Sentences with phrase «minority language»

The identification of minority language students can include multiple criteria (with information from as many sources as possible) that are relevant to the needs of the population.

In that case, a judge was found not to be biased because of his community involvement in minority language rights.

The decision confirms that a school board's powers, including in relation to minority language educational rights, are only as broad as what the province or territory delegates to it.

Many minority language children have special talents that are valued within their own cultures; unfortunately, these students are often not recognized as gifted and talented.

All students, including minority language students, deserve the most challenging instruction possible.

Indeed, it is because of our reputation for research that experts often get asked to contribute to policy discussions — on everything from mental health to European minority languages.

It will also be relied upon by governments seeking to justify a lower level of services provided to minority language students.

The case concerns a dispute over the control and management of the Territory's French language education system and is the first time in over a decade that the SCC will render a decision on the scope of minority language education rights in English Canada....

On the other hand, this program may be particularly appreciated by gifted and talented minority language students, since they often do not receive this sort of exposure to the arts in a standard instructional program.

Education policy must ensure that all learners, including minority language speakers, access school in a language they know.»

Further, it has now been over 11 years since the SCC released its 5:4 split decision Doucet - Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), 2003 SCC 62 regarding remedies available for realization of minority language education rights.

Language enthusiasts will also watch to see if Ms Morgan sticks to an election pledge, though not part of the manifesto, that a future Conservative government would «guarantee the future» of GCSEs and A-levels in minority languages such as Turkish, Polish and Bengali.

Educators who work closely with minority language students argue that using standardized IQ tests as a primary measure of giftedness does not fairly accommodate the linguistic and cultural differences of these students.

CI2 constructs translations for minority languages by borrowing words from languages in the same family.

Section 23 of the Charter provides that the protected minority language education rights only «apply wherever» the «numbers warrant».

Section 23 of the Charter gives certain Canadian citizens the right to have their children receive education in the province or territory's minority language at government expense.

Some of the opposition's recent acts are designed to alienate Russophones and antagonise Russia, notably repealing a law giving minority languages, such as Russian, a protected status at regional level.

Undemocratic because minority languages are under attack worldwide due to the encroachment of majority ethnic languages.

The EU has an interest in preserving minority languages.

«Documentation of endangered minority languages such as Jedek is important, as it provides new insights into human cognition and culture,» says Joanne Yager, doctoral student at Lund University.

In March it was announced that exam boards AQA and OCR were considering scrapping a range of minority language qualifications due to declining entry levels and a shortage of experienced examiners.

Write Our World also addresses the absence of reading materials available in many minority languages.

Their success can be attributed largely to their mathematics teacher, Jaime Escalante, who had very high expectations for them and refused to believe that they were unable to think critically simply because they were from low - income, minority language backgrounds.

This attitude is refuted in the film Stand And Deliver, which is based on a true story about several minority language students at an inner - city school in Los Angeles.

Charter: Minority Language Educational Rights How do minority language educational rights work in practice re schools and facilities.

The Yukon case involved minority language rights.

The majority found that the trial judge erred with respect to determining whether the «numbers» warranted an expansion of services or facilities — she overestimated the target capacity needed for students who could access minority language education.

The focus on minority language rights and s. 15 of the Charter indicates that the aim was to make funding available to marginalized groups.

Although it is important for all parents to be involved in their children's education, it is particularly critical to develop a strong link between the home and the school for gifted and talented minority language children.

The SCC's decision is notable because it's the second within one month on the Charter's section 23 guarantee of minority language educational rights.

As a classroom teacher who taught in Aboriginal communities for many years and then as a researcher working with minority language students, I have long questioned why particular groups of minority students tend to under - perform in school.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has written to exam boards urging them to reverse their decision on scraping studies in minority languages such as Polish, Turkish and Bengali.

Practically, however, this decision is less about the Charter guarantee of minority language educational rights, and more about the breadth of a school board's powers.

Through an interdisciplinary treatment this book opens new perspectives on the history of Canada's official language communities, the structure of linguistic conflict, legal regulation, constitutional rights, minority language education and linguistic politics.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says a future Conservative government would «guarantee the future» of GCSEs and A-levels in minority languages such as Polish, Gujarati, Bengali and Turkish.

Many school districts now include behavioral checklists or inventories, nominations, or related techniques to identify gifted and talented minority language students.

-LSB-...] you're not sure how to find great books in the minority language, ask Leanna of All Done Monkey!

The meeting will also cover the environment, tourism, the knowledge economy, social inclusion and minority languages.

Yet their minority languages and the extensive use of English as a second language make the Nordic countries, in many ways, more accessible to foreigners than many states of central, southern, and Eastern Europe.

Leiva and Alabau plan to test the system with a minority language, even though it is often hard to find native speakers to take part in experiments.

For example, imagine that Spanish is a minority language, and a native speaker wants to read the English sentence «Another label with the same name already exists».

A resulting phrase is unlikely to be grammatically correct, and may contain unusual spellings, but it should be understandable to a minority language speaker.

Morgan's voice of concern follows a campaign to protect the minority languages, after a petition to keep Polish A-level received more than 14,000 signatures.

The exception will only apply to «minority languages and other small entry subjects», like Russian, Latin, Classical Civilisation and Mandarin, for example.

This investigation reveals how indigenous children cultivate proficiency in the culturally organized use of multiple literacies in this context, and how Vietnam's rapid development informs experiences of childhood, transforms everyday language practices, and affects the vitality of minority languages in the 21st century.

Teaches courses in theories of second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, history of the education of minority language students in the U.S., methods and assessment in linguistically diverse education, research trends in second language and literacy learning, discourse analysis, sociocultural theories of language and literacy development, foundations of educational research.

The move follows a campaign to protect these minority languages.

The Hartford, Connecticut, program «Encendiendo Una Llama» («Lighting a Flame») has been in operation since 1979 and uses a resource room, an after - school program, and a regular classroom component to provide services for gifted and talented minority language students.