First-language Sentence Examples

Forty percent of instruction is in the child's first language.

Candidates whose first language is not English will be required to provide evidence of linguistic competence at the time of application.

The worker, who is multi lingual, has the relevant language skills to assist clients whose first language is not English.

She has mandarin as her first language and is a relative beginner in English.

This often happens when children speak a pidgin as their first language or mother tongue.

With all her family speaking Gaelic she was brought up speaking Gaelic she was brought up speaking Gaelic as her first language.

With all her family speaking Gaelic she was brought up speaking Gaelic as her first language.

Today Yiddish is still written and spoken in Orthodox Jewish communities, although it is still the first language learned in many Hasidic communities.

The inclusion of the performance section in the Wechsler scales is especially helpful in assessing the cognitive ability of children with speech and language disorders or whose first language is not English.

In addition, the test may be given to non-native speakers in their first language and to hearing impaired children using American Sign Language.

Sequential bilingualism occurs when children use their knowledge of and experience with a first language to rapidly acquire a second language.

The first language may influence the way in which they learn and use their second language.

He believed that touch is the child's first language and that understanding spoken language comes long after understanding touch.

The major difference between an ESL program and a bilingual program is that in the bilingual program there is some instruction in the first language of the students who are learning English.

Studies have proven that the best predictor of language development in a second language is the level of development of cognitive and academic development in the first language.

However, visiting the Babel Fish website also listed above will help you overcome the language barrier, even if your first language isn't English.

While it's true you can design an entire site without it, there is still a place for the first language of the web.

Students whose first language is not English must show evidence of a high standard of both written and spoken fluency.