185 Patricia K. Kuhl, S. Kirtani, T. Deguchi, A. Hayashi, E. B. Stevens, C. D. Dugger, and P. Iverson, «Effects
of language experience on speech perception: American and Japanese infants» perception of / ra / and / la /,» Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102:3135 (1997).
When there is commitment, support, and solid grounding in the premises and practices
of language experience, it works.
But the impact
of language experience on brain activity is not well understood, Luk says.
To address the achievement gap, principals need to be aware of the importance
of language experiences in early learning classrooms.
Due to the diversity
of language experiences in the class, many students were not able to take on the «expert» role in either English or Spanish, but were really learners in both languages.
Not exact matches
At Egon Zehnder, we have learned in much
of our work with many
of the leading Chinese tech giants and startup unicorns what type
of talent is likely to thrive in China, which prioritizes the more nuanced «soft» skills
of adaptability, flexibility, and potential rather than simply the «hard» skills
of language fluency and past work
experiences.
Just like before, successful immigrants must score 67 points out
of a possible 100, but
language fluency and age now count for more, while points for work
experience have been reduced.
«We got that
language so much that it was clear to us that, as young, black male entrepreneurs, the
experience of building a company would be very different,» echoes Quarles.
«These changes will reflect the relative value Canadian employers place on foreign work
experience, and redirect points to
language and age factors, which are better indicators
of success in the Canadian labour market.»
The points system sees would - be immigrants graded on a scale
of 100, with points awarded for
language ability, age, education, work
experience and adaptability to Canada.
Anyone who aspires to play competitively in the retail space these days needs to be able to talk the
language of omnichannel merchandising — the notion that the various manifestations
of a company's online or mobile presence can be pressed into service to create a more engaging, or at least tolerable, in - store
experience.
«Body
language is 70 percent
of being an effective communicator, how you say it is 23 percent and content is only 7 percent,» he estimates, offering a breakdown based on his own personal
experiences.
Let's face it, it's not always easy to stay on top
of things when you're catching flights,
experiencing tech issues and dealing with
language barriers.
You may
experience a bit
of a learning curve at first, since texting involves becoming familiar with a whole new truncated
language, but it is easy to pick up.
Watching yourself on video can be a cringeworthy
experience, but awareness
of your body
language, posture, and mannerisms improves your confidence.
Bar graphs represent skills and
languages; a Google Analytics - style map shows his educational background, and his «
Experience» section allows potential employers to click on the various positions to get more information about each
of his roles.
«You can't simply just set up shop at the border and say, «Here's something I want to do,» says Castelli, an
experienced business executive who speaks four different
languages and has spent 12 years doing international business development for a number
of firms, including Alcan.
But I was just amazed by how everyone, young and old wanted to be involved... and was so deeply enriched and touched by the
experience and the laughter and the love I
experienced from the people I met and how women would in particular open their hearts to me and tell me the stories
of where they've come from, particularly because I have the
language and was coming there as a woman and just how touched they were that I was there as a woman from England who's learned the
language and who's an artist and running this project and come all the way to see them so they didn't feel forgotten I think that was pretty much what they felt... that their stories were being heard so they don't feel forgotten knowing the tents would be around the world.
Several factors contribute in selecting the pilot destined to the Hog, including the flight
experience, the achieved qualifications and currencies and,
of course, the fluency with the English
language (as no specific training is foreseen to improve with it before leaving for the U.S.).
A wife and mother
of two herself, Epperson knows a thing or two about the pitfalls
of financial planning and doses her advice with plenty
of humorous anecdotes, hard - earned
experience, and down - to - earth
language.
A large component
of MSCI's decisions is investors»
experience of market accessibility, rather than merely an abstract analysis
of regulatory
language.
It often takes time for economic immigrants to find proper jobs because
of a lack
of recognition
of foreign credentials, real or perceived
language or cultural competency issues, and / or the lack
of Canadian work
experience.
It ranked more important than the quality
of their listings, their Chinese
language abilities or even their
experience working with Chinese buyers.»
«But now more players, who had been held back from getting the full
experience of the game because
of language barriers, will be able to access more localized content and surprises after it is launched domestically.»
There is no doubt that integrating other cultures, foreign
languages and different ways
of doing business into our economy is not easy, but companies should be seeking ways to harness newcomers» former business
experience in real terms.
It should be one
of our main concerns to know what God intends when the Bible uses this
language, so that by God's grace we may
experience it and help others do the same.
So while I agree with her that political life may help renew faith in human dignity and so make human rights believable, the politics
of human rights is conducted through liberal
language that is extremely partial, that leaves out at least half
of the human
experience.
If you believe that Christian doctrine is essentially an attempt to capture dimensions
of human
experience that defy precise expression in
language because
of personal and cultural limitations, then the truth about God, the human condition, salvation, and the like can never be adequately posited once and for all; on the contrary, the church must express ever and anew its
experience of the divine as mediated through Jesus Christ.
If we take Father Schall's pointed jest and explore it in relation to Walker Percy's own long journey, we see the heart
of Percy's concern, a concern central to his fascination with the mystery
of sign,
of language, in relation to the reality we
experience either by a deportment through ordinate sentiment to reality or a deportment
of sentimentality, that is, a manner divorced from reality.
We must first be open to the word, to the presence
of language in dialogue, poetry, and
experience.
In any case, I can step away from the complex and obscure maze
of language and external phenomena to find simplicity, clarity, immediacy, and profundity in an inner intuition
of my own
experience as subject.
One
of the most persistent mistakes made by critics
of the crop
of celibate gay Christian writers that came together around the blog Spiritual Friendship is the assumption that when we use any
language that they don't like (most commonly, though not limited to, the word «gay») to describe our
experiences, we are using that
language to make ontological claims.
If I am presented with claims that the variety
of uses
of «
experience» does not and could not reveal any normative essence
of experience, I can counter that I have a prelinguistic intuition
of the essence
of my own
experience — an intuition against which the adequacy or confusion
of language can be authoritatively measured.
If inclusive
language and the ordained ministry
of women can help change our image and
experience of God to include the God who loves us like a mother holding her baby to her breast, that may be the Great Awakening in our time.
Indeed, in a given
language there may be no single term with just the variety
of senses characteristic
of the English word «
experience».
The goal
of the Christian life is to be found in the
experience of «perfect love,» and the eschatological hope is expressed in similar
language.
The whole church needs help in avoiding the depersonalization
of God as we seek to overcome the limitations imposed on our Christian
experience by male - oriented
language.
The awareness
of the particularity, indeed the precious particularity,
of our
language, «even the
language of «God» and «salvation,» made some unwilling to use» it to blanket the religious lives and
experiences of people
of other faiths.
In Whitehead's
language the question is whether an
experience can include unmediated prehensions
of noncontiguous events.
The
language as a whole is different, and although, through the distinct
languages, it is sometimes possible to discern common elements
of experience that are being named, this can not be taken for granted.
The Church as a body has centuries
of experience of reading the Word,
of immersing itself in the
language of God.
Once God is regarded as an actual entity, the use
of personalistic
language follows naturally, for our basic clue to the nature
of an actual entity is given in our own immediate human
experience.
Since
language is a fundamental mode
of interpersonal relating, it follows that what people become is dependent upon their
language experiences.
This is remarkably personalistic
language, and it is interesting to note that it all occurs in the more philosophical part
of the book rather than where he is surveying the evidence
of religious
experience.
Eliot, our latest great Christian poet, avoids Christian
language for the most part, seeking, as in the Four Quartets, for another
language as the objective correlative
of his religious
experience.
Such a child is also likely to
experience serious problems
of social and emotional adjustment, for he senses that in his
language deficiency the very foundations for his participation in the life
of relation — and hence for having any life worth living — are threatened.
«Each
language has a palette with a finite amount
of colors, which have evolved from the cultural memories and common
experience of its users.
In the theater, because
of the unities
of time, place, character and
language, the theatergoer
experiences a catharsis.
The traditional distrust
of simple statement, and
of language as applied to the religious vision, in the new theology ceases to be an inoperative or inconsistently employed formal concession, and becomes a systematic tracing
of the relativity
of concepts to each other and to
experience as a whole.
He will begin with ordinary
language, or the findings
of science, or widespread
experience of mankind, rather than with the special convictions
of his community.