Sentence examples for as the first language from inspiring English sources
But lobbying groups, like Hong Kong Unison, have long argued that a better solution would be to allow more schools to use an alternative curriculum — with English as the first language, and Chinese as the second — and reduce the number of schools in which minority children are separated out.
Gaelic was spoken as the first language of most Scottish Canadians here until around World War I. Through the first half of the 20th century, military service and a mass emigration from the island of men looking for work connected Cape Breton more firmly with the rest of Canada.
In 1976, the apartheid government in South Africa introduced Afrikaans as the first language of Soweto schools.
The inclusion criteria were a pure tone average of 80 dBHL or less and oral language (Swedish) as the first language.
Enrollment in biology and physics classes as well as English used at home as the first language had significantly negative weights.
This meta-analysis examined the extent of cross-linguistic transfer between Chinese as the first language (L1) and English as the second language (L2).
Scale development was carried out in Sinhala language as this is the first language among a large majority of adolescents in Gampaha district.
In Georgia, English is overtaking Russian as the second language of the elite.The involvement of Estonia adds extra aggravation.
Perhaps Mr. Bush would consider another symbolic gesture, adding Spanish as the third language in United States passports after French.
