Sentences with phrase «less developed language»

Many children enter school with less developed language, motor and social skills than their peers.

Those Nicaraguans with complex sign language skills were more likely to choose the first picture — indicating an understanding of false belief — than were those with less developed language skills.

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Lam also points out a less often discussed way podcasts can develop your brain — by helping you master a new language.

But the guys I go to football with are less fussed, and so when I'm with them, my language creeps in that direction in the same way that I develop a slight Brummie twang when I spend time with my pals from Birmingham.

However, some other groups with even less cross-cultural experience developed a close relation with the local people and managed to communicate through sign language.

We're joining together with 6 fabulous blogs to help you Get Ready for K through Play over the summer — week 1 last week was all about developing language skills — pop on over to Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas and find out more as well as the links to ideas from Toddler Approved, Mama Smiles, Coffee Cups and Crayons and Mess for Less.

There are other factors that may lead to twin language, such as less one on one communication with parents plus the more developed non-verbal communication skills so often shared by twins.

As part of LORELEI, Schuler and his team are using the Ohio Supercomputer Center's Owens Cluster to develop a grammar acquisition algorithm to discover the rules of lesser - known languages, learning the grammars without supervision so disaster relief teams can react quickly.

However, even though an adolescent with good language and cognitive skills may experiment with drinking earlier than his / her less advanced peer, better verbal and intellectual abilities have [also] been found to be protective against developing severe problems with alcohol and other substances in adulthood.»

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — The English - as - a-second-language program here, often hailed as a model alternative to bilingual education, may be less effective in developing the language skills needed for school success, according to a long - term study released this month.

It also highlighted that boys are less likely to participate in activities such as story - telling and nursery rhymes which both develop language.

There is one focused course of study (history, language - English and Spanish - and the arts; mathematics, science, and technology; and health); everyone is enrolled in it; an appropriate path for each student is developed (every child has a «personal learning plan»); most teachers have responsibility for no more than 50 students (this on a per - pupil budget that is the same or less than in nearby public secondary schools).

For something with more atmosphere and less potential «blood and guts,» ask them to write a descriptive paragraph that creates a creepy mood to develop skills in figurative language or foreshadowing.

The PISA data indicate that the observed variation in the distribution of student characteristics across countries does not place the United States at a disadvantage in international assessments compared with other highly developed countries; students with high levels of socioeconomic status had an educational advantage over their low SES counterparts across all 20 countries, even after considering the differences in the percentage of students who are immigrants, from less - advantaged homes, non-native language speakers, and other factors.

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From the beginning, his concern had been to develop a visual language that was less complicated and more impartial and rational than the emotionally charged works of Abstract Expressionism, and he did so by prioritizing the artistic process, leaving the endpoint almost an afterthought.

Disadvantaged children tend to fall behind before their second birthday: Children whose families lack economic and educational resources — those who are in the lowest socio - economic group, who live in poverty, whose parents have less education, or whose mothers are not employed — tend to lag behind their peers who have more of these resources in developing language skills, early math, and social - emotional indicators by age 2.