of the most common foreign language influences in English, where other languages have influenced or contributed words to English. Celtic words are almost...

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 is a West Germanic language that originated from Ingvaeonic languages brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants...

A foreign language is a language that is not an official language of, nor typically spoken in, a specific country. Native speakers from that country usually...

English as a second or foreign language refers to the use of English by individuals whose native language is different, commonly among students learning...

Faroese, the development of English in the British Isles isolated it from the continental Germanic languages and their influences, and it has since diverged...

William Shakespeare's influence extends from theater and literatures to present-day movies, Western philosophy, and the English language itself. William Shakespeare...

focus of modern foreign language (MFL) learning in school lies on English, German and/or French. Despite an ever stronger focus on English, learning two...

bear influences of Irish English. Second-language varieties of English in Africa and Asia have often undergone "indigenisation"; that is, each English-speaking...

The English Wikipedia is the primary English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on...

The English language in Europe, as a native language, is mainly spoken in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Outside of these states, it has official status...

original English-language manga or OEL manga is a comic book or graphic novel drawn in the style of manga and originally published in English. The term...

foreign laborers and the English-speaking Americans in order to do business on the plantations. Even today, Hawaiian Pidgin retains some influences from...

it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the United Kingdom taken...

English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. English...

vocabulary in English entered the language after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Old French, specifically the Old Norman dialect, became the language of the...

English orthography History of English Foreign language influences in English List of English homographs List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in...

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...

a wide array of loanwords from several foreign languages, including Malay, Hokkien, Spanish, Nahuatl, English, Sanskrit, Tamil, Japanese, Arabic, Persian...

English-language education in Japan began as early as 1600 with the initial contacts between the Japanese and Europeans. Almost all students graduating...

influences which are considered 'impure'. Historically, linguistic purism in English is a reaction to the great number of borrowings in the English language...

the first foreign language of choice by English in Vietnam. Nevertheless, it continues to be taught as the other main foreign language in the Vietnamese...

Language education refers to the processes and practices of teaching a second or foreign language. Its study reflects interdisciplinary approaches, usually...

Bonin English, also known as the Bonin Islands language or Ogasawara English, is an English-based creole of the Bonin Islands (officially the Ogasawara...

International English is the concept of using the English language as a global means of communication similar to an international auxiliary language, and often...

linguists) is an English-based creole language with influences from West African, Arawak, Spanish and other languages, spoken primarily in Jamaica and among...

The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language. In the early...

between the languages. There is currently an ongoing debate among linguists whether English should be considered a foreign language, second language or transcultural...

second language. German is also widely taught as a foreign language, especially in continental Europe (where it is the third most taught foreign language after...

Language contact occurs when speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact with and influence each other. The study of language contact is called...