Richard N. Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, caused a stir with a speech last month to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in which he questioned the prominence of European language instruction, given the shift of power centers and political hot spots from Europe to Asia and the Middle East.
Reflecting the global reach of Spanish, and the rising prominence of Spanish-language literature since the 1960s boom that brought Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and others to prominence, the 22 writers are a diverse group.
Of the many reasons why language learning can stall during our time away, it seems to me that the prominence of the English language locally is the biggest one.
Along with Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth, Hanne Darboven and others, Mr. Kawara gave special prominence to language".
In his later writings, Wittgenstein calls these diverse phenomena language-games, in order, he explains, "to bring into prominence the fact that the speaking of language is part of an activity, or a form of life" (1958, I, §23).
After Messick (1988) proposed the notion of the consequential aspect of validity, the issue of test fairness gained prominence in language testing.
It is characterized by frequent use of French Antillean Creole language, the prominence of electronically synthesized sounds, and sophisticated recording technology.
The prominence of English as an international language has led many students around the world toward learning it either as a part of their formal education or as an extra-curricular activity.
Although language has long been of concern to states, issues of language policy have achieved unprecedented prominence as a concomitant of the expansion of governmental activity and of citizen participation, as well as of the advent of postindustrial conditions that enhance the value of linguistic skills as a form of cultural capital.
Newman and Seeney are claiming aggravated damages because of "the sensational language, tone and prominence of the matters complained of", court documents state.
