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Definitions for second language
sec·ond lan·guage
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second languagenoun
A language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongue.
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Second language
A person's second language, or L2, is a language that is not the native language (first language or L1) of the speaker, but is learned later (usually as a foreign language, but it can be another language used in the speaker's home country). For example, there are two official languages of Canada (English and French) and some people use both. A speaker's dominant language, which is the language a speaker uses most or is most comfortable with, is not necessarily the speaker's first language. The second language can also be the dominant one. For example, the Canadian census defines first language for its purposes as "the first language learned in childhood and still spoken", recognizing that for some, the earliest language may be lost, a process known as language attrition. This can happen when young children move to a new language environment.
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Second language
A second language or L2 is any language learned after one's first language. Some languages, often called auxiliary languages, are used primarily as second languages or lingua francas. A person's first language is not necessarily their dominant language, the one they use most or are most comfortable with. For example, the Canadian census defines first language for its purposes as "the first language learned in childhood and still spoken", recognizing that for some, the earliest language may be lost, a process known as language attrition. This can happen when young children move, with or without their family, to a new language environment.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of second language in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of second language in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of second language in a Sentence
While the parents are working, five days a week – they (ASAS) offer homework assistance, tutoring, and help with learning a second language.
It’s been a passion of mine, while the parents are working, five days a week – they (ASAS) offer homework assistance, tutoring, and help with learning a second language.
It's remotely possible but highly unlikely that he learned his English in a foreign location, his accent is just too good. Very few people can learn a second language that well if they weren't immersed in it.
The speaker may have English as a second language because the intonation is not quite fluent in the way you would expect of a native U.S. speaker or native Canadian, but the speaker may have spent a long time in North America, because the speech is really too fluent just to have been learned abroad.
An identifier is important for every single reason we can think of, it's important for the trillion dollar-plus federal budget, the voter registration ballots, the classes for English as a second language. I can't think of a way that data and information don't affect everyday life. For us to be rendered invisible data-wise, it's harming the community.
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