Sentences with phrase «of new foreign language»

I read that a recent firmware update of the Kobo Touch resulted in the addition of new foreign language dictionaries that you can use as the default dictionary by specifying the default in the system settings.

The bigger news, though, is the availability of new foreign language titles through a large addition to OverDrive's catalog.

Not exact matches

What we meant to model was the sending of one of our number to be a foreign missionary — to learn a new language, to understand a local culture, to sacrifice the amenities of affluence and to live knowing that he or she is always being watched by seekers — while the rest of us stay here as lifetime local missionaries, learning to speak the language of the unchurched, understanding secular culture, sacrificing the amenities of affluence and living as a «watched» person in a society that is skeptical of Christian spirituality until it sees the real thing on display.

The number of NGOs allowed to receive foreign funding was slashed by a third, from more than 33,000 to 20,000, reported the English - language newspaper based in New Delhi.

Besides the paradox of foreign missionaries establishing the indigenous process by which foreign domination was questioned, there is a theological paradox to this story: missionaries entered the missionary field to convert others, yet in the translation process it was they who first made the move to «convert» to a new language, with all its presuppositions and ramifications.

The rapid influx of new ideas, exotic religions, strange customs, foreign languages, and novel wares catapulted the old Athenians out of their comfortable little world into a perplexing cosmopolitan setting.

For the same reason the New Testament church outside of Paul either changed tongues to foreign languages (Luke) or dropped it altogether.

When a child has the gift of language then they can be told they are to go to bed FULL STOP but until they have that understanding the world is new and unusual and they should be treated with compassion (I guess that word is foreign to you?)

New systems to be introduced may include ways to prevent «sham marriages» in order for foreign nationals to obtain British visas - which could include a minimum age limit of 21 and English language tests for foreign spouses.

It comes as new plans were revealed to strip benefits from anyone who can not speak English, with separate efforts to end the printing of welfare information in foreign languages.

The party calls for a new plan for the introduction of «emotional intelligence» classes in schools, for the learning of foreign languages in schools, as well as the elaboration of a new «Plan Africa», which sets out to support African countries in their struggle to promote democracy, human rights, gender equality, and sustainable development.

In English there's more clarity on spelling, punctuation and grammar as well as a new emphasis on the great works of the literary canon and in foreign languages there'll be a new stress on learning proper grammatical structures and practising translation.

Teather also gave a firm defence of the «ebacc» - the new performance measure pupils achieve if they get grade C or above in English, maths, a foreign language, two sciences and history or geography.

A number of support programs have been initiated, from internationally focused degree programs and Graduiertenkollegs (specialized research groups for Ph.D. candidates and postdocs) to a new standardized test of German as foreign language.

This makes it harder to learn a foreign language as an adult, since it is not just a case of buckling down and learning the grammar, but of a physiological hurdle that prevents us from adequately distinguishing the new language's full range of sounds.

Traditionally, Ukrainian women get a good education: they are capable of keeping the conversation going, speak foreign languages and tend to find a job in their new homeland quite easily.

I have been working in the Russian - Ukrainian dating industry since 1999, and before that I went through the process of meeting a foreign partner myself, moved to a new country, and started a family with the man from a different culture who spoke another language.

Joining a sports team, Taking cooking classes, or learning a foreign language, for example, gives a new skill and provides the opportunity to share the learning process and so have something in common with a group of diverse people, many of whom would no doubt be single and also hopeful of meeting someone nice.

These women are popular because they are generally well - educated, know another foreign language and understand other cultures, and have a greater chance of finding employment in a new country.

Zemeckis has apparently determined that audiences will no longer support the fiction that a group of foreign - language characters all speak to each other in English, so he's forced to invent all sorts of pretexts for Petit to speak primarily in the language of Hollywood: he's going to New York so he must practice; Annie speaks good English, so she's happy to establish their relationship in that language.

The HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) has announced some new rules and regulations regarding placement and clarification of animated features and where foreign language films can cForeign Press Association) has announced some new rules and regulations regarding placement and clarification of animated features and where foreign language films can cforeign language films can compete.

When: March 8th Why: Park Chan - wook isn't the only foreign director making his English - language debut this month, as Niels Arden Oplev follows up his award - winning Swedish version of «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» with a new film that reunites him with star Noomi Rapace.

In a recent article for the The New York Times, Dennis Lim wrote: «There was a time when the Academy Award for best foreign - language film reflected the state of world cinema: Fellini films won back - to - back Oscars in the mid 1950s, as did Bergman films in the early»60s.

Joined by their more esoteric sister in the holy trinity of US critics» awards, the National Society of Film Critics, the groups also share an awareness of foreign - language cinema that collectively dwarfs that of the Academy: it's regrettably easy to forget that only a year ago, French actress Yolande Moreau was the dominant critics» choice for Best Actress, while the LA crowd has recently surfed the Romanian New Wave with awards for actors Vlad Ivanov and Luminita Gheorghiu.

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The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages has all kinds of tools on its Web site at www.actfl.org, including a new networking hub that allows foreign language teachers to connect with each other via discussion groups andForeign Languages has all kinds of tools on its Web site at www.actfl.org, including a new networking hub that allows foreign language teachers to connect with each other via discussion groups andforeign language teachers to connect with each other via discussion groups and blogs.

The introduction of the new English Baccalaureate (eBac) stemmed from the government's concern that there had been a «dramatic collapse» in the number of pupils taking GCSEs in traditional academic subjects including English, maths, science, foreign language and humanities.

That's what the New York board of regents told educators last week about a policy it had hastily adopted 11 days earlier requiring the equivalent of three years of a foreign language to graduate from high school.

It proposes that the New Baccalaureate should include: - English - Maths - Two science GCSEs — one of which could be computer science - A creative GCSE from a list which would include art and design, music, dance and drama - A humanities GCSE from a list which would include history, geography, religious education and foreign languages - A design and technology GCSE or an approved technical award

Some decisions were easy: to provide a program from 7th grade through graduation; to move students through the program on an individual basis; to ask our teachers to be well educated, but to act more as generalists than specialists; to keep teachers» student loads down, and to offer advisories instead of more formal and distant «guidance counseling»; to offer only one foreign language, but to expect all to learn it; to put our money into more adults, some of them young adults, rather than into high rents or new furniture.

The foreign - language requirement is part of a comprehensive plan being developed by the New York State Board of Regents to introduce «global education» into all the state's schools.

Language Magnet brings a new dimension to the digital world of foreign language education by providing regular online MFL coaching.

Those adults who manage to form direct connections between words of a foreign language and symbols or concepts they describe are capable of forming a new language speech center in the brain.

26 — Foreign language: «Foreign Language in the Middle School,» seminar, sponsored by the New England League of Middle Schools, for middle school teachers and administrators, to be held in Providence, R.I. Contact: Jean Blanchard, N.E.L.M.S., 460 Boston St., Suite 4, Topsfield, Mass. 01983 - 1223; [phone]; fax: [phone].

Forgetting previously learnt information in the process of learning new information is the main reason, I believe, accounting for very slow progress in achieving noticeable results in studying a foreign language.

Schools should devote three hours of curriculum time per week to drag modern foreign languages out of «crisis», a new report has claimed.

ACTFL recognizes that the times and the profession call for a new kind of standardized assessment of foreign language learning.

However the new primary curriculum, inspectors found, could risk as narrowing of the curriculum — with teachers highlighting concerns about science, foreign languages and design and technology.

The task force, chaired by Joel Klein, former head of New York City public schools, and Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state, cites mediocre U.S. showings on international assessments; high dropout rates, particularly among black and Hispanic students; poor civics performance; limited study of foreign languages; and lack of college preparedness as evidence that the nation's security is at risk.

New report finds 21 percent of Utah students are taking a foreign language class.

A new push towards college preparation for all students has resulted in more students in foreign language classes, meaning additional study of transferable grammatical concepts.

(District of Columbia) A new federal block grant aimed at helping schools provide a «well - rounded education» can be used in a wide variety ways — from nutrition and health care, to music and foreign language instruction, according to new guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Education.

The Andalucía Education Department was evaluating new ways to promote foreign language learning, including more collaboration between different international institutions, with the objective of improving the language skills of both teachers and students in the state education system in Andalucía, the largest education authority in Spain.

A majority funds under the new «Culture of Russia» program will be allocated for the publication of books of Russian authors and their translations into foreign languages.

SEATTLE, May 18, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a new publishing imprint, AmazonCrossing, which will introduce readers to voices of the world through English - language translations of foreign - language books.

The new app will allow you to buy books in all of the different languages that it supports in their foreign expansion.

Harlequin's business has grown internationally, and will give HarperCollins an immediate foothold in 11 new countries from which we can expand into dozens of foreign languages for authors who choose to work with us globally.»

ForeWord Reviews also offers the converse alternative to the discoverability of new books and new authors from foreign language markets by representing English - language books at trade shows and publishing events around the world, providing a discoverability for foreign consumers to find these English - language authors.

Talks of Amazon's newest online distribution branch into foreign territory would mean a gateway into a new catalog of foreign language titles, along with the opportunity to reach out into the South American book market without having to take on costly overhead, development of property, and the frustrations of a whole... [Read more...]