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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Second_languageSecond language - Wikipedia

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   A second language (L2) is a language spoken in addition to one's first language (L1). A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language of the speaker's home country, or a foreign language. A speaker's dominant language, which is the language a speaker uses most or is most comfortable with, is not necessarily the speaker's ...

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     Second-language acquisition (SLA), sometimes called...

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     A loudspeaker (commonly referred to as a speaker or speaker...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_languages_by_totalList of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia

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   (L1) speakers Second-language (L2) speakers Total speakers (L1+L2) English (excl. creole languages) Indo-European: Germanic: 380 million 1.077 billion: 1.456 billion Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, but excl. other varieties) Sino-Tibetan: Sinitic: 939 million 199 million: 1.138 billion Hindi (excl. Urdu) Indo-European: Indo-Aryan: 345 ...

   Language	Family	Branch	First-language (l1) Speakers
   English (excl. creole languages )	Indo-European	Germanic	380 million
   Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, ...	Sino-Tibetan	Sinitic	939 million
   Hindi (excl. Urdu )	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	345 million
   Spanish (excl. creole languages )	Indo-European	Romance	485 million

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   What is the difference between L1 and L2 language learning?

   • The emotional distinction between L1 and L2 indicates that the "effective valence" of words is processed less immediate in L2 because of the delayed vocabulary/lexical access to these two languages. Success in language learning can be measured in two ways: likelihood and quality. First language learners will be successful in both measurements.

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   What is a L2 user?

   • The concept of the L2 user is similar to Haugen's minimal definition of bilingualism as 'the point where a speaker can first produce meaningful utterances in the other language' (Haugen, 1953: 7) and to Bloomfield's comment 'To the extent that the learner can communicate, he may be ranked as a foreign speaker of a language' (Bloomfield, 1933: 54).

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   What is L2 pronunciation?

   • For L2 pronunciation, there are two principles that have been put forth by Levis. The first is nativeness which means the speaker's ability to approximately reach the speaking pattern of the second language of speakers; and the second, understanding, refers to the speaker's ability to make themselves understood.

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   What is a D2 speaker?

   • The D2 is unlike traditional speaker technology because it uses a very high powered magnetostrictive smart material as the driver instead of a moving coil. The material was originally developed by the US military for sonar applications and is now de-restricted for commercial use. ^ Tibu, Florin (26 February 2008).

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Language_transferLanguage transfer - Wikipedia

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   Language transfer is the application of linguistic features from one language to another by a bilingual or multilingual speaker. Language transfer may occur across both languages in the acquisition of a simultaneous bilingual , from a mature speaker's first language (L1) to a second language (L2) they are acquiring, or from an L2 back to the L1 ...

5. www.thoughtco.com › second-language-1691930What Is a Second Language (L2)? - ThoughtCo

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   Jan 6, 2020 · A second language is any language that a person uses other than a first or native language. Contemporary linguists and educators commonly use the term L1 to refer to a first or native language, and the term L2 to refer to a second language or a foreign language that's being studied.

6. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › L2_speakersSecond language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   Afrikaans; Alemannisch; العربية; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Boarisch; Català; Čeština; Dansk; Deutsch; English; Español; Esperanto; Euskara ...