Sentences with phrase «secondary school language»

The Teaching Schools Council (TSC) has published its modern foreign languages pedagogy review today, which outlines 15 recommendations for secondary school language teachers.

Mary Glasgow Magazines, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, publishes 17 magazines aimed at secondary school language learners around the world specialising in French, German, Spanish and English as a foreign language.

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Recently it has been divided into two departments with the general department continuing the old system and a special department which is composed of faculties of theology, jurisprudence, and the Arabic language, to each of which is attached a number of primary and secondary schools.

Atherton, a lecturer in English language and literature at Oxford University, says that in 1930, Tolkien was grading secondary school exam papers at his home in North Oxford, and he was bored.

Recent findings from Michigan State University shows how fathers play a large role in their children's development, from language and cognitive growth in toddlerhood, to social skills in primary and secondary schooling.

It was «removed from the St. Edmund Campion Secondary School classrooms in Brampton, Ontario, Canada (2009) because a parent objected to language used in the novel, including the word «nigger.»»

While English is compulsory in secondary schools today, the indigenous languages are not even though a child must study one of these languages.

In order to obtain the buy in of all members of Ibo nation in formulation of the Ibo agenda for the national conference Governors should perform the following: Embark on East Nigeria - wide outreach program that will encompass making presentation in all institutions of learning using a language the audience can understand, and answering questions relating to the proposed Ibo agenda (elementary schools, secondary

Many Russian women posting their ads on the dating sites have University degrees, thus have certainly studied English or / and another foreign language at university (English is also obligatory subject in a secondary school), may use it at work or attend classes.

Secondary schools will have to, if selected, be able to provide GCSE level teaching for any number of languages — Mandarin, Hindi - Urdu, Bengali, Russian or Japanese to name just a few.

At the other end of the scale, children with Chinese as their first language perform well, averaging between a B and a C at GCSE in Attainment 8 — despite having also entered secondary school in Year 9.

All pupils starting secondary school in September will be required to study these Ebac subjects — English, maths, science, a foreign language and either history or geography - to GCSE level.

I was looking forward to my last substitute assignment, teaching middle - school French, as a chance to experience secondary - school teaching and use some language skills.

Definitions should be generally agreed on and accepted; language used about bullying, cyberbullying, cybersafety and wellbeing is most effective if it is consistent between secondary schools, primary feeder schools, home and the wider community.

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The study included survey data from 70,000 students in 1,015 public and private secondary schools, student achievement tests in mathematics and language arts, and survey data from school officials.

A bill to provide for grants to strengthen foreign - language programs in elementary and secondary schools and in institutions of higher education, for the purpose of furthering the national security of the U.S. and the nation's economy.

Used mostly to fill vacancies in subjects including math, sciences, and foreign languages, teachers trained in these programs are found at both the elementary and secondary school levels.

In contrast, because there is rampant nonconsumption in secondary schools — of advanced courses, foreign languages, credit recovery and so on — the disruptive models of blended learning are likely to replace the traditional classroom over the long term.

By and large, we have become the largest promoter of both languages in West Africa at the secondary school level and we have received several awards from the French Embassy in Nigeria for our continued effort in promoting the French language.

I supported the idea of a national curriculum that defined core bodies of knowledge in English, mathematics, science, history, geography, art, music, physical education, information technology, design technology, and, in secondary schools, a modern foreign language.

At its quarterly meeting last month, the board also elected Josephine Bennett, a teacher of secondary - school biology in Memphis; Lois Jean Turner, a teacher at Stix Investigative Learning Center in St. Louis; Alma Garcia Vining, an elementary - school teacher at the P.A. Diskin School in Las Vegas, Nev.; and Nettie Webb, a language - arts coordinator for the Hartsdale, N.Y., school sschool biology in Memphis; Lois Jean Turner, a teacher at Stix Investigative Learning Center in St. Louis; Alma Garcia Vining, an elementary - school teacher at the P.A. Diskin School in Las Vegas, Nev.; and Nettie Webb, a language - arts coordinator for the Hartsdale, N.Y., school sschool teacher at the P.A. Diskin School in Las Vegas, Nev.; and Nettie Webb, a language - arts coordinator for the Hartsdale, N.Y., school sSchool in Las Vegas, Nev.; and Nettie Webb, a language - arts coordinator for the Hartsdale, N.Y., school sschool system.

This includes recommendations suggesting that: primary schools should bring in outside experts to teach coding; all primaries should have 3D printers and design software; secondary schools should be able to teach Computer Science, Design and Technology or another technical / practical subject in place of a foreign language GCSE; the Computer Science GCSE should be taken by at least half of all 16 year olds; young apprenticeships should be reintroduced at 14, blending a core academic curriculum with hands - on learning; all students should learn how businesses work, with schools linked to local employers; schools should be encouraged to develop a technical stream from 14 - 18 for some students, covering enterprise, health, design and hands - on skills; and that universities should provide part - time courses for apprentices to get Foundation and Honours degrees.

In his monthly commentary, Wilshaw highlighted that most pupils who started secondary schools would take the full English Baccalaureate (EBacc), which included a foreign language and two sciences.

In response, the Chinese Ministry ofEducation developed Chengo, a Web sitefor English - speaking secondary schoolstudents, and China's National Office forTeaching Chinese as a Foreign Language hasestablished Confucius Institutes to promoteChinese language and culture around theworld, in partnership primarily with localuniversities and public school districts.

DfE video presentation: Using a toy to facilitate and vary question - and - answer sessions in modern foreign languages with younger secondary school students.

PopuLLar is a European Union, funded, innovative, education project designed to harness music, the primary social interest of secondary school students, in to their language learning.

The secondary version covers: • Leading literacy across the school • Reading for enjoyment and wider reading • Developing teachers» reading approaches and pedagogy • Supporting pupils struggling to read through interventions such as phonics • Writing engagement and enjoyment • Developing teachers» writing knowledge and pedagogy • Supporting pupils struggling to write — spelling, punctuation and grammar • Developing spoken language skills This sample section focuses on leading literacy across the school.

A new study from the RAND Corporation finds that nearly every teacher in America — 99 percent of elementary teachers, 96 percent of secondary school teachers — draws upon «materials I developed and / or selected myself» in teaching English language arts.

Ideal for primary and secondary school students, and students with English as a foreign language.

Department for Education data also reveals that children in many English secondary schools are being taught other core academic subjects, including chemistry, geography and languages, by teachers lacking subject expertise.

Where FUZE really excels is in enabling primary school and young secondary children to learn to code using a text based language which is what real coding is all about.

Over this period of change, the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has promoted, celebrated and encouraged the learning of languages in primary and secondary schools through Assessment of Language Competence (ALC) tests, originally known as the Australian Language Certificates.

There is one focused course of study (history, language - English and Spanish - and the arts; mathematics, science, and technology; and health); everyone is enrolled in it; an appropriate path for each student is developed (every child has a «personal learning plan»); most teachers have responsibility for no more than 50 students (this on a per - pupil budget that is the same or less than in nearby public secondary schools).

Sixty - four per cent of teachers in mixed secondary schools also state that they hear sexist language in schools on at least a weekly basis.

Thomas Payzant: Focusing on the Big Picture at Dallas ISD Dallas News, February 7, 2012 «Standards - based reform has been a game - changer in states and school districts since the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1993 - 94, which required states to develop standards in language arts and math and to develop annual student assessments aligned with those standards,» writes Professor Thomas Payzant.

This one volume brings together in readable, concise language the authoritative research on effective classroom practices in all major disciplines currently taught in elementary and secondary schools: the arts, foreign language, health, language arts, physical education, mathematics, social studies, and science, as well as generic practices that apply across all disciplines.

A survey of 101 secondary schools asked language teachers how important they thought the Department for Education currently sees MFL in schools on a scale of 0 - 10 — with the average response being just 5/10.

The secondary schools overwhelmingly (81 per cent) use EdTech content solutions for maths, 58 per cent for reading and 47 per cent for modern languages.

Specifically, there is language in federal law — the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — that says that nothing in the act will apply to homeschoolers and private schools that do not receive federal funds.

All pupils study Mandarin in the primary and secondary sections, have the option of after - school classes in another modern language in primary and must study a language in addition to Mandarin in secondary.

Standards - based reform has been a game - changer in states and school districts since the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1993 - 94, which required states to develop standards in language arts and math and to develop annual student assessments aligned with those standards.

The six booklets — on the arts, English, foreign language, mathematics, science, and social studies — are part of the board's ongoing «Educational EQuality Project,» a 10 - year program begun in 1981 with the aim of both strengthening the academic quality of secondary education and ensuring that all high - school students have «equality of opportunity» for higher education, College Board officials say.

There is a yawning gap between the stirring language in state constitutions promising great primary and secondary schools and the nitty - gritty work of actually living up to that responsibility.

I was also reminded that there is a yawning gap between the stirring language in state constitutions promising great primary and secondary schools and the nitty - gritty work of actually living up to that responsibility.

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Prior to full - time work at CEL, Joanna has worked as a middle school language arts teacher, secondary literacy coach and as a consultant for CEL.

Elementary and Secondary Schools Students apply language arts and math skills as they learn.

He also co-authored texts in elementary and middle school science, world history and U.S. history and secondary English language arts.

To enable pupils in local primary and two partner secondary schools to acquire basis Chinese language for listening and speaking.