Knowledge of the language is kept up mainly by people like him who belong to the Xibo people from China's far north-west.
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However, the study suggested understanding of Gaelic words and phrases was limited with just over one in 10 of the general public respondents claiming to have at least some knowledge of the language.
Exposure to parents and other relatives who speak Korean has given Kim some knowledge of the language -- she can generally understand the subject matter of the conversation -- but she can't read it and doesn't enunciate well.
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Excellent knowledge of Englishor French and working knowledge of the other language.
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Excellent knowledge of English or French, good knowledge of the other language would be an asset.
They are required to have excellent knowledge of English or Arabic and good knowledge of the other language.
Excellent knowledge of English and French and working knowledge of the other language.
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Excellent knowledge of English or French and good knowledge of the other language.
Paradoxically, knowledge of the local language, like Japanese or Mandarin, is not a prerequisite for effective communications for organizational development.
The Pontifical Academy for Latin will promote the knowledge and study of the language from classical times to the present day, said the Vatican.
English certainly helps forge strong bonds across cultures, but knowledge of the local language makes a global workforce more nimble and productive, and therefore more competitive.
Most of these teachers are local villagers in the communities who have some knowledge of Lao language and have been familiarized with the curriculum that they have been taught previously at school.
During the course of the project, UNESCO-LINKS will work to facilitate the insertion of the book, and in this manner Mayangna culture, knowledge and language, into the new curriculum as part of the regional or national education programme.
With support from Norway, UNESCO published a 2-volume book in the Mayangna language based on their indigenous knowledge of the natural world.
However, Mayangna leaders told us that the objective of reinforcing culture, knowledge and language transmission across and within the generations cannot be met by simply publishing and disseminating the book without any further support to facilitate its use.
The great voyaging canoes might not have survived, but the cargo of language, culture and knowledge that they brought to the islands certainly has.
Now to help facilitate the growth of robot scientists for routine, automated experiment, King and his team are urging that the methods and processes of science be formalized, to remove the ambiguities of natural language and make it easier to reproduce experiments and build the bases of knowledge.
This year there was no test of memorised basic knowledge in the Chinese language exam in Shanghai - only reading comprehension and creative writing.
Historians and sociologists of science have made a convincing case that language plays a crucial role in the production of knowledge about the natural world.
Good knowledge of French (as a working language of the United Nations system) would be an asset.
Many in the audience might have thought Zhu had honed his language skills and extensive knowledge of finance through years of work abroad, possibly in the diplomatic service.
The teaching of literacy primarily focuses on reading, writing, speaking and listening, in order to encourage students to read, comprehend, reflect on their social experiences and use the language as an instrument of knowledge-seeking.
American skilled workers have distinct advantages over foreign workers, namely managerial ability, communication skills (because of language), and knowledge of firms and the U.S. market.
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Anyone on the Internet is familiar with the search box and can find the data they are looking for without knowledge of any programming language.
Linguistic-knowledge translators have two sets of grammatical rules one for the source language and one for the target.
Quite which way is likely to produce what we all finally desire, a machine intelligence that we can query with natural language and get the answers based upon all of human knowledge, is as yet unknown.
There is plenty of dispute about what gave these people such an advantage language, some other form of mental ingenuity, or the collective knowledge that comes from exchange and specialization but there is also disagreement about when the exodus began.
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Any job that requires you to interact with customers -- either in person, on the phone or online -- can use your knowledge of a second (or third) language.
This heritage may exist in any language, in any part of the world, and in any area of human knowledge or expression.
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