Sentences with phrase «limited language knowledge»

«In fact, if it is possible to demonstrate that these preferences are already present within days from birth, when the newborn baby is still unable to speak and presumably has very limited language knowledge, then we can infer that there is an inborn bias that prefers certain words to others,» comments Gomez.

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The recognition of the limits of language and human knowledge when we speak about the divine is at the same time an affirmation of the mystery of God.

Although my knowledge of Japanese was very limited, it got me into the army's language school at the University of Michigan and saved me four months of a twenty - month program.

Well, if you mean «in accordance with the will of the Father, creatively expressed by a child of Him still living in a sin burdened body and with limited powers of knowledge and language...»

French philosopher Jean - Francois Lyotard maintains that one of the deadening contributions of modernity is to limit knowledge to «quantities of information» that are «translatable into computer language.»

James said limited English language proficiency, limited work experience and limited or no knowledge of their workplace rights can further contribute to a dynamic where they feel they have little option but to accept the unlawful practices.

I think a lot of the anxiety he displays on the field positionally stems from his limited knowledge of the English language and thus limited communication.

Arnie Poltenson from Manlius is helping teach English to a refugee with limited knowledge of the English language, who has come to the new community resource room at the Catholic Youth Organization building on Syracuse's Northside.

Beatty, who has been using and studying CRS products for more than a decade, acknowledges that the language and purpose of the question cycle, which he says is «to form habits of mind and find the limits of knowledge,» sound more ivory tower than AP Bio, but he contrasts the current norm — the quick and shallow recall of facts required of American high school science and math students — with his larger objective: renouncing the myth of coverage, the idea that what a teacher covers in class matters.

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.

Prerequisite skills and capabilities include, but are not limited to, proficiency in reading a range and type of material, with an emphasis on informational texts; fluent writing in several modes, most notably expository, descriptive and argumentative; quantitative literacy through algebra and including geometry, combined with the ability to understand and interpret data; a understanding of the scientific method and some insight into the organization of knowledge in the sciences; an awareness of how social systems operate and how they are studied; basic proficiency in a second language and awareness that languages reflect cultures; and experiences in and appreciation of creative and expressive arts.

Although there is no applicable SOL test associated with foreign language instruction, the SOLs are intended to provide students with the knowledge and skills to be able to interact, within reasonable limits, with users of the language and understand their culture.

Another study shows that second language learners with limited English proficiency can do as well as more proficient students on reading comprehension tasks when they do prereading activities that activate and extend the background knowledge pertinent to the tasks.

• Basic knowledge in dialectical differences and similarities with the same languages can help the writer to go beyond the limits of similarity in writing.

Prior to the course Stu's knowledge of the Spanish language was limited to ordering a beer in a local restaurant.

«In his theory of General Semantics, Alfred Korzybski argued that human knowledge of the world is limited by the structure of language and the human nervous system.

I have tried to do my best to discuss the «Judgment Day Cancelled» in Danish language from my limited knowledge about climate science.

To my limited knowledge, modern script languages, whatever their unmistakable advantages in ordinary circumstances, are not as well - adapted to such challenging tasks.

His first language is not English and did he say in another forum that his knowledge of computers / spreadsheets was limited?

(d) limit the requirement to demonstrate knowledge of Canada and of one of its official languages to applicants between the ages of 18 and 54; and