Instruction to acquire the main language in other countries

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The question seems interesting but I do wonder if the answer is the obvious one or not. Example like Spain - Just how do the educational systems teach Spanish to non-native Spanish speakers who do not know any Spanish? And what do the relevant people call that instruction? In places like USA, most places will call it "English as a Second Language". Also, all instruction is conducted in English, and nearly never in the students' own native languages.

 

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So translate
"Spanish as a Second Language" into Spanish...

 

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So translate
"Spanish as a Second Language" into Spanish...

I do not. I highly suspect the title would not be that in Spanish, or at least not in Spain. Really the terminology needs to come from the culture.

 

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One of the search engine's online Artificial Intelligence systems along with a little bit more involved questioning has clarified much of what I asked here.

edit: I will say only this much more...,
Target Language as a Foreign Language is truly distinct from Target Language as a Second Language. Which one a student chooses depends on the type of status he has or is.

 

[pbuk]

Example like Spain - Just how do the educational systems teach Spanish to non-native Spanish speakers who do not know any Spanish?

LMGTFY

Target Language as a Foreign Language is truly distinct from Target Language as a Second Language. Which one a student chooses depends on the type of status he has or is.

This is wrong. Target Language as a foreign language is taught in a country where Target Language is a foreign language i.e. is not a language spoken by the majority or a significant minority of residents (e.g. teaching English in Spain). Target Language as a second language is taught in a country where Target Language is not a foreign language i.e. is a language spoken by the majority or a significant minority of residents (e.g. teaching English or Spanish in the USA).

However in practice the term Target Language as a foreign language (also sometimes Target Language for foreigners) is also used where the language is a common language (e.g. in Spain the terms 'Español como lengua extranjera' or 'Español para extranjeros' are more common than 'Español como segunda lengua').

 

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#5, from @pbuk,
Drilling through we seem to be saying approximately the same thing. I'll have to take another look/read-through.

 

[WWGD]

I'm not 100% I understand your question, but have you considered ( Free, IIRC) software like Duolingo?

 

[WWGD]

LMGTFY



This is wrong. Target Language as a foreign language is taught in a country where Target Language is a foreign language i.e. is not a language spoken by the majority or a significant minority of residents (e.g. teaching English in Spain). Target Language as a second language is taught in a country where Target Language is not a foreign language i.e. is a language spoken by the majority or a significant minority of residents (e.g. teaching English or Spanish in the USA).

However in practice the term Target Language as a foreign language (also sometimes Target Language for foreigners) is also used where the language is a common language (e.g. in Spain the terms 'Español como lengua extranjera' or 'Español para extranjeros' are more common than 'Español como segunda lengua').

That ' FY' at the end of the initials in the link did kind of shock me, not gonna lie ;).

 

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I'm not 100% I understand your question, but have you considered ( Free, IIRC) software like Duolingo?

The question was already understood and an answer was given or found. Reference to software or to Duolingo is not relevant. Confusion can happen between "foreign" and "second" but sorting through this can be done and seem to be so done more commonly than I previously understood.

 

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I'm not 100% I understand your question, but have you considered ( Free, IIRC) software like Duolingo?

Let me explain a little better. I am not looking for language instruction. Just asking about how language instruction is understood and arranged throughout other regions or the world.

 

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LMGTFY

OK that is interesting. I looked at the listings but did not go into any of them. I may do a closer look later.