Sentences with phrase «speaking ability while»

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And while these words are commonly found in everyday conversations, Steven D. Cohen, an award - winning speaker who leads career and academic workshops on public speaking at Harvard Extension School, argues that «they often detract from the listener's ability to understand a particular message.»

Flaherty, 63, said while he is reluctant to speak about his health, he wants to assure Canadians that neither the condition nor the medication affects his ability to do his job as federal treasurer.

GFI aims for diversity in their hires primarily through hiring practices that are intended to help them minimize the effects of bias, such as encouraging staff to score applications anonymously, using generalized ability tests, and meeting applicants only late in the process.88 While they've hired many women, including in seven of nine director roles, they find that their team is lacking in diversity in other ways, and they've met with Encompass to discuss further steps they can take to develop their diversity strategy.89 One staff member we spoke to mentioned that they hoped GFI would be able to begin paying interns, which might help diversify their team by broadening the pool of potential interns who could afford to take a position with GFI.90, 91

From her work as a religion editor at Publishers Weekly, to her expansive writing and lecturing career, to her The Divine Hours series, Phyllis has a remarkable ability to speak wisely and prophetically about the future of Christianity while remaining joyfully rooted in its past.

The book moves back to the judge's childhood and youth, marked by his dead mother's absence; his father's stroke, damaged speaking ability, and death; his courtship; and his professional advancement built on his father's political connections, while moving forward to encompass his wife's stroke and subsequent decline and his effort to sustain his self - sufficient mode of existence while mourning her death.

Arsene Wenger has been speaking to Arsenal Player about the hard fought win at Crystal Palace, paying tribute to the efforts of Alan Pardew and his players, while declaring that the Gunners got what we deserved for playing with a combination of football ability and determination.

If you're worried about other factors that might affect your ability to breastfeed, such as inverted nipples, speak to your midwife while you're pregnant.

While developing your baby's ability to hear, use baby talk and speak while looking at them at a high pWhile developing your baby's ability to hear, use baby talk and speak while looking at them at a high pwhile looking at them at a high pitch.

«Research has shown that while babies may lack the fine motor skills to speak, they do have the ability to understand and use language as early as 6 - 7 months.

While the family was broken apart by this unfortunate situation, the fact that Leanne decided not to give her biological child to her 48 - year - old mother to raise speaks volumes about the mother's parenting abilities.

While gifted children are capable of reading, speaking, and even reasoning above grade level, those abilities may not always be used in positive ways.

These specific questions of affordability speak to a wider concern about Labour's ability to deliver: that while they may be caring, they are still not competent.

While control of the Senate may not give Republicans the ability to quash the rule outright, it does indicate that that U.S. EPA and the president will face pushback every step of the way between now and the rule's completion, according to legal experts who spoke this week on the election's outcome and its implications for the Clean Power Plan.

«A lot of the privately educated students are incredibly articulate, and they are able to speak about their discipline... with what seems to be like supreme confidence,» Reay says, noting that it takes a while for working - class students «to recognize that supreme confidence isn't the same as ability.»

While losing your speech entirely is thankfully relatively rare, thousands of people each year who suffer a stroke — or those with cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease or motor neurone disease — can lose the ability to speak coherently.

While most practitioners find an acceptable and legal way to apply these techniques in practice, on their own, or by working in conjunction with a Medical Doctor who can assist them with lab ordering and supplement design for their patients / clients, we recommend that you speak with our lab and supplement providers at BioHealth Labs, Genova, Metagenics, Designs For Health, and Pure Encapsulations should you have any doubts about your rights and abilities.

Speaking of gameplay, both Nintendo and MercurySteam have done an excellent job capturing the essence of Metroid while introducing elements that had me wondering why these new abilities weren't introduced as part of Samus's arsenal in earlier titles.

While I can't personally speak for any balance changes that may exist, many early reports have noted tweaks to things like how throws work and the ability to store supers for charge characters.

The actor also spoke specifically about Johnson's «remarkable» ability to pick up where J.J. Abrams left off while also making the «Star Wars» sequel his own.

While speaking to Vogue magazine, Ridley said Fisher told her that as a Star Wars star romance was hard «because you don't want to give people the ability to say «I had sex with Princess Leia».

Something about an American accent for a lot of European actors appears to take its toll on their ability to perform — and while that's no excuse for Pike (who speaks in what I can only assume is her natural Queen's mannequin drone in Pride & Prejudice), I've noticed that Ewan McGregor, already a limited actor, is genuinely abominable when shed of his rakish brogue.

We even spoke to Channing Tatum about the character's accent and abilities while he was promoting 22 Jump Street.

As Joanne, an exuberant mother dying of cancer in Chris Kelly's «Other People,» she exudes a heartbreaking stoicism while shaving her head, passing advice and love to her husband and children, losing her ability to speak, and looking death square in the eye.

Governor Walker spoke about the reforms he put in place in Wisconsin which gave local school districts the ability to make better decisions for their students while effectively managing their budgets.

While most central office administrators spoke about unevenness in the leadership strengths of their principals, leaders in higher - performing districts expressed greater confidence in their ability to improve the quality of school leadership through hiring practices, leadershipdevelopment programs, school placement, and supervision (see also Section 2.2 of this report on district contributions to principals «efficacy).

In this webinar, he introduces the Paideia Seminar and discusses how it provides teachers with a consistent and powerful way to teach these speaking and listening standards — while simultaneously enhancing students» ability to successfully read and write about demanding texts.

In this webinar, learn about the Paideia Seminar model and how it supports teaching, speaking, and listening standards while enhancing students» ability to read and write about demanding texts.

While gifted children are capable of reading, speaking, and even reasoning above grade level, those abilities may not always be used in positive ways.

While it speaks volumes about Tung's ability as a race driver, it also puts light on the capability of a Range Rover Sport PHEV.

Jason Freeman spoke with Good e-Reader this week about the ability to «delight readers while empowering authors.»

While that feedback could have just as easily been spoken to the students in class, the ability to use Google Drive and record audio provided four key advantages:

With an unmatched ability to speak simultaneously to pet owners» desire to both spoil their pets and provide them with wholesome, healthy nutrition — all while delivering relatively high margins to retailers — dog treats may be the ultimate profit center in pet stores.

Generally speaking, puppies learn bite inhibition — or the ability to control force of teething — while playing with other puppies.

While the manufacturers who spoke with Veterinary Practice News say accuracy of the products on the market today is «on mark,» veterinarians should further investigate if the equipment will increase client compliance; what education / training is offered through the company; upgrade options; customer service; the hours the company is available to help clients; and the product's footprint and ability to integrate with practice management software.

While certain birds (African gray parrots, Amazon parrots, mynah birds) are known for their abilities to learn human language, others will never learn to speak.

Speaking to Develop, co-studio head and creative director Thomas Wilson says it's all been part of a journey with Activision, starting with Bee Movie, to prove it was able to create successful products while showing off its creative and technical abilities.

Tetra has the ability to see everything that Link does while he uses it, as well as speak with him and give him advice.

While the in - game text and spoken dialogue are both presented in Japanese, the gameplay footage showcases two of Gunvolt's main offensive abilities; not only is the title character equipped with a blaster, but Gunvolt is capable of releasing a charged, electrical psionic blast, used to dish out screen - clearing damage, power objects and open gates:

As we speak, the state of Wyoming seems perfectly willing to offer Alpha Natural Resources a renewed mining permit — while it's in the midst of bankruptcy and has no proven ability to pay for the reclamation of its existing footprint.

• Distracted driving by texting, talking to passengers, watching videos, using GPS, adjusting the radio or speaking on a cell phone • Speeding or driving recklessly • Failing to use turn signals • Disobeying posted traffic signals and signs • Failing to provide the right of way to a pedestrian at intersections and in crosswalks • Disregarding traffic and weather conditions affecting driving abilities • Driving while intoxicated (drunk driving or high driving) or under the influence of drugs

While we are confident in our ability to teach defensive driving and how to follow the rules of the road, we can't speak for other drivers.

If you want to access music, smart home and navigation features or just the ability to order Starbucks while on the go through Alexa, Speak is the latest device to adopt the Alexa everywhere strategy.

Whatever your needs, there are a range of different cameras out there for you to choose from, and thanks to recent developments in technology many of them come with the ability to steam HD - quality video straight to your phone and speak to people in your house over two - way speaker systems, while some can even use algorithms to tell the difference between your dog, and a person, meaning you don't get a notification every time your canine companion moves.

Its speaker is so - so, but performs better than its size would suggest, while its ability to take voice commands accurately speaks to the quality of its microphones.

While speaking of Facebook's recent struggles, the 33 - year - old stated some issues are unavoidable for a company that enjoys such an unprecedented business scale in a largely uncharted territory, having clarified he judges Facebook's success based on its ability to address missteps in a responsive manner and ensure they don't happen again, and not the sole number of mistakes made.

Videos, presentations and other media are great ways to speak to your marketing skills while keeping the hiring manager's attention and even sparking some interest in your ability to walk the walk.

Recommendations from peers, managers, and direct reports speak volumes about your ability to lead, execute and work well with others, while Endorsements allow these same people the opportunity to concur with you that you possess skills in a particular area.

The ability to change your communication style according to whom you are speaking: other engineers might require technical detail, while clients might require a broad overview

Your resume should do the same, demonstrating the skills that have built your career while also showcasing your ability to speak about yourself, your history, and your accomplishments in an accessible way.

While my resume speaks volumes for my abilities as an interpreter, I believe that I can further convince you of my candidacy in a meeting.