Sentences with phrase «of world language»

In other states, students must reach a prescribed score on one of several common assessments of world language proficiency.

Our proficiency - based Spanish program enables students to master all aspects of world language, from listening and speaking to reading and writing.

The study of a world language is an integral part of a comprehensive K - 12 education that prepares learners for post-secondary education, careers and global citizenship.

The federal government recognized the critical need for world language in the 2005 Call to Action for National Foreign Language Capabilities, a historic gathering of minds from across government, industry, language associations, and academia that resulted in a shared vision for the need and imperative of world language instruction.

I teach a combo of world languages, ASL, music, and sensory play.

First, we know that in the instruction of world languages, there are not enough teachers, so using technology to give students access to teachers proficient in other areas and other disciplines will be one way we get at the question, particularly in rural communities, on how we teach these subjects to all children.

ARLINGTON, VA — November 20, 2015 — The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) are pleased to announce an alliance that will, in the future, enable the National Board to expand National Board Certification to teachers of world languages other than French and Spanish.

Working together, the National Board and ACTFL aim to further professional community building in world languages departments, strengthen the teaching of world languages, and increase the number of world languages students who learn from accomplished, Board - certified teachers.

Not exact matches

Remarkably, most of the world's languages have five basic color terms.

To gauge and respond to customers» digital body language the same way we read and respond to nonverbal interactions in the offline world, we've identified patterns of behaviors that repeat themselves constantly throughout visitor sessions and across different industries and devices.

(This is what passes for strong language in the world of central banking.)

This rising tide of connectedness in the world suddenly means that if you're an English - language publisher, there are hundreds of millions of people around the world where people speak English as a second language.

Buyers can compare prices of vendors around the world and place orders in a variety of languages and currencies.

Companies around the world, meanwhile, have introduced smart speakers of their own that speak local languages, like Xioami's Mi AI, Kakao's Mini, and LINE's Clova Wave.

Since my last Sino - Saturday edition, much has happened on the trade front: Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs of as much as $ 60 billion on imports from China; China fired back with tariffs of $ 3 billion against imports from the US, a promise to challenge US penalties at the World Trade Organization and some tough language threatening more painful countermeasures to come; global markets took a nosedive.

In some countries this policy is not always possible, and ISS needs to manage a workforce from different parts of the world: Its British employees, for example, speak 187 languages combined.

You can't expect the world to speak English, so it's always helpful to learn a few basic words in the local language of your destination.

English as a language and the Roman alphabet are among of the most common forms of communication in the world.

With $ 200 million in revenue in 2008, TransPerfect is one of the largest privately - held language services company in the world.

Past winners include: Howard W. Lutnick, chief executive of BGC Partners, who was credited with rebuilding BGC's predecessor Cantor Fitzgerald after two - thirds of its headquarters workers were killed in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2010; Tom Adams, chief executive of language - learning software Rosetta Stone, in 2009, and Matthew Szulik, chairman of Red Hat open - source software, in 2008.

Realizing the potential of the World Wide, he started Welocalize, which translates documents, websites and software applications into foreign languages in 1997.

The most effective way to do that, he adds, is by working with other firms based on the ground; Kinova leverages a network of distributors around the world to better convey its brand message, conducts business according to local customs and — crucially — does it all in local languages.

Use this guide to enhance your ability to speak the language of sports in today's corporate world, and your team will stick to you like pine tar... I mean glue... no, wait.

This world consists of nearly 6,500 spoken languages.

«His harshness towards the kuffar (disbelievers) was manifested through deeds that enraged all the nations, religions, and factions of kufr, the entire world bearing witness to this,» said the English - language article which confirmed that Emwazi was killed in a drone strike.

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.

We've started world language immersion programs in which students spend half of each school day learning in Chinese or Spanish, beginning in kindergarten.

History has enabled me to understand the path of lots of different places as I focused on world history, and Arabic is such a complex and fascinating language and also a really unusual one and I think that's what drew me to it.

Me: If you look at the world, and you look at languages, and you look at economies... if you were to try to target those parts of the world that in 15 years, 20 years will have taken a bigger step than other parts of the world, where would you go?

We're going to be available in all of the world's major languages on all of the major platforms, whether it's a cheap smartphone or an Oculus Rift.

He was determined that the R. Kelly the world would know — the one who would sell more than 30 million albums, have 36 Billboard Hot 100 hits, invent his own strange musical language, write hits for countless others, and conceive one of the weirdest syntheses of video and music of all time, Trapped in the Closet — would be someone else.

Previously, she was at Duolingo bringing free language education to millions of people around the world.

«It has always saddened me that Canada is probably one of the only school systems in the world (or at least the world wealthy enough for full, functioning educational systems) that does not require at least an attempt to learn a second language.»

While it's true that people often use cryptic language to show off, just as often it's simply a case of forgetting that there are those in the world who don't live and breathe the markets.

Google has been working for years on teaching machines to understand language, make sense of images and videos, and navigate real - world environments.

Learn the language of the wealthy — Consult this primer of basic definitions and analogies to help you attain a better grasp on the terms and phrases commonly used in the financial world.

I've been around the world and met a lot of talented emcees in various different countries and I've listened to people rap in Czech, Japanese, German and countless other languages that I can't speak.

The official archives of The Coca - Cola Company that includes exhibits such as the original stock certificates of forbearer Pemberton Chemical Company, an opportunity to sample 100 drinks from the beverage giant's portfolio of brands from around the world, a retail store, an advertising archive, a miniature bottling plant that allows you to see the process of turning the syrup into the finished product, an advertising theater with commercials from the past century in multiple languages around the world, and more.

One of my bitch points is the lack of transparency that comes from the obfuscation and stealing of the English language by the broker - dealer world to their benefit and at the expense of the consumer.

He says the language of Silicon Valley has tended to debase what it really means to «change the world».

Jack is the author and co-author of more than 150 books (66 are bestsellers) with more than 100 million copies in print in 47 languages around the world.

Offering five customized courses, Skillcrush also offers a free 10 - day tech bootcamp to get people familiar with the language and expectations of a career in the tech world.

«America's strengths include [the fact it is a] society that attracts talent from around the world and assimilates them comfortably as Americans; and a language that is the equivalent of an open system that is clearly the lingua franca of the leaders in science, technology, invention, business, education, diplomacy and those who rise to the top of their own societies around the world.»

We added a few new names to the portfolio for the quarter: Grupo Televisa, a Mexican media company and the most dominant producer of Spanish - language content in the world; SMFG (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group), the third largest bank in Japan; and Wolseley, the world's largest traded distributor of plumbing and heating products and leading supplier of building materials based in the U.K.

Why: Translation could deliver on the Facebook promise of bringing the world closer together by eradicating language barriers and letting people realize how much they have in common.

According to a letter (PDF) written by the university earlier this week, five department servers were compromised, which all had the personal information of students who took classes in computer science, materials science and engineering and world languages.

Cryptocurrency is the money that brings buyers and sellers from different parts of the world a common payment language without expensive and time consuming third - party conversion and transfer institutions.

The random skills I've acquired have allowed me to travel the world, learn a third language and work with amazing tech startups in Asia doing a range of things from digital marketing to product development.

The broker website is available in multiple languages, an aspect that allows the company to accept traders from all parts of the world, other than the United States of America, on their online binary options trading platform.

Harry Knox starts off his argument with this,»... costing our nation millions of dollars and many highly - trained soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines — including hundreds with critical language skills desperately needed in our ongoing fight against terrorism around the world...» I wonder why he would quantify those in which he is defending.