In the early 1950's, Smith, together with his distinguished colleague, George Trager ( so austerely academic he sometimes fights his own evident charm ), and a third man with the engaging name of Birdwhistell ( Ray ), agreed on some basic premises about the three-part process that makes communication: ( 1 ) words or language ( 2 ) paralanguage, a set of phenomena including laughing, weeping, voice breaks, and `` tone '' of voice, and ( 3 ) kinesics, the technical name for gestures, facial expressions, and body shifts -- nodding or shaking the head, `` talking '' with one's hands, et cetera.

Conversely, in the English language as a whole, singular verb forms can often be used with nouns ending in "- s " that were once considered plural ( for example: " Physics is my favorite academic subject ").

Other requirements for graduation include the completion of ten " distributive requirements " in a variety of academic fields, proficiency in a foreign language, and completion of a writing class and first-year seminar in writing.

In the Dutch language the word " dokter " refers to a physician, whereas " doctor " refers to high academic rank.

( See Browser wars ) These included extensions to control stylistic aspects of documents, contrary to the " belief the academic engineering community that such things as text color, background texture, font size and font face were definitely outside the scope of a language when their only intent was to specify how a document would be organized.

The development of International English often centres on academic and scientific communities, where formal English usage is prevalent, and creative use of the language is at a minimum.

From French, it began to migrate to the English language in the mid-1980s, and in recent years has largely displaced the term Islamic fundamentalism in academic circles.

Often, infomal, spoken language, " everyday language " is less precise than any more formal or academic languages.

Several perspectives or branches of such academic dictionary research have been distinguished: ' dictionary criticism ' ( or evaluating the quality of one or more dictionaries, e. g. by means of reviews ( see Nielsen 2009 )), ' dictionary history ' ( or tracing the traditions of a type of dictionary or of lexicography in a particular country or language ), ' dictionary typology ' ( or classifying the various genres of reference works, such as dictionary versus encyclopedia, monolingual versus bilingual dictionary, general versus technical or pedagogical dictionary ), ' dictionary structure ' ( or formatting the various ways in which the information is presented in a dictionary ), ' dictionary use ' ( or observing the reference acts and skills of dictionary users ), and ' dictionary IT ' ( or applying computer aids to the process of dictionary compilation ).

Lollard, Lollardi or Loller was the popular derogatory nickname given to those without an academic background, educated if at all only in English, who were reputed to follow the teachings of John Wycliffe in particular, and were certainly considerably energized by the translation of the Bible into the English language.

When the Mandarin group is taken as one language, as is often done in academic literature, it has more native speakers ( nearly a billion ) than any other language.

Martin Bernal has described the term as distasteful because it implies that speakers of other language families are excluded from academic discussion.

The Dutch language became the lingua franca ( common spoken language ) for these academic and scholarly contacts for a generation, until the Meiji Restoration.

His texts are filled with observations and academic discussions of various aspects of Japanese life, including language, religious practices, economics, travel in Japan, and the development of personality.

The principle of linguistic relativity and the relation between language and thought has also received attention in varying academic fields from philosophy to psychology and anthropology, and it has also inspired and colored works of fiction and the invention of constructed languages.

Like Gloria Steinem, Faludi has criticized the obscurantism prevalent in academic feminist theorizing, saying, " There's this sort of narrowing specialization and use of coded, elitist language of deconstruction or New Historicism or whatever they're calling it these days, which is to my mind impenetrable and not particularly useful.

* Tamilakam, In an academic context, Tamilakam is used to refer to these territories as a single cultural area, where Tamil was the natural language and culture of all people It is also used, less correctly, to refer to the modern state of Tamil Nadu in India

* In scholastic Latin sources, the term came to denote the rational study of the doctrines of the Christian religion, or ( more precisely ) the academic discipline which investigated the coherence and implications of the language and claims of the Bible and of the theological tradition ( the latter often as represented in Peter Lombard's Sentences, a book of extracts from the Church Fathers ).

This offers the support for individuals who do not have a proficient command of English to work in this increasingly common international language and to become comfortable in their professional abilities as they gain academic skills.

Yiddish is also the academic language of the study of the Talmud according to the tradition of the Lithuanian yeshivas.

The second official language of Iraq, referred to only as ' Kurdish ' in political documents, is in fact an academic and standardized version of the Sorani dialect of a branch of languages spoken by Kurds.

they realize the relevance of what they are learning to their future careers, and this sense of purpose is carried over to the academic courses which they are studying at the same time.

The initiative went beyond leasing notebook computers to students during the academic year, and included training, user support and the use of course-specific applications at Acadia that arguably revolutionized learning at the Wolfville, N. S.

* Chief Academic Officer or CAO ; in some academic institutions the CAO is in charge of all Academic aspects of the learning institution.

The Seminary's brief affiliation with the traditional congregations that established the Union of Orthodox Congregations in 1898 was severed due to the Orthodox rejection of the Seminary's academic approach to Jewish learning.

* The Open University of Tanzania is a fully fledged and accredited public Institution of Higher learning, mandated to conduct academic programmes leading to Certificates, Diplomas, Undergraduate and Postgraduate qualifications.

Central curricular aims are academic excellence and the learning of knowledge, and teachers who are masters of their knowledge areas serve this aim.

As a nationally acclaimed independent school founded on a progressive, research-based approach, Wildwood emphasizes academic excellence and instills a genuine passion for learning.

Research has indicated that learners who are better at goal-setting and self-monitoring tend to have greater intrinsic task interest and self-efficacy ; and that teaching learning strategies can increase academic achievement.

Local empire-builders such as the Ghaznavids, Ghurids and Timurids made Afghanistan a major medieval power as well as a learning center that produced the likes of Avicenna, Al-Biruni, and Rumi, among many other academic or iconic figures.

Without social capital in the area of education, teachers and parents that play a responsibility in a students learning, the significant impacts on their child ’ s academic learning can rely on these factors.

Participants may benefit from studying a broad range of academic subjects, increasing memorization and study skills, learning to work in teams and expanding capacity for responsibility.

Increasingly, vocational education can be recognised in terms of recognition of prior learning and partial academic credit towards tertiary education ( e. g., at a university ) as credit ; however, it is rarely considered in its own form to fall under the traditional definition of higher education.

In 2005, University President Bob Kustra announced an ambitious road map for transforming Boise State University into a “ Metropolitan Research University of Distinction .” An integral part of this plan is the integration of the “ Campus Master Plan ” to build and expand university infrastructure to support academic programs and create and attractive and accessible learning environment.

In the learning process, human adults fill the counselor and mentor roles instead of being academic instructors.

These major developments, including the Taylor Family Digital Library ( TFDL ), the U of C downtown campus and the new Energy, Environment and Experiential Learning building, are fulfilling distinct academic strategies and creating progressive learning environments.

A recent investigation performed at the end of 2007 by the QAA reveal that as a result of its investigations, the audit team's view of Anglia Ruskin University is that confidence can reasonably be placed in the soundness of the institution's present and likely future management of the academic standards of the awards that it offers and the quality of the learning opportunities available to students.

Four academic centers — the Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts, the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives, the Center for the Environment, and the Science Center — support the academic program through public lectures by visiting scholars, conferences on issues of pressing concern, mentoring and internship opportunities, and hands-on learning experiences.

On April 29, 2006, the Board of Trustees unanimously approved " The Plan for Bucknell ," which calls for improvement in five areas: strengthening the academic core curriculum, deepening the residential learning experience, enhancing diversity, building bridges with the local community, and securing Bucknell's financial future.

In the book Buku Panduan Kemasukan ke Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam, Program Pengajian Lepasan SPM / Setaraf Sesi Akademik 2007 / 2008 ( Guidebook for entry into public higher learning institutions for SPM / equivalent graduates for academic year 2007 / 2008 ), the Malaysian Higher Education Ministry defined bumiputra as follows, depending on the region of origin of the individual applicant:

HHS is an accredited Class 4A school known for its proficient learning and great academic environment.