Sentences with phrase «language than mastering»

There is more to becoming fluent in a foreign language than mastering vocabulary and grammar.

Not exact matches

turkish seem to have a steep learning curve at the beginning but when you get the basics the rest is much more easier to master than other languages (in my opinion)

Meanwhile, licensing rules in most states do little more than «screen out the bottom few who can't master the English language or are badly schooled,» says Eric Nadelstern, the former New York City deputy schools chancellor and visiting professor of practice at Columbia University's Teachers College.

And rather than absorbing language from the environment and learning to communicate by imitation, children are born with the innate capacity to master language, a power imbued in our species by evolution itself.

Those who do not master the language and remain English learners tend to score lower on academic tests and graduate high school at lower rates than their native - English speaking peers.

If your research topic is specific to a country other than your own, then the local language may come in handy, but for nearly everyone, mastering English will also be a must.

For example, a child who learns a language while very young and then stops speaking the language will find it far easier to relearn years later than will an adult attempting to master it for the first time.

IBM's megacomputer, Watson, creamed the hominid competition at the quirky, punny, idiosyncratic Jeopardy! This contest, calling on such skills as language, grammar, and wordplay, is among the most human of games — much more so than the mathematical system of chess, which IBM's Deep Blue mastered in the 1990s.

The language and sentiments are often unfiltered and raw, maybe more than you want at times, but Leary is a master at playing guys on the edge and this is an extraordinary showcase, by turns moving, funny and stunning.

Though Marlo is less caustic and unpleasant than Young Adult's Mavis, Theron remains a master of tiny reactions burrowing out from beneath more normal, socially acceptable ones, conveying disgust or defeat with little twitches of the eye or recoiling body language.

An adult must work harder than a child to master a new language, because the brain protects the authority of its native language.

Mr Ray, who is the high master of Manchester Grammar School, said the «problems go far deeper than this year's disastrous mishandling of the English language GCSE grades».

In Meriden, where test scores are low due to poverty and language barriers, is a 5 percent improvement in the 4th grade master test in reading the same, equal to or less than a 1 % improvement in Avon where test scores start out three times higher.

Now I must admit the English language gives the term «master» a much more powerful and commanding sound of authority than «mistress» but I want my gift infused with feminine, not masculine power.

a Wannabe British Central American country.More linked to their former master than to her brothers in America.Also the official language is english when most people speak spanish in the country.

However, if that is the extent of your English language problems, you have mastered the language very well (better than most native speakers).

You may not include any language that would allow a person to misconstrue that a Trial Masters ™ member is more skilled than lawyers who are not members.

Apart from teaching the Introduction to Digital Currencies, Andreas Antonopoulos has written Mastering Bitcoin, a guide translated into nine languages other than English by volunteers and now freely available for downloading.

Although mastering a language will almost certainly take more than six months, you'll be able to learn the basics, which should help you navigate most business scenarios.

Because play allows children to relate through something other than the confusing terrain of adult language, and instead engage in a mode of being that they've already mastered, family therapists could be more effective if they added it to their repertoires.