The PISA test for English (i.e., inner circle, native speakers, thus first language) reading literacy measures "an individual's capacity to understand, use and reflect on and engage with written texts, in order to achieve one's goals, to develop one's knowledge and potential and to participate in society" (OECD 2009, p. 14).
"Tolstoy rendered these voices masterfully, so that we hear the inner life of the speakers in their words.
This study modeled two diaphragms comprising a pair of indium tin oxide (ITO) transparent plates sandwiching a vibrating diaphragm to create circular (30 mm radius) and annular (30 mm outer and 3 mm inner radius) push pull electrostatic speakers.
Lewis points in particular toward the textbook's use of the words appear and only: dismissive words such as these suggest that predicates of value are merely projections of the inner state of the speaker and have no significance.
Especially speech provides a high information density, delivering information about the speaker's inner state as well as his intention and demand.
In this paper, in order to get rid of this artifice, a novel automatic method to extract the inner lips contour of CS speakers is presented.
Sometimes, however, you'll be sorely tempted to unleash your inner Jeremy Paxman on some hapless speaker.
In my Christmas holidays I received a call saying that to launch the scheme, they want to match up the unlikeliest pairing of a world famous speaker with an inner city London comprehensive.
So naturally, the company sticks fairly close to home, with a kit that promise to show kiddos the magical inner workings of a Bluetooth speaker.
Asked about Boehner's remarks on Thursday, Cruz said the speaker "allowed his inner Trump to come out".
