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... 102 KB (13,265 words) - 03:15, 28 March 2024 |
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... 49 KB (5,981 words) - 07:16, 13 April 2024 |
English as a Second Language (ESL) Podcast is a web-based English language-learning podcast. It is the first and longest-running English language learning... 11 KB (1,042 words) - 00:25, 11 March 2024 |
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. The... 229 KB (23,157 words) - 16:10, 1 May 2024 |
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... 30 KB (3,523 words) - 19:27, 15 April 2024 |
"English as a Second Language" is the twenty-fourth and penultimate episode of the first season of the American comedy television series Community. It... 7 KB (828 words) - 12:45, 5 April 2024 |
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... 63 KB (6,034 words) - 03:54, 10 April 2024 |
specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken as a single umbrella... 34 KB (3,850 words) - 21:15, 30 April 2024 |
English as a lingua franca (ELF) is the use of the English language "as a global means of inter-community communication" and can be understood as "any... 46 KB (6,000 words) - 19:46, 9 April 2024 |
transcription delimiters. The English language spoken and written in England encompasses a diverse range of accents and dialects. The language forms part of the broader... 58 KB (7,126 words) - 02:24, 23 April 2024 |
International English is the concept of using the English language as a global means of communication similar to an international auxiliary language, and often... 38 KB (4,706 words) - 13:08, 24 February 2024 |
Second-language acquisition (SLA), sometimes called second-language learning—otherwise referred to as L2 (language 2) acquisition, is the process by which... 109 KB (13,706 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024 |
proficient in English, such as English as a second language (ESL), English as an additional language (EAL), limited English proficient (LEP), culturally... 42 KB (5,238 words) - 23:13, 26 April 2024 |
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL /ˈtoʊfəl/ TOH-fəl) is a standardized test to measure the English language ability of non-native speakers wishing... 31 KB (3,235 words) - 04:03, 1 May 2024 |
Old English (Englisċ, pronounced [ˈeŋɡliʃ]), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and... 90 KB (8,308 words) - 12:43, 16 April 2024 |
(60 million). As of 2022, there were about 400 million native speakers of English. Including people who speak English as a second language, estimates of... 20 KB (1,799 words) - 18:08, 22 April 2024 |
the English language's status as a global lingua franca, which means that some who edit the English Wikipedia have English as their second language. The... 50 KB (3,801 words) - 14:20, 29 April 2024 |
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... 35 KB (4,213 words) - 05:44, 12 January 2024 |
languages (Chinese, Malay, Tamil) being taught as a second language. In Singapore, English is a "working language" that serves the economy and development and... 42 KB (4,392 words) - 12:14, 5 April 2024 |
portal Language portal International English English as a second or foreign language Formal written English List of dialects of the English language List... 54 KB (5,699 words) - 01:12, 20 April 2024 |
auxiliary language, and as an aid for teaching English as a second language. It was presented in Ogden's 1930 book Basic English: A General Introduction... 20 KB (2,176 words) - 07:33, 15 April 2024 |
of varieties of English only in of pronunciation, see regional accents of English. Dialects can be defined as "sub-forms of languages which are, in general... 21 KB (1,910 words) - 16:04, 15 April 2024 |
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... 33 KB (4,305 words) - 14:49, 13 March 2024 |
2007, Burmese was spoken by 33 million people as a first language. Burmese is spoken as a second language by another 10 million people, particularly ethnic... 10 KB (780 words) - 20:01, 30 March 2024 |
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The... 61 KB (5,406 words) - 12:00, 13 April 2024 |
This is not to be confused with English taught as a foreign language, which is a distinct discipline. The English studies discipline involves the study... 24 KB (2,703 words) - 03:27, 8 April 2024 |
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... 82 KB (9,043 words) - 11:33, 30 April 2024 |
such as through language lessons at school, self-teaching, or attending language courses. A foreign language might be learned as a second language; however... 29 KB (3,680 words) - 13:44, 20 April 2024 |