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Albinen is situated in the south of Switzerland in the Swiss Alps at 1,275 m (4,183 ft) above sea level. The town is on a sunny, south-facing slope between two creeks. The territory of Albinen reaches from the river "Dala" at 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level to the Torrenthorn at 2,997 m (9,833 ft) above sea level.
This is a list of bodies that consider themselves to be authorities on standard languages, often called language academies.Language academies are motivated by, or closely associated with, linguistic purism and prestige, and typically publish prescriptive dictionaries, [1] which purport to officiate and prescribe the meaning of words and pronunciations.
The Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) is a specialized accrediting agency that accredits post-secondary English language training programs. CEA states that its purpose is to provide a systematic approach by which programs and institutions can demonstrate their compliance with accepted standards, pursue continuous improvement, and be recognized for doing so. [1]
Open English is an online English-language learning platform, primarily serving users in Latin America and Hispanic Americans in the United States. [1] In recent years, the company has also expanded its offering into Europe, Middle East, and Asia. [ 2 ]
Teachers are either native speakers of the target language, or have acquired near-native speaking abilities. Subjects such as social studies, mathematics, science and technology, arts and physical education are taught in the second language. English, including reading and writing, is introduced as a formal subject in second grade. [2]
—Pseudo-Aristotle, On the Universe, 393b Pliny the Elder, in the fourth book of his Natural History likewise calls Great Britain Albion. He begins his chapter on the British Isles as follows, after describing the Rhine delta: Ex adverso huius situs Britannia insula clara Graecis nostrisque monimentis inter septentrionem et occidentem iacet, Germaniae, Galliae, Hispaniae, multo maximis ...
The ABA Oman International School, [1] earlier known as American British Academy is a private, non-profit, co-educational international school in Muscat, Oman established in September 1987. It offers a K-12 English-language curriculum to expatriate students. [ 2 ]
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