Ofsted's redefinition of satisfactory performance as unsatisfactory had been "both a distortion of the English language and a profoundly depressing judgement for many heads, " he added.
Ten million was a whole lot of money in 1919 and when it attracted attention, Ponzi soon found himself with a five-year jail term and the dubious honor of adding his name to the English language for a type of fraud he hadn't even invented.
The English language is a riot of irregularities, contradictions and exceptions, in both spelling and grammar.
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If you don't like the term "empire" call it global reach, to which the English language lends a nicely helping hand.
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Chameroy says he knows there are people who'll be upset by the pairing of the greatest dramatist in the English language with a pop band.
Math, English, a language (although requirement has just been dropped) a science of some kind and so on.
Mr Sinn's new work is a thoroughly updated English-language version of a German book that has gone through no fewer than 11 editions.
Not really, just evidence of the familiar problem of British skills shortages a problem so acute that many employers prefer to hire a worker who does not have English as a first language, in preference to a less-skilled native.
He criticised cuts to English language teaching despite a rising proportion of children who are non-native speakers.
Brian-Anthony Garrison is a student at NC State University, majoring in English with a language, writing and rhetoric concentration.
It is pretty understandable why US studios would expect an English language version of a great idea to do better here.
He also mastered English, a language that still flummoxes his billionaire father.
The big question: can the world economy in its current condition sustain the advancement of English as a language of international business in the foreseeable future?
Though the Internet boasts users from dozens of countries, the alphabet is dominant, as is the English language -- a legacy of the Net's North American origins.
He also mastered English, a language that flummoxes his father.
Mr Cameron said there was no limit on the number of Indian students that could come to British universities, as long as they had an English language qualification and a place to study.
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Language, it appears, remains a persistent barrier to international marriage in Europe and the spread of English as a second language does not seem to have changed that.
That means they have to rely on what is known as "relay" interpretation: interpreters listen to an English-language translation of say a Latvian speech, and use the English version to interpret into other languages.
There are scores of Chinese-language newspapers and a handful of English-language dailies.
Almost one in four pupils in Arizona speaks a language other than English at home - and a large majority of these are Spanish speakers.
English has been a language of occupiers and imperialists, but also one of insurgents and democrats.
And the majority of the kids at the school are ESL, English as a second language.
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Founded in 2004, Oikos offers classes in nursing, music, Asian medicine and English as a second language.
We have added two English as a Second Language(ESL) teachers, as well as provided staff development on best practices for teaching ESL students.
There were particular concerns that it would fail to engage with children who spoke English as a second language and pupils with special needs.
Mr O'Maonaigh-Lennon, who teaches English as a foreign language, took about seven hours to complete the distance of 26 miles and 385 yards each day.
The Reverend Lydia Hernandez is with Manos De Cristo, a volunteer group that, among other things, teaches English as a second language in Austin Texas.
Particular progress has been made in enrollment of students from racial and ethnic minorities, students for whom English is a second language, and students with disabilities.
Belize, which used to be called British Honduras, has English as a national language and has a legal system based on England just as ours is.
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Statisticians say this is because of an increase of foreign students at independent schools taking different examinations aimed at those with English as a second language.
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