second language
noun
: a language that is learned in addition to the language a person first learned as a young child
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This is better for viewers who can hear, need comprehension help or have English as a second language.
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Toby Wong, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Asking questions of goalies, after all, has become a second language for many people in Toronto going back through Ilya Samsonov, Jack Campbell and Frederik Andersen.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
Research shows that learning a second language can improve these areas of cognition:11
Attentional switching
Functional connectivity
Inhibition
Working memory
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Learning to play an instrument is, in many ways, similar to learning a new language.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
Who among us doesn’t feel — either occasionally or always — like social codes are a chaotic second language that other people were born speaking like a mother tongue?
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024
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Toby Wong, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Asking questions of goalies, after all, has become a second language for many people in Toronto going back through Ilya Samsonov, Jack Campbell and Frederik Andersen.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
Research shows that learning a second language can improve these areas of cognition:11
Attentional switching
Functional connectivity
Inhibition
Working memory
Play an Instrument
Learning to play an instrument is, in many ways, similar to learning a new language.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
Who among us doesn’t feel — either occasionally or always — like social codes are a chaotic second language that other people were born speaking like a mother tongue?
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Second language.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20language. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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