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Jacklong Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

'second language learner ' and ' foreign language learner'

0 I am a Chinese. I have been studing English for several years. Can I just say that ' I am a second language learner' ? Some told me that ' I am only a foreign language learner but a second language learner' , Is that true? What is the difference? 02br
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0 If English is the only foreign language you are learning, you can say, "I am a student of English". If you are learning more than one foreign language, you can say, " I am a student of foreign languages". 0-

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  • 0 If English is the only foreign language you are learning, you can say, "I am a student of English".
  • If you are learning more than one foreign language, you can say, " I am a student of foreign languages".
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0 If English is the only foreign language you are learning, you can say, "I am a student of English". If you are learning more than one foreign language, you can say, " I am a student of foreign languages". 0-
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0 First, I would not refer to yourself as 01b00"only"02b00 anything. learning another language is extremely difficult, and you should be proud of that. 02br
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00Strictly speaking, a 01b00foreign language learner02b00 is someone who stays in or intends to return to their own country. A 01b00second language learner0
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0 Hello Jacklong 02br
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00I think you can use 'foreign language' as long as you stay in your country. You can use 'I'm learning a foreign language' to mean you are learning English. 'Foreign languages' itself is not so inadequate an expression as seen in the fact that 'TOEFL' stands for 'Tests of English as a Foreign Language'. I feel 'English as a Second Language' (=ESL)
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0 Thank you all for clarifying this for me. 0-
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0 Dear Jackalong, 02br
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00A little point about your signature. 02br
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00It should be '*** helps those who help themselves'. 02br
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00(At the moment it is a little bit funny to me - '*** help ....' has a different meaning to the one you intend!) 0-
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0 Hi Nona 02br
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00I'm thinking of having it emboidered on my purse! 050010id5
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