But I'm not fluent to the point where you can show me sheet music and I can sit down and play it.
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If Title VI and Fulbright-Hays are allowed to wither for lack of funding, there will be fewer culturally and linguistically fluent graduates to staff our intelligence community, our businesses and our government.
Along the way, she has had her teeth straightened and now lacks only fluent English to be a Hollywood star in her own right.
His message to the fluent English-speaking Li Ruigang was to the point.
On its website, EIHS said it aimed to produce graduates who are fluent in Arabic and able to "confidently and accurately" refer to the original Islamic texts, including the Koran.
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His side were unable to formulate an alternative to their usual fluent style until the stand-in coach chose to use defender Gerard Pique in a makeshift attacking role for the final minutes.
But those seeking to scrap bilingual education say that Hispanic youngsters should be encouraged to become completely fluent in written and spoken English if they are to have an equal chance in the jobs market.
But the council, which opened up the post to teachers who were not fluent in Gaelic but were prepared to learn, said the job would now be re-advertised.
Now running it is James McNamara, an Irish-American who happens to be fluent in Spanish.
Frankly, it would take more than a day behind the wheel to become fluent in these interfaces.
Dressed as an Ottoman merchant and able to speak fluent Turkish, he accomplished the mission and saved the city during the 1683 Battle for Vienna.
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And Mr Buckles admitted: "I can't say categorically that all the guards recruited by G4S for the Olympics are able to speak fluent English".
To study for a doctorate, even in fine art or the poetry of the Tang dynasty, students need to show fluent literacy in English.
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Brazil had struggled to produce their fluent passing game and, until the winner from Alves, gave South Africa the scent of creating a similar upset to the other semi-final which saw the United States beat Spain.
To be functionally fluent in a language, for instance, in most cases you need about 1, 200 words.
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Virender Sehwag struck a fluent 92 as India raced to 116-0 before they lost three quick wickets, including Sourav Ganguly first ball in his final Test.
In contrast, younger men without a degree receive a 13% wage premium for being fluent in English, compared to 40% for younger men with a degree.
For example, older men without an undergraduate degree receive a 53% wage premium for being fluent in English, compared to 28% for older men with an undergraduate degree.
As a child and teen, I studied a variety of languages, including Latin, German, classical Greek, and Hebrew, but I never learned enough to be considered fluent by any stretch of the imagination.
Williams and Fitzgerald both produced sharp breaks early on, with the Emerging Boks seemingly unnerved by the Lions' aggressive blitz defence as they struggled to play the fluent game promised by their coach Dick Muir.
"For struggling writers, cursive allows them to be more fluent and thus lets their ideas flow on the page more readily ... some students have more ideas in their heads than they can (print) on paper, " says McGrann.
The estimate is that there are 5 to 6 million Chinese in Thailand who are fluent in Chinese since Chinese education was allowed when China started to strengthen.
Increasing efforts to make all Britons fluent in English is surely a good idea.
Those efforts include everything from apprenticeship programs that pair a fluent elder with a student, to immersion school programs.
Adriano shot narrowly over three minutes later as Middlesbrough failed to get to grips with a fluent Sevilla side.
People from rural areas tend to be the most fluent in Kazakh, but they are the least worldly of the population and lack the cultural awareness that the intelligentsia values.
But O'Sullivan responded with the first century of the match, and after Maguire had grabbed another frame back with a run of 57, the favourite roared to victory with another fluent display of potting.
Among other things, Habibie spent the morning e-mailing his 36-year-old son Ilham Akbar, who was born in Germany, a message in fluent German, urging him not to worry about the day's events and to go to bed.
The fluent Japanese-speaker quickly guided me to the spot where my group was to gather.
Prepare to compete with accounting graduates fluent in at least two languages.
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