Sentences with phrase «tell speakers of this language»

Not exact matches

Any time a modern tells us what something is, we are told more about language and its speaker than about the thing of which that speaker speaks, and we ought to recognize the speaker's hunger for power and desire for domination.

Brooklyn Councilman Robert Cornegy, a candidate for speaker next year, initially told reporters that he was «not aware» of the plans to include the new language in the budget.

John Bercow, the speaker of the Commons, tells off the foreign secretary for using sexist language

The school saw an exodus of native Chinese speakers from the program that resulted in a loss of $ 200,000 in funding for the dual language program, parents said they were told.

While not a native English speaker, Fornet still has a firm grasp on the use of the language — and honestly this adds quite a bit to the way the story is told.

Sperling and Shapcott's and Rosen's recommendations for fostering a growth mindset in law schools focus primarily on communicating a growth mindset message to law students — be it from professors who have examined their own mindsets and thereby shifted their expectations and language; 188 through orientation programs that include growth - oriented messages from administrators, professors and guest speakers; 189 by framing assignments and evaluation in terms of process; 190 by professors who teach legal writing using their expertise in narrative to tell stories that show that legal writing and analysis skills are learned through effort and persistence; 191 by professors and administrators «communicat [ing] that law school has academic value beyond the first year» and «encourag [ing] students to view rankings and large firm job placements as indicative of mastery that can be obtained through learning and hard work»; 192 or, by providing growth mindset student mentors for incoming students.193

That said, however, it's all very well to share notions of water, tongues and nits with everyone; but consider what might we have learned in alngith that only the speakers of that language could tell us?