Second language
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| - | '''French''' (''français'', is a [[Romance languages|Romance language]] spoken originally in [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[Switzerland]], and today by about 300 million people around the world as a [[First language|mother tongue]] or [[second language]], with significant populations in 54 countries. | ||
| - | == See also == | + | A person's '''second language''' is a language that is not the [[mother tongue]] of, but that is used in the area of that person. In contrast, a [[foreign language]] is a language that is learned in an area where that language is not generally spoken. Some languages, often called [[International auxiliary language|auxiliary language]]s, are used primarily as second languages or [[lingua franca]]s. |
| - | *[[French words and phrases used by English speakers]] | + | |
| - | *[[French culture]] | + | ==See also== |
| - | *[[French literature]] | + | *[[Foreign language writing aid]] |
| + | *[[Foreign language reading aid]] | ||
| + | *[[Computer-assisted language learning]] | ||
| + | *[[Diglossia]] | ||
| + | *[[Language education]] | ||
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A person's second language is a language that is not the mother tongue of, but that is used in the area of that person. In contrast, a foreign language is a language that is learned in an area where that language is not generally spoken. Some languages, often called auxiliary languages, are used primarily as second languages or lingua francas.
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See also
- Foreign language writing aid
- Foreign language reading aid
- Computer-assisted language learning
- Diglossia
- Language education
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