Definitions for foreign language
for·eign lan·guage

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1. foreign languagenoun

   Any language other than that spoken by the people of a specific place.

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1. Foreign language

   A foreign language is a language originally from another country than the speaker. However, there must be a defined distinction between foreign and second language. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e., an English speaker living in Spain can say that Spanish is a foreign language to him or her. These two characterisations do not exhaust the possible definitions, however, and the label is occasionally applied in ways that are variously misleading or factually inaccurate. Some children learn more than one language from birth or from a very young age: they are bilingual or multilingual. These children can be said to have two, three or more mother tongues: neither language is foreign to that child, even if one language is a foreign language for the vast majority of people in the child's birth country. For example, a child learning English from his English father and Irish at school in Ireland can speak both English and Irish, but neither is a foreign language to him. This is common in countries such as India, South Africa, or Canada due to these countries having multiple official languages. In general, it is believed that children have advantage to learning a foreign language over adults. However, there are studies which have shown adult students are better at foreign language learning than child students. It is because adults have pre-existing knowledge of how grammar works, and a superior ability of memorizing vocabulary.

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1. foreign language

   A foreign language refers to a language that is not the native or primary language spoken in a particular country or region. It is typically a language that is learned as a secondary language for the purpose of communication, cultural understanding, or academic or professional advancement.

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1. Foreign language

   A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her. These two characterisations do not exhaust the possible definitions, however, and the label is occasionally applied in ways that are variously misleading or factually inaccurate. Some children learn more than one language from birth or from a very young age: they are bilingual or multilingual. These children can be said to have two, three or more mother tongues: neither language is foreign to that child, even if one language is a foreign language for the vast majority of people in the child's birth country. For example, a child learning English from her English father and Japanese at school in Japan can speak both English and Japanese, but neither is a foreign language to her.

How to pronounce foreign language?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say foreign language in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foreign language in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foreign language in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of foreign language in a Sentence

1. Christopher Morley:

   Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

2. Christopher Morley:

   Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

3. Scott Feinberg:

   There has never been a foreign-language Oscar hopeful that has had the support that this one has, they have left no stone unturned.

4. Johann von Goethe:

   A man who does not know a foreign language is ignorant of his own.

5. Mark Twain:

   I have a prejudice against people who print things in a foreign language and add no translation. When I am the reader, and the other considers me able to do the translating myself, he pays me the quite a nice compliment-- but if he would do the translating for me I would try to get along without the compliment. (A Tramp Abroad,1880)

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foreign_Language
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Language
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=foreign language