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2. English as a second or foreign language - Wikipedia

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   English classes in Moscow in 1964. English as a second or foreign language is the use of English by speakers with different native languages, often with students whose native language is not English and are learning to speak and write English, commonly among students. Language education for people learning English may be known as English as a ...

3. Communication strategies in second-language acquisition

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   In the course of learning a second language, learners will frequently encounter communication problems caused by a lack of linguistic resources. Communication strategies are strategies that learners use to overcome these problems in order to convey their intended meaning. [1] Strategies used may include paraphrasing, substitution, coining new ...

4. Teaching English as a second or foreign language - Wikipedia

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   Teaching English as a second ( TESL) or foreign language ( TEFL) and teaching English to speakers of other languages ( TESOL) are terms that refer to teaching English to students whose first language is not English. The terms TEFL, TESL, and TESOL distinguish between a class's location and student population, [1] and have become problematic due ...

5. Second-language acquisition - Wikipedia

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   Linguistics. Second-language acquisition ( SLA ), sometimes called second-language learning —otherwise referred to as L2 ( language 2) acquisition, is the process by which people learn a second language. Second-language acquisition is also the scientific discipline devoted to studying that process.

6. List of common misconceptions about language learning

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   Younger learners learn languages more easily than older learners. Intelligent people are better at learning languages. Immersion is the best way to learn a language. Grammar study is detrimental to second-language acquisition. Every child learns a second language in the same way. Bilingual education.

7. Theories of second-language acquisition - Wikipedia

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   The main purpose of theories of second-language acquisition (SLA) is to shed light on how people who already know one language learn a second language. The field of second-language acquisition involves various contributions, such as linguistics, sociolinguistics, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and education.