Sentences with phrase «new unfamiliar language»

The difficulty is that this time the ideas are offered in a new unfamiliar language and a system difficult to appreciate and apply.

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The culture can be unfamiliar, the language might be new and the business prospect might appear incredibly risky.

By the age of one, infants already prefer speakers of their native tongue, but do not necessarily view speakers of an unfamiliar language negatively, according to new UBC research.

In order to assess the effectiveness of using phonics the researchers trained adults to read in a new language, printed in unfamiliar symbols, and then measured their learning with reading tests and brain scans.

But if you look at the data in Amazon books, you will see that the bestselling books about the Common Core are «skills - centric» ones that claim to prepare teachers for the new language arts standards by advocating techniques for «close reading» and for mastering «text complexity» as though such skills were the main ones for understanding a text no matter how unfamiliar a student might be with the topic of the text.

Lecturer Sarah Leibel, a master teacher in charge of the English / language arts strand and overall recruiting for the Ed School's new Harvard Teacher Fellows (HTF) Program, mentions how, in literature, students need «mirrors and windows,» meaning they can see them themselves in stories and also experience unfamiliar worlds.

Maybe you're new to the eLearning industry, and all of this online training development language is unfamiliar to you — or maybe...

Unfamiliar words can make people feel uneasy, but embracing new languages is good for us, writes AL Kennedy.

Literacy can be a challenge for any student, but English Learners face the additional challenge of working with a new and unfamiliar language — then being tested on their proficiency.

Reading Recovery lessons include attention to the language of books and the meanings of words, building the core of known words, and fostering the processes needed to problem solve new and unfamiliar words in text reading and writing.

Also, sound effects that coincide with troublesome or unfamiliar vocabulary can help language learners, such as a car horn beeping as the new word «honked» is introduced.

If you're faced with an unfamiliar word or perhaps reading in a foreign language, this functionality is a real advantage — simply connect your eBook Reader with your WLAN, download the free dictionaries onto your tolino epos and for instance learn new vocabulary in a breath.

The only difference is that you're in a foreign country, with a language barrier, streets you're unfamiliar with and a culture that is new to you.

Planning a trip to another country can often be an involved process as dealing with passports, new languages, and unfamiliar customs can add layers of complexity to any journey.

From a technical standpoint, I demonstrated that I can't write a new game engine in an unfamiliar language in two days, even if I assemble most of it from open - source libraries.

Will they decide to stay with their island home or move to a new and unfamiliar land, leaving their culture and language behind forever?»

As she describes her new toilet in the soft Malagasy language — and Loowatt's manager Anselme Andriamahavita translates — I discern the word tsara in the string of unfamiliar sounds.

For those unfamiliar, Android Wear is essentially Android OS's notification center scaled down to fit the smartwatch form factor, with Google Now capabilities on top along Google's new Material Design language UI.

For the unfamiliar, Android Nougat comes with multiple local language settings and offers over 1500 emojis — including the 72 new emojis promoting gender equality.

The study confirms that refugee students have many odds to overcome, such as low literacy in their mother language and English, and being in a new country with an unfamiliar education system.