Sentence examples for fair command of the language from inspiring English sources

He has a fair command of the language, unlike some deportees who arrived with no knowledge of Khmer.

This week her colleagues in the four-party cabinet, which rarely deals with education, cautiously backed her idea that all Swiss children should have a fair command of three languages, including two of the country's own.But the language war has barely begun.

He had a fair command of English, provided the other party to the conversation didn't talk too fast.

And his command of the language and slang of the period is as impressive.

He says he couldn't compete with other agencies without a good command of the language.

Those who cannot prove their command of the language by other means will face tests.

Six months spent incognito in Bursa furnished him with a creditable command of the language.

The negotiator was Bizot, with his command of the language and relative instinct for the thinking of the Khmer Rouge.

He explained this way of looking at language could be extended to teaching foreign students, to help them gain a more flexible command of the language.

As his command of the language returned, so, it seemed, did his awareness of his pitiable condition.

By contrast, foreign-language instruction takes place mostly in secondary school and stresses reading knowledge and a receptive command of the language.