"native mastery" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the in-depth knowledge of a particular subject or language by someone who is a native speaker of it. For example, "He demonstrated his native mastery of Mandarin by singing a traditional Chinese song without hesitation."
This means that an initial assessment of bilingual learners must be conducted to gauge their command of both English and their native languages, mastery levels across core content areas.
Mr. Cacioppo's mastery of chantlike Native American singing was more impressive than this tame music.
The final track, The Donald, sounds like it ought to be about Trump, but instead finds Busta Rhymes proclaiming Phife's rhyming mastery in his native Jamaican flow; Phife is on hand to concur.
But where critics of California's bilingual programs cited study after study attacking bilingual education as trapping students in a language nether world where they master neither English nor their other subjects, Mr. Mills, in his proposal, cited evidence showing how students' mastery of their native language actually helps them learn English.
As regards the migrant population, a single ability has been investigated, namely the worker's mastery of the native language or lingua franca of the host country.
A native Dakota from Olympia, Washington, Genia uses her mastery of technique and materials to explore Dakota philosophies and how they might address contemporary challenges such as climate change and indigenous cultural preservation.
All the racialized clichés of native awe in the face of imperial mastery are in play here: the spirit ships propelled by unseen forces, the wonder book, the whites' command over the firmament and the natural world.
Knowing the culture of the students and the fact that English is not their native tongue, I was surprised by the fluency and mastery that they demonstrated, particularly as the offerings that they shared were not simple or commonly used.
Translated and adapted items were then back-translated by a local native who had lived in the United States and so had mastery of both languages and contextual knowledge.
Technical mastery aside, Pletka's magic comes from his being able to paint Native subjects in a Native manner full of empathy, personal expression and symbolic meaning.
