All sterilization is so thoroughly taught in the schools, I have taken proficiency in this particular for granted.
Proficiency in shorthand cannot be gained by any method of discovery, and the capacity for doing good and rapid work on a typewriter is not attained by the heuristic method.
Proficiency in the understanding of the structure of a language is attained by treating the subject as a science, by studying the theory; but proficiency in the use of a language can only come as a result of perfectly formed habits.
While granting the above conclusion and recognizing its validity, some may object that the process of unconscious assimilation is not sufficient to ensure skill and proficiency in the use of the language.
Do we gain and retain our impressions by speaking and writing, or do we in reality acquire proficiency in the use of language by the processes of reading and listening?
We have acquired this proficiency not by a course of study as we understand the term in its ordinary use; we have not learnt it as a result of lectures or lessons; it has not come as a consequence of deliberate effort and concentration.
If (as is freely admitted) a command of the spoken language is a great help towards acquiring command of the written, the converse is not the case; proficiencyin written work does not imply progress in oral work.
The first answer which suggests itself is to the effect that such skill or proficiency is acquired by a process called study or learning.
The most successful linguists have attained their proficiency by memorizing sentences they could not analyse.
We may acquire proficiency in an art in two ways: by learning the theory, or by a process of imitation.
Now, there are two possible ways of acquiring proficiency in an art; the one consists in applying theory, the other consists in persistent efforts to imitate the successful performances of others.
The student should not be given opportunities for free conversation, free composition, or free translation until he has acquired a reasonable proficiency in the corresponding forms of drill-work.
We may acquire proficiencyin two ways: by forming appropriate new habits, or by utilizing and adapting appropriate old habits (i.
But means falling short, he was taken away from thence, and bound Apprentice to a Latin Bookseller in London; attaining to a good Proficiency in that Trade.
De Lanoy, to whom I went, then said that he did not think that the Colonel could possibly keep me, as he would have to keep a good many others who were below me in proficiency if he did so.
By this time, I've acquired a certain proficiency in the thing.
It requires years to acquire that kind of proficiency with the axe, but the result is a perfecting of the co-operation between will and hardened muscle.
He had secured the dam-building contract, which was not astonishing, since nobody else appeared anxious to undertake it, and he had already acquired a certain proficiency with the axe and drill.
To singular personal beauty he added an unmatched proficiency in all the exercises then in vogue, principally in arms and equitation.
Such was the reputation it had acquired, that the being announced as having studied there was a sufficient certificate for the proficiency of a professor in science and erudition.
Possibly the Lakhmid ḥîrahs would have provided us with other instances, but the tentative nature of dome building at Ukhaiḍir throws doubt upon the proficiency of Lakhmid construction in this respect.
The squinches are built with a proficiency which is in marked contrast with their rude prototypes at Firûzâbâd.
Western Asia took back its own creation from the hands of Roman builders in the vast proportions which the proficiency of the latter had given to it, and over the whole of the Roman Empire the monumental vault sprang into being.
He made an amazing proficiency in this most important study, and became soon as zealous in the profession of the true faith, as he had been diligent to attain the knowledge of it.
He made great proficiency in his studies, and not only became an experimental Christian, but also a very learned man.
Probably the lake Moeris is what dwells in the mind of those who ascribe proficiency in irrigation to the ancient Egyptians; but although Herodotus asserts it to have been an excavation, cheiropoiêtoz kai oruktê (lib.
One is struck by another peculiarity of these French men and women—their astonishing proficiency in les arts d’agrément.
This allusion to his proficiency in fencing was considered particularly neat, and became the favorite song of the studio, to be howled in and out of season.
I believe I have now attained sufficient proficiencyto venture there.
Finally, it seems natural to dwell on our own proficiency in decorative work.
I've got a Proficiency Medal, Father," he said, not a little proudly.
THE YALE CUP The "Cup" is an annual prize given by a club of Yale alumni to the member of the Senior class of each of several preparatory schools "who best combines proficiency in athletics with good standing in his studies.
Martin was sent to a school kept by a Mr. Merrywether in a log-cabin near the Rolling Fork, and soon distinguished himself by his proficiency in mathematics.
There he stayed two years and "came to a very passableproficiency in Latin, Greek, French, and rhetoric.
Ladies were among the most eager lovers of the French language at the Court of the early Stuarts, and were noted for their proficiency in that tongue.
He then, after I had acquired a proficiency in various languages, and had made a considerable progress in philosophy, sent me to the University of Cambridge.
His difficulties will be proportioned to his proficiency in the pursuits which are fashionable among his contemporaries, and that proficiency will in general be proportioned to the vigor and activity of his mind.
One recognizes them by their fixed and steady gaze, their direct and deliberate speech, and the proficiency that most display with ax and saw and rifle.
And Maskall to show his proficiency under his Masters, replies to Bellamy, who would have had him told a Lie.
Love for Love will give us a farther account of this Authors Proficiency in the Scriptures.
He became a churchman, and yet united with attention to the duties of his calling great proficiency in polite learning.
It is a curious coincidence that a love of the classics and proficiency in intellectual pursuits should coexist with admiration for physical perfection and with athletic superiority during all the centuries of which the history is written.
Since the occasion for this kind of speaking is frequent, and the opportunity for it is likely to fall to almost any educated man, proficiency in it might well be made an object in the course of one's educational training.
