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arterial(also known asmother/father/parent tongueornative languageA first language,
or within[1]
been exposed to from birththat a person haslanguageL1), is aorlanguage
mother tongue refers toornative languagecountries, the term. In somecritical periodthe
Children brought up[2]
the language of one's ethnic group rather than one's first language.
language can have more than one native language, andspeaking more than one
is any language that onesecond language. By contrast, angualmultiliorbilingualbe
speaks other than one's first language.
mother tongue generally thought as the language of a child who listen and speak since
his /her birth . It could be the language spoken at home .
uage is acquired by the children from their familySo simply we can say that the lang
(parents) in informal way .
the language that a person learned as a childBy other words, mother tongue is used for
at home ( usually from the parents ) thus, the mother tongue is the language spoken by
ne's ancestors .o
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It is a language that is not the native language (first language or L1) of the speaker, but
is learned later (usually as a foreign language, but it can be another language used in the
speaker's home country). For example, there are two official languages of
Canada (English and French) and some people use both.
We can also say that a second language is a language that is not your native but you
have learned it to get by in your daily life. The typical vocabulary of a second-language
speaker will be about household items, groceries, various routine needs such as going to
the doctor, to the hairdresser, calling a plumber, being familiar with local holidays. Its
purpose is to help you survive. One could say that immigrants or ethnic minorities in a
certain country will be learning this language as their second language.
is a language originally from another country than the speaker. However, there must be
a defined distinction between foreign and second language. It is also a language not
spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e., an English speaker living
in Spain can say that Spanish is a foreign language to him or her.
is a language you learn because you are interested in it forA foreign language
foreign language speaker will includewhatever reason. The typical vocabulary of a
not necessarily-amazingly varied topics such as politics, philosophy, science, literature
useful in real life but picked randomly anyway from textbooks and other media used for
A foreign language may be the one you will neverthe enhancement of language learning.
day tasks.-to-have an opportunity to use in you day
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Theory#-Analysis-ivehttp://ar.scribd.com/doc/129396815/Contrast
Mother Tongue. (2015). The Free Dictionary. Retrieved from
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mother+tongue
http://www.academia.edu/12680728/Negative_Transfer_Arabic_Language_Interference_
to_Learning_English
Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Yule, G. (2006). The Study of
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What is a first language

  • 1. 1
  • 2. 2 arterial(also known asmother/father/parent tongueornative languageA first language, or within[1] been exposed to from birththat a person haslanguageL1), is aorlanguage mother tongue refers toornative languagecountries, the term. In somecritical periodthe Children brought up[2] the language of one's ethnic group rather than one's first language. language can have more than one native language, andspeaking more than one is any language that onesecond language. By contrast, angualmultiliorbilingualbe speaks other than one's first language. mother tongue generally thought as the language of a child who listen and speak since his /her birth . It could be the language spoken at home . uage is acquired by the children from their familySo simply we can say that the lang (parents) in informal way . the language that a person learned as a childBy other words, mother tongue is used for at home ( usually from the parents ) thus, the mother tongue is the language spoken by ne's ancestors .o
  • 3. 3 It is a language that is not the native language (first language or L1) of the speaker, but is learned later (usually as a foreign language, but it can be another language used in the speaker's home country). For example, there are two official languages of Canada (English and French) and some people use both. We can also say that a second language is a language that is not your native but you have learned it to get by in your daily life. The typical vocabulary of a second-language speaker will be about household items, groceries, various routine needs such as going to the doctor, to the hairdresser, calling a plumber, being familiar with local holidays. Its purpose is to help you survive. One could say that immigrants or ethnic minorities in a certain country will be learning this language as their second language. is a language originally from another country than the speaker. However, there must be a defined distinction between foreign and second language. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e., an English speaker living in Spain can say that Spanish is a foreign language to him or her. is a language you learn because you are interested in it forA foreign language foreign language speaker will includewhatever reason. The typical vocabulary of a not necessarily-amazingly varied topics such as politics, philosophy, science, literature useful in real life but picked randomly anyway from textbooks and other media used for A foreign language may be the one you will neverthe enhancement of language learning. day tasks.-to-have an opportunity to use in you day
  • 4. 4 Theory#-Analysis-ivehttp://ar.scribd.com/doc/129396815/Contrast Mother Tongue. (2015). The Free Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mother+tongue http://www.academia.edu/12680728/Negative_Transfer_Arabic_Language_Interference_ to_Learning_English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Yule, G. (2006). The Study of
  • 5. 5