Sentences with phrase «teaching students language»

Prince Charles visited Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School for adult immigrants Thursday in Washington, D.C., aimed at teaching students language and work skills for careers in the U.S.

While no programming experience is required, we teach students the languages we use for programming through fun projects every term.

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I have some experience with it, having studied and taught it to undergraduate students for ten years, and having practiced Buddhist meditation periodically, most meaningfully under the guidance of a Zen Buddhist master from Japan for whom I served as a language instructor for one year.

I teach English as a second language to international students at a local university here in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

I teach English as a second language to International students from all over the world... Japanese, Saudi, Kazakh, Mongolian, Korean, Chinese, Brazilian, Iranian, etc..

The aim is, for the teacher, «covering the material»; for the student, speed and accuracy in «information retrieval,» The rigid application of this paradigm is well illustrated by the teaching of classical languages in the nineteenth century.

Such a system had serious drawbacks because the teaching materials were several centuries old, the study of Arabic — and no Chinese — was inadequate, so the students could read only a limited amount and could not speak the language, there was no general educational background for the religious courses, and the freedom allowed to the students often led them to form bad habits.

I was struck also by the fact that the humanistic gymnasia through which students prepared for entry into the university taught them Greek and Latin and even Hebrew, just those languages most needed for a classical theological education.

The Dalai Lama also said he supports recent protests in Tibet, where students marched in opposition to government plans to teach university classes in Mandarin Chinese, instead of the traditional Tibetan language.

Are science and philosophy truly indulged because they «provoke wonder at God's creation,» the study of music pursued «so that we can offer a sacrifice of praise,» languages taught «so that students can gain a more accurate grasp of the Word»?

I'd invite my freethinking students to add more to the discussion, but because they had just been shamed, and because no one had ever before taught them how to articulate beliefs outside the party line in reasoned language, they usually demurred, leaving me to represent an unpopular idea alone.

There, she developed and taught a language enrichment program for all kindergartners in the district and provided speech and language therapy for the two special education classes, as well as serving those students from kindergarten to sixth grade having articulation, fluency, voice, cleft palate, hearing impairment and language delays.

Starting this spring, the Everyone Can Code program will be integrated across the citywide curriculum to teach students this new language.

At a school for difficult children, Mr. Davis, a teacher who taught eleven - and twelve - year olds, asked me if I could come to his class and give him some advice on cleaning up the foul language his students used.

Many of our high school students do language exchanges so the teacher needs to be able to teach to differing levels in one class.

She passes that lesson on to her German students at Sandburg High School in Orland Park, where she teaches more than a foreign language.

During weekly meetings, parents may opt to teach a subject such as a foreign language or a science lab to a group of students.

The instructional videos are focused on teaching toddlers, preschoolers, and even elementary students basic English language skills.

Ultimately, the needs of the student are met by the Waldorf curriculum itself; in addition to the class teacher, the students experience continuity and expertise through involvement with subject teachers who teach handwork, movement and games, a world language, eurythmy, sculptural arts, gardening, music, and fine arts.

Dr. Klein teaches, supervises, and advises undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in speech - language pathology.

General News of Sunday, 13 May 2018 Source: Enock Akonnor Teachers are being encouraged to use indigenous languages to help students Chief for Atwima Kwanwoma Nana Amponsa - Kwaa IV has appealed to the government through the Ministry of Education to consider setting in motion policies that will ensure that Akan language (Twi) is strictly used by teachers as the communication channel in the teaching of students in the country.

(+1) Interestingly, many institutions in the Netherlands are switching to English - language teaching and do charge (higher) tuition fees for students from outside the EU.

Efforts to promote multilingualism, language teaching, monitor language competence, student exchanges between countries, etc. are all intended to mitigate the effects of limited language competence on trade and mobility.

Aside from pushing the DOE, Oddo has reached out to several charter school groups to pitch them the idea of getting a standalone school to teach students with language - based disabilities in the borough.

In fact, there are those who assert that there is no need to teach any of the structure of the language — students can just pick it up by osmosis by being sufficiently exposed to it!

Take the keyword method, which is often taught to language students.

The students had little exposure to written language, and the school did not teach signing.

MinecraftEdu, a version of the game that teachers created for educational purposes, teaches students mathematical concepts including perimeter, area and probabilities as well as foreign languages.

And to avoid the possibility that the experimenter's body language might be prompting his answers, students who test Alex are never the same as those who taught him the words and concepts involved.

If our summer camp can teach chemistry, history, foreign languages, and more using interactive fiction, I think schools can use stories to better reach their students and engage them in learning.

Yogamazé trainings are defined by an emphasis on logical analysis, clear language, and critical thinking, empowering students to teach with confidence and creativity.

It was so nice to feel that I was contributing to teaching something, seeing the students» progress and also, it was not only about the language, but teaching some principles for life and cultural aspects.

Running for nearly 20 years, English School of Canada has educated over 30,000 students from more than 50 countries.Students appreciate and are engaged with the multicultural student body they study with at our fully accredited school.Finally, the third class will illuminate how to write various academic, business, professional, and functional compositions.In addition to these practical objectives, this class will show students how to put themselves in the correct mindset to write, how to plan to write as well as how to implement editing and revision strategies.The program also teaches students the specific language skills and vocabulary needed in a health care workplace.It covers speaking, listening, and reading on a wide range of topics from technical skills to ethical concerns, from communicating with patients to discussing issues with colleagues.

If nothing else Transformers: Dark of the Moon may one day becoming a teaching tool to demonstrate how ideology is expressed through mass entertainment cinema, in the same way that English students are encouraged to read tabloid newspapers to learn about persuasive language.

Hilton lived and worked in Japan as an interpreter for the government, and taught English as a second language to junior high school students.

In a summer of intention and wandering, an Unangam Tunuu elder reflects on landscape and fauna, language students play and teach invented games, and a portrait takes shape of a place through the dim and distant glimpse of a visitor on an island in the center of the Bering Sea.

In addition to core studies in English, math, science, history, languages, and the fine arts, students take a required sequence in religion and philosophy: 6th - grade students study the Apostles» Creed and the saints; in the 7th grade, they focus on the Church and the Ten Commandments; 8th graders conduct an overview of the Bible and the Sacraments; 9th - grade students study the Old Testament, the Apologetics, and C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity; the 10th - grade focus is the New Testament and Church history; 11th grade introduces metaphysics and ethics; and the 12th - grade course features the philosophy and social teachings of the Catholic Church.

I'm afraid that if you think it is to replace a teacher (or the facilitator if you love your business jargon), we are not doing a very good job.The reason I say this, is because I have found throughout my 8 years of teaching English as a second language, the majority of online material or courses that I have used with my students has been sadly lacking in replacing the need for me.

For instance, if you teach language arts and the goal of the unit is teaching students how to write an effective response to literature or a literary analysis essay, who says everyone has to write about the same book written by some ancient dead writer (no offense, dead writers)?

Along with the STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, another area we were passionate about improving was how languages were taught and the various ways we could increase the exposure our students have to other cultures.

Though Raybon is an English language arts (ELA) teacher, she's integrating more civics into her class this year as she has watched students struggle — more than ever in her 13 years of teaching — to make sense of current events.

The most successful and developed cooperatives begin to look quite a bit like schools, with an adult teacher in the front lecturing to rows of students sitting quietly at desks, sometimes hiring experts to teach advanced subjects like calculus, foreign languages, or physics.

This also seems to hold true for English language arts, where students who've been taught to write more thoughtful evidence - based essays get their time cut short during assessments.

If you use academic language or concepts, then you'll need time to teach students those meanings and concepts.

ELL students are taught English the same way that English - only students are taught their second language.

If students are immigrants or English - language learners, what can they teach their American - born classmates about other cultures?

It is also a way to teach Native students their culture and language, and how it relates to the environment around them.

When faced with this challenge, many students are taught to detach from content, to analyze with sterile language, and to develop ideas within a narrow formula.

The past decade has seen a relative surge in research conducted in urban, underperforming schools focused on doing exactly this — providing students with deep, language - and content - based instruction, with a focus on teaching both specialized vocabulary and the specialized structures of language in academic speech and text.

Key recommendations of the report include: • A test to assess the literacy and numeracy skills of all teaching graduates; • A requirement for universities to demonstrate that their graduates are classroom ready before gaining full course accreditation; • An overhaul of the in class practical element of teaching degrees; • A specialisation for primary school teachers with a focus on STEM and languages; and, • Universities publish all information about how they select students into teacher education programs.