Sentences with phrase «modern languages at»

Phillip King was born in Tunisia in 1934, arrived in England in 1945, and studied modern languages at Cambridge University from 1954 to 1957.

Ministers hope that if children are introduced to modern languages at a younger age, they will find them easier to take on at secondary school.

Sara Davidson, head of modern languages at the private Oundle School and chairwoman of the Independent Schools Modern Languages Association, said she did not know of a language department that did not employ native speakers.

Brian Lightman, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «The decrease in modern languages at GCSE is disappointing but until employers give a clear message that they value languages as a business skill, it will be difficult to convince students otherwise».

Kate Heery, head of modern languages at Cheam high school in Surrey, said exchange trips were also in decline for her pupils.

He is a visiting assistant professor of theater and modern languages at Knox, having taken a two - year leave from Duke.

Not exact matches

Van Buren, then a theologian at Temple University, argued that traditional religious language no longer makes sense in modern societies.

Here is the sheer miracle of it: a literature that long antedated our glorious gains in science and the immense scope of modern knowledge, which moves in the quiet atmosphere of the ancient countryside, with camels and flocks and roadside wells and the joyous shout of the peasant at vintage or in harvest — this literature, after all that has intervened, is still our great literature, published abroad as no other in the total of man's writing, translated into the world's great languages and many minor ones, and cherished and loved and studied so earnestly as to set it in a class apart.

But now at last he has considered the question of the modern crisis in language at length, and we can follow his thinking in ordered steps rather than in scattered, specialized bits.

Now comes along Steven Pinker, a psychologist of language at M.I.T., with a new book, The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Viking).

I have always loved to cook and bake and a year spent in Italy and France as part of my modern languages degree, tasting the world's finest patisserie, inspired me to enrol at Westminster Kingsway College, London, on the Professional Patisserie Scholarship.

The Italian regions of South - Tyrol and Aosta Valley have in common that although they're both part of modern Italy, they are, at least historically, places where the language spoken was not Italian.

However, the continuing decline of modern foreign languages and the growing divide in performance between boys and girls at the top grades are worrying trends.»

Ministers have been blamed for the decline in modern languages, after they removed the requirement for all GCSE students to study at least one language two years ago.

«It's unbelievable and unacceptable that more than 60 nations comprising this coalition that have the most modern aircraft and weapons at their disposal have been conducting their campaign in Iraq for 14 months and IS still remains in the country,» he told RT's Arabic - language sister - channel Rusiya Al - Yaum.»

«I think water crossing goes with modern language and with modern art,» says Geoff Irwin, an expert on ancient seafaring at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Born July 28, 1915, in Greenville, S.C., Townes attended Furman University and graduated summa cum laude in 1935 at the age of 19 with a BS in physics and a BA in modern languages.

This program provides scholarships to attend a broad range of three - to four - week summer courses at German universities which focus mainly on German language and literary, cultural, political and economic aspects of modern and contemporary Germany.

At 15, while she was studying foreign languages and modern dance, she started attending the Italian school for performing arts, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome.

«It is disappointing to hear, however, that there has been a decrease in the take - up of modern foreign languages at GCSE.»

Commenting on the investment, Leora Cruddas, director of policy at the Association of School and College Leaders, argued: «We welcome the Mandarin programme because it is an investment in education and in a modern foreign language.

Finally, I've heard from people working in foreign languages at the Modern Language Association that anecdotal evidence of cuts continues to trickle in.

«The most effective use of the Internet is computer - mediated communication — chat, email, video, audio — a way for students to get in contact with students in other countries,» explains Robert Fischer, executive director of the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium and chair of the modern - languages department at Texas State University at San Marcos.

At St Wilfrid's, Ashley works with a Year 7 Learning Support group who have been withdrawn from modern languages to focus on their literacy.

Existing 1960s buildings at this Maori - language immersion school were removed to make way for a modern learning centre that maintained its links with the past, ties to the community, and reflected the local culture and landscape.

Learning modern foreign languages at a young age is important and Lingotot will help many primary schools to deliver high quality MFL programmes, so we're delighted to be able to support this by providing recognition to those who complete these courses.»

He has been a senior program associate at Learning Point Associates; worked at Modern Red SchoolHouse and consulted for organizations, such as SchoolWorks, the Global Sleepover, Eduventures, and the Cesar Chavez Public Charter High School for Public Policy; and for 16 years taught language arts to middle and high school students.

After the introduction of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), which requires every current year 7 to study English, maths, science, history or geography and a modern foreign language until they are 16, there was an initial increase in the proportion of pupils taking a language at GCSE, but this number has now stagnated.

The aim was to make it applicable to all subjects (although six EBacc subjects: English, mathematics, science, geography, history and modern foreign languages are exemplified) and, whilst aimed at Key Stage 3, it can be adapted for use across all key stages.

Pupils at Abertillery Comprehensive have the option of learning Spanish as the only modern language on offer, with French and German no longer available.

Leora Cruddas, director of policy at the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «We welcome the Mandarin programme because it is an investment in education and in a modern foreign language.

We recognise that pupils have very different experiences of studying modern foreign languages at primary school and so we assume very little prior knowledge of French or Spanish on joining the school in Year 7.

Specific provisions included scholarships and loans to students in higher education, with loans to students preparing to be teachers and to those who showed promise in the curricular areas of mathematics, science, engineering, and modern foreign languages; grants to states for programs in mathematics, science, and modern foreign languages in public schools; the establishment of centres to expand and improve the teaching of languages; help to graduate students, including fellowships for doctoral students to prepare them to be professors at institutions of higher learning; assistance for the improvement of guidance, counseling, and testing programs; provisions for research and experimentation in the use of television, radio, motion pictures, and related media for educational purposes; and the improvement of statistical services at the state level.

The Concept Estate carries the same modern design language as the previous Volvo Concept Coupe and Concept XC Coupe, and its subtle, refined take on the classic Volvo wagon is sure to make waves at Geneva.

It represents Skoda's «new, modern design language in the SUV segment» and hints at how the VW brand's future -LSB-...]

He was educated at the City of London School from 1957 to 1964 and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he graduated in modern languages (with honors) in... (more)

With their location at the crossroads of trade, religion, language and the arts, these countries are home to fascinating modern cultures as well as some of the world's most ancient and timeless architecture.

Hydro - thalassotherapy pool and aqua gym 1 hour trip on the catamaran (weather permitting) Shopping excursions by boat Access to the pool at the spa and to the Aqua Gym Access to sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi and cold plunge pool Reading, meditation, and relaxation areas Air - conditioned fitness center by the sea offering modern fitness equipment Mayan and Spanish language lessons Weekly Maya rituals A library filled with best - sellers and Maya history related books Mexican and international newspapers Complimentary golf at Grand Coral Rivera Maya

Modern Times: American Art 1910 — 1950 looks at the new and dynamic visual language that emerged during this period, and its dramatic impact on painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, architecture, and the decorative arts.

From 24 July Bruce Nauman becomes the next focus of the ARTIST ROOMS at Tate Modern utilising light and language to alter spatial perception.

Given Białystok's location at the birthplace of L. L. Zamenhof and thus the international auxiliary language of Esperanto, it's a rather prescient theme to follow, particularly in terms of the corporatisation and cultural hegemony emergent in a modern Poland with its rapidly growing EU economy.

Looking specifically at Raymond Pettibon's explicit repurposing of found language and references to modern literary texts, Valinsky's gallery talk, «The Fictions of Raymond Pettibon,» will address the artist's repertoire of sources and strategies for writing images and drawing language within a relatively small selection of works on the first floor of the exhibition.

Chris Dercon ropes in Tino Sehgal for inaugural season at Volksbühne Former Tate Modern director Chris Dercon has revealed details of his first season at the helm of Berlin's Volksbühne theatre, giving prominent billing to contemporary artists (German language article).

Marko Daniel named director of Fundació Joan Miró Marko Daniel, head of public programmes at Tate Modern and Tate Britain, is to take up the post of director at Barcelona's Fundació Joan Miró (Spanish language article).

At once economical and deeply sensual, they contain a timeless language, mediating between ancient and modern culture.

Katz was inspired by poets like Frank O'Hara, who uses stripped - down language to arrive at lines such as «I am stuck in traffic in a taxicab / which is typical / and not just of modern life...» (Song, 1960).

Lee, a presence in the art world — one of her earliest solo shows was at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1997 — has since been at pains to expand the language of contemporary sculpture especially.

(Features) Birmingham Evening Mail (England); December 30, 2002; Doug, Roshan; 584 words... unprecedented use of unambiguous language, our Culture Minis - ter branded the shortlisted Turner Prize exhibitions at Tate Modern as «conceptual bulls ** t» (or was he referring to the elephant dung exhibit that was short listed a few years...

The Americans had broken away from the European and especially French tradition of modern painting, or, in the period language, «the tasteful cookery of oil pigment, the direct backing of the Old Masters and all precedence of rules», as Hess wrote in his obituary of Kline.50 As is recorded in one of the news reports of the acrimonious exchange between Fautrier and Kline at the Venice Biennale of 1960, when Fautrier pronounced an insult to the effect of «U.S. Go Home!»

Each of these figures defined a distinctive visual language that combines formal concerns with a documentary aesthetic, and all of them participated in one of two landmark exhibitions: New Documents (1967) at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, or New Topographics (1975) at the International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester.