What is Foreign Language

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This is a language that a child will not know and is typically not a language that is native to Namibia. French is an example of a foreign language in Namibia. German is the exception as it is a national language and the home language for almost 1% of the Namibian population, but is regarded as a foreign language for other Namibians. In the state schools, foreign languages are offered from Grades 8 to 12. Learn more in: GraphoGame: A Computer-Assisted Reading Acquisition Tool – An Enabling Support to Reading in the African Classroom

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The language studied in addition to one’s mother tongue in a context where the target language is neither the official language nor used for communicative purposes. Learn more in: Foreign Language Education Through Online Communities of Practice

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Language different from a person’s mother tongue which is learned consciously. Learn more in: The Adventure of Raising Kids in Spanish and English as Non-Native Anglophone Families in Spain: Parents' Perceptions Before and During the Process

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A foreign language is a language not widely spoken and used by the people of a community / society / nation. For example, Spanish is a foreign language in Canada. Learn more in: Addressing Cross-Linguistic Influence and Related Cultural Factors Using Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)

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Language not native to the speaker or to the country. Learn more in: Multi-Cultural Communication is Essential for Tourism Industry: Global to Local Perspective

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A language that is not commonly spoken in the country of the speaker. Learn more in: The Multilingual Condition and EFL Paradigms in Moroccan Higher Education: Investigating L1 Perceptions and Practices Among Professors and Students in a Classroom Context

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In the context of this article a typical foreign language is Spanish, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian. These languages are the most commonly taught ones in U.S. higher education institutions. Learn more in: Leadership in Foreign Language Departments: It's Not Just Language

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The terms “foreign language,” “second language,” “target language,” and “language” are used interchangeably to refer to languages other than English taught as an academic subject. Learn more in: Research-Based Listening Tasks for Video Comprehension

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A language that is not one’s mother tongue. It should be noted that, even though there are many authors who establish a distinction between foreign language and second language , it is also very common to use them as interchangeable terms. Those who do make the difference consider that a second language is learnt in a context where that particular language is normally used (a natural learning environment), while a foreign language is always learnt in a context where the members of the community do not normally speak it. For instance, if an Australian whose mother tongue is English moves to Spain, this person will learn Spanish as a second language. On the contrary, if the same person, instead of moving to Spain, decides to learn Spanish at a language school in Australia, this will be a foreign language learning context. Learn more in: Can a Teaching Method Guarantee Success in L2 Learning?: Study of the Factors That Intervene in the Process

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A foreign language is a language that is neither one’s native language nor used for communicative purposes among the members of the community. Learn more in: Internationalisation and Language Policy in European Higher Education: The Case of Austria and the Czech Republic