At the age of 12, pupils start a second language and at 14 a third language.
Schools are starting to teach English as much as Arabic as a second language.
And the majority of the kids at the school are ESL, English as a second language.
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Founded in 2004, Oikos offers classes in nursing, music, Asian medicine and English as a second language.
Many Macedonians and Slovenes still speak or understand what used to be called Serbo-Croat as a second language.
There had never been a fun, entertaining method to teach young children a second language before Little Pim.
In almost every line of work the ability to speak a second language makes you a valuable asset.
He speaks a second language with his arm, hands, and fingers, using sharp, quick gestures for emphasis and clarity.
We have added two English as a Second Language(ESL) teachers, as well as provided staff development on best practices for teaching ESL students.
There were particular concerns that it would fail to engage with children who spoke English as a second language and pupils with special needs.
The Reverend Lydia Hernandez is with Manos De Cristo, a volunteer group that, among other things, teaches English as a second language in Austin Texas.
However, much of the growth is due to the numbers of schoolchildren acquiring Welsh as a second language due to the boom in bilingual schooling.
Particular progress has been made in enrollment of students from racial and ethnic minorities, students for whom English is a second language, and students with disabilities.
Statisticians say this is because of an increase of foreign students at independent schools taking different examinations aimed at those with English as a second language.
English as a second language would be an educational priority.
But for entrepreneurs with vision, patience, an appetite for risk and command of a second language (or two), there are plenty of opportunities in even more exotic locales.
Language, it appears, remains a persistent barrier to international marriage in Europe and the spread of English as a second language does not seem to have changed that.
In May, a study commissioned by the Scottish government said children in Scotland should begin learning a second language as soon as they started school at the age of five.
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" That includes a sharp drop in those getting schooling through English as a second language programs, meaning they did not "receive the educational services to which they are legally entitled.
More specifically, the mission is to spread Islam by means of the Turkish events such as trips to Turkey, the Turkish Olympics, other cultural events and teaching Turkish as a second language.
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She said French is a second language in her home and that her kids are learning to speak it, so being in this country at this time is good for her family.
As the biggest pieces of the president's health care overhaul law are phased in this year, New York state officials are working on a strategy for making sure that people who speak English as a second language aren't left out.
For starters, the two-year degree is housed at the Fletcher School, which specializes in international affairs, not business. (Tufts doesn't have a business school.) All students have previous international experience and they are required to demonstrate proficiency in a second language.
Our members are tutoring immigrant students and assisting them with their academics, serving as English as a Second Language instructors, connecting community members to services and resources in their local areas, conducting workshops on volunteer recruitment, health education amongst other necessary and important topics.
Surely the rise of English as a universal second language is good for business?
In addition, many of the libraries participating in the program are offering English-as-a-Second Language classes using BTOP-funded computers.
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That is why it took Switzerland more than 20 years to introduce teaching in a second national language (German or French) at the age of 11-plus instead of 14.
Gitmo offers several classes for detainees literacy (Arabic and Pashto), English-as-a-second-language, and art and also allows for at least four hours of recreation a day, sometimes in groups.
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But in some places, students are getting stuck in English-as-a-second-language programs all the way until graduation.
Just 7 percent of fourth-grade and 3 percent of eighth-grade English learners scored "proficient" or above in a nationwide reading exam, and thousands languish for years in ineffective English-as-a-second-language programs.
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