Foreign language/Related Articles

Foreign language: A language which is associated with another country or culture and is rarely or never used in a speaker's own community; usually taught in classrooms or through self-study, for practical purposes such as travel or doing business, or for pleasure. ^[e]

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Parent topics

• Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. ^[e]
• Natural language [r]: A communication system based on sequences of acoustic, visual or tactile symbols that serve as units of meaning. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Foreign language acquisition [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Second language acquisition [r]: Process by which people learn a second language in addition to their native language(s), where the language to be learned is often referred to as the 'target language'. ^[e]
• Third language acquisition [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Mother tongue [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Bilingualism [r]: The state of knowing two languages, either in individuals or whole speech communities; a special case of multilingualism. ^[e]
• Polyglott [r]: A person able to communicate in multiple languages. ^[e]

• Speech [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Speech (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
• Grammar [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Grammar (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
• Dialect [r]: Regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists. ^[e]
• Accent [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Accent (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
• Foreign accent syndrome [r]: Add brief definition or description