to acquire proficiency (in)

  • 1Proficiency — Proficience Pro*fi cience, Proficiency Pro*fi cien*cy, n. The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency in… …

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  • 2Defense Language Proficiency Tests — DLPT redirects here. For other uses, see DLPT (disambiguation). The Defense Language Proficiency Test (or DLPT) is a battery of foreign language tests produced by the Defense Language Institute and used by the United States Department of… …

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  • 3Cognitive academic language proficiency — (CALP) is a language related term which refers to formal academic learning, as opposed to BICS. In schools today, the terms BICS and CALP are most frequently used to discuss the language proficiency levels of students who are in the process of… …

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  • 4Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency — (CALP) is a language related term which refers to formal academic learning, as opposed to BICS. In schools today, the terms BICS and CALP are most frequently used to discuss the language proficiency levels of students who are in the process of… …

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  • 5Language immersion — is a method of teaching a second language (also called L2, or the target language). Unlike a more traditional language course, where the target language is simply the subject material, language immersion uses the target language as a teaching… …

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  • 6Mercaz Hatorah — is a Lithuanian Charedi yeshiva located in Talpiot, Jerusalem. Founded by Rabbi Aryeh Rottman and Rabbi Chaim Kreiswirth zt l in 1970, it primarily caters to students from the English speaking diaspora. The current Rosh HaYeshiva is Rabbi Aryeh… …

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  • 7Titusville Area School District — The Titusville Area School District is located in northwestern Pennsylvania, approximately 45 miles southeast of Erie, Pennsylvania, The School District comprises Allegheny Township, Cherrytree Township, Oilcreek Township and Pleasantville… …

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  • 8practice — [prak′tis] vt. practiced, practicing [ME practisen < MFr practiser, altered < practiquer < ML practicare < LL practicus < Gr praktikos, concerning action, practical < prassein, to do] 1. to do or engage in frequently or usually; …

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  • 9Proficience — Pro*fi cience, Proficiency Pro*fi cien*cy, n. The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency in music. [1913… …

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  • 10Ka-Chun Siu — Dr. Ka Chun Siu (Joseph Siu) (Chinese: 蕭家俊 博士) is a Research Scientist at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Project Director at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). His research areas include Motor Control, Motor Learning,… …

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