second language learner
Non-native speaker developing
A second language learner is someone acquiring a language other than their native tongue.
The term appears frequently in education and linguistics: The curriculum was designed for second language learners.
It encompasses children in bilingual programs, immigrants learning the dominant language, and adults studying foreign languages for work or travel.
- mother tongueLanguage acquired from birth
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- immersionState of being submerged
- accentRegional speech pattern
- vocabularyOne's word collection
grammar · verb conjugation · false friends · ESL · foreign · study abroad · total immersion · pronunciation · practice · classroom · tutor · flashcards · conversation · stumbling · dictionary · translate · homework · textbook
- multilingualspolyglot, trilingual, quadrilingual, fluent speaker, native speaker
- Non-native speakers
- communicatorsspeaker, explainer, orator, presenter, announcer
- overseas Chineseoverseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese, Chinese community, Chinatown, Chinatowns
second, secondly, seconds, seconded, seconding, secondary, language, languages, lingual