Sentences with phrase «students choose a language»

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McCluskey said Spanish was chosen because students at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn choose to study Spanish over other languages offered.

PhD students can now elect representatives to a national students» council and to the academic senate of an increasing number of universities, enjoy economic benefits similar to those of undergraduate students, choose to write their thesis in a foreign language, appeal following a failed defence, and hold their title right after a successful defence, because all further bureaucratic requirements like filing copies of the thesis to the national libraries have been transferred to the universities.

Learning a foreign language has been compulsory since the times of the Soviet Union, but the recent reform of school education demands more from today's students, giving extended opportunities to young Ukrainian women and men to perfect the knowledge of their chosen overseas dialect.

Working with elementary students learning English as a second language, Georgia teacher Melissa Smith shares reading passages that demonstrate how writers choose their words carefully to help readers create brain movies.

Likewise, Christian schools offer models that may prove useful to public schools by eschewing standardized testing; reviving Latin, logic, and rhetoric; emphasizing the place of music and foreign languages; refusing to track students by ability; or choosing an unhurried approach to learning.

When we choose neutral, open, or accepting language, we indicate to students that we will be open and accepting to them as people.

So, you want to introduce coding in class but with so many programming languages out there how do you choose the one that's right for your students?

Students absorb their chosen culture by studying films and current media in their chosen language and tasting the culture's culinary pleasures in a language - controlled setting in a small town along the Mississippi River.

Medford High Students Chosen as Finalists in National Challenge (The Medford Transcript) As part of a national challenge with HGSE's Making Caring Common and The KIND Foundation, a student team from Medford were selected as finalists and will develop their project to bridge the gap between academic English language learning and everyday language use and needs.

But when it comes time for Congress to get down to actual legislative language, members will have to choose whether to open the door to all comers, including states with pitifully low standards (compared to those of the National Assessment of Educational Progress), deficient data and student - tracking systems, and a poor track record on including English language learners and students with disabilities.

By marked contrast, Common Core asks teachers to think carefully about what children read and choose grade - level texts that use sophisticated language or make significant knowledge demands of the reader (teachers should also be prepared, of course, to offer students support as they grapple with challenging books).

All family types (e.g., race, income, location) predominantly preferenced high - performing schools, but non-poor and white students are significantly more likely to choose a specialized program (e.g., dual language, expeditionary learning, single gender).

At Bremerton (Washington) High School, students have taken control of the language they hear in the halls by choosing to hold their tongues.

Using the compelling and gruesome moment that Aron Ralston chose to sever his own arm and free himself from certain death, students are asked to analyse language and structure choices and explore affects on the reader.

There is also a follow up lesson to help students think carefully about choosing languages for their GCSE options.

Please note that the first three levels of music have a «ta» language option, so that you can choose whether to give your students the rhythms or you develop them as your students learn how to bucket drum in your classroom.

Whatever livelihoods the students someday choose, Stanford's educators believe they will need to work with people from different countries, in different languages, in the realms of business, politics, and human understanding.

There has been a steady decline in the number of students choosing to study languages over the last two decades, which has in turn led to issues in recruiting and training enough high quality teachers in the subject.

As an «Assessment As Learning» task, teachers can gain insight into student understanding of the logical sequence of steps, the language chosen by students and the efficiency of their flow chart.

When we are conscious of how we can use the language of learning to reinforce learning as something that is accessible by all, not a chosen few we honour the contributions of all our students.

Give your students a list of options from which they can choose, whether it's a book to read in language arts, a topic to research in history, or a business to create in math.

When choosing a programming language to use with your students, what sorts of things do you consider?

Once a student or teacher chooses an aspect of the language to explore, a list of games and learning tools is ready to help him master it.

As a teacher, how do you choose which programming language is right for you and your students?

So, you want to introduce coding in class but with so many programming languages out there how do you choose the one that's right for you and your students?

World Language Academy students can immerse themselves in a world language, choosing from among six different languages and extracurricular language clubs.

To understand the English language proficiency levels, districts may choose to use student work samples and compare them to examples for each proficiency level found at www.wida.us.

For secondary students Google is a terrific site where not only can you do a Safe Search, but you can also search by reading level, language, and you can choose to translate the results.

For example, Student A chooses a scenario requiring formal language: «Offer elderly neighbor assistance carrying groceries.»

This is her 4th consecutive year teaching at Roosevelt / Kaleidoscope, teaching level 1 Spanish and her 2nd year teaching 6th grade Global Perspectives, where students explore a little bit of Spanish, French and German before choosing a language in 7th grade.

High school students may continue a language studied in middle grades or choose a new language.

At Cypress Hills Community School, a Spanish / English dual - language school in Brooklyn for students in grades K — 8, the teacher team chose to focus their work on one of the schoolwide practices, «turn and talk.»

Ofqual said this pattern shows schools are «increasingly choosing to enter students for English language rather than English».

To create found poems, students must choose language that is particularly meaningful or interesting to them and organize the language around a theme or message.

Meadow Park Middle School chose to use individualized language acquisition plans for all English learner students as a way to track their specific learning needs, as well as help content - area and ELL teachers stay on the same page.

Choose a different language each day and have students practice greeting each other in that language.

The English — language component of the test addressed state content standards through tenth grade, and the math part of the exam covered state standards in only grades six and seven and Algebra I. Worse, the legislators chose to give diplomas retroactively, going back to 2006, when the test was first initiated, to students who had passed their coursework but failed the tes

Our new ELL Diagnostic assesses your students» knowledge of 10 different concepts specifically chosen for English language learners.

Students can also choose to specialize in bilingual education, early childhood education, elementary education, literacy, world languages, Teaching English as a Second Langauge, and special education.

Beginning with a profile of a child's language and developmental progress as they start preschool all the way through to the career they eventually choose, data serves to inform where we might improve the education system to best meet the needs of the students in it.

I would also make sure that while we attempt to maximize the potential of every child, we do not use language that puts down students who choose to pursue pathways that are not in preparation of a 4 - year college degree.

Students in the undergraduate TPP program can choose to focus their studies in multiple areas, with certifications available in early childhood to sixth grade, middle and high school, and concentrations in subjects such as language, science, history and mathematics.

«However, too many students are failing to reach their potential, and do not choose to undertake more advanced study beyond 16, because of the way they are taught languages in many secondary schools.»

Constance Steinkuehler, a games researcher at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, asked middle and high school students who were struggling readers to choose a game topic they were interested in, and then she picked texts from game sites for them to read — some as difficult as first - year - college language.

The chance to learn about different cultures, study a foreign language, and gain a more global perspective are some of the reasons students choose to spend a semester, or even their entire college experience, abroad.