners (ELLs).

They'll also work toward curriculum standards such as mastery of language conventions, appropriate word choice, providing specific evidence to support claims, and more.

A newcomer to the country may have good writing skills in his or her primary language but limited knowledge of English and its different writing conventions.

In our view, Foorman and her colleagues have limited their attention to too small a part of literacy learning, just the part indicated by «AP» (alphabetic principle) within the language conventions area displayed in Figure 1.

Determining the spoken language equivalent of a written word using grapho - phonic strategies such as sound - spelling correspondences and common spelling conventions (phonics).

Five months after Clinton's Harlem speech, the Democratic Party platform adopted at its convention included language to end the school - to - prison pipeline, and to oppose discipline policies that disproportionately affect students of color and students with disabilities.

In many dual - language bilingual programs, bilingualism is seen as a separate dual - language competence, a monoglossic view of bilingualism that relies on the conventions of named languages of nation - states, rather than on the unitary linguistic system of speakers.

This preservice teacher chose to ignore grammatical and mechanical conventions in his reflection, yet his choice of language clearly conveys his consideration of technology in the English classroom.

At the end of the week, we'll be exhibiting at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention in Nashville, hoping to meet foreign language teachers who are interested in working at independent schools.

They need to know the grammar and conventions of our language and what research says about effective ways to teach that grammar and those conventions to students.

The pro-charter camp also suffered set backs at the Democratic National Convention this summer when the education portion of the platform was amended with language explicitly supporting democratically governed public schools and making some actual demands of charter schools:

From a language arts point of view, using appropriate informational texts broadens children's literacy experiences, builds sophisticated vocabulary, and increases familiarity with textual conventions (Hall, Sabey, & McClellan, 2005).

A paragraph will do this because readers are familiar with the conventions of written language and barely notice the interruption.

OEL manga creators take some of the artistic and storytelling conventions of Japanese comics such as the big eyes, exaggerated action or sensitive romances to create stories from a Western point of view for English - language readers.

Larson brings readers into innards of the Constitutional Convention: the formation of committees to tackle issues such as presidential selection and executive power, debates on the power to tax and the length of the president's term and the crafting of language to meet the desires of both nationalists and their opponents.

It was difficult to follow as various characters jump into the conversations and Cromwell is taken with having whole scenes play out as narrated daydreams; it was also written in the outdated language and conventions of Elizabethan literature.

Different languages and regions of the world have different spelling and punctuation conventions.