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The phrase "as a secondary language" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a language that is learned or used in addition to a person's primary language.
Example: "Many students in the United States learn Spanish as a secondary language to enhance their communication skills."
Alternatives: "as an additional language" or "as a foreign language".
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Early 21st-century census data indicated that some 38 million individuals spoke Kannada as their first language; another 9 to 10 million were thought to speak it as a secondary language.
Census (2001) reported that 10.35% of the population speaks English as a secondary language.
Attempts have been made to develop models of composition rating in the contexts of English as a first language (L1) and English as a secondary language (ESL) on the base of data collected from TAPA (Freedman and Calfee 1983; Wolfe 1997, 2006; Lumley 2006).
It is also chiefly spoken in the states of Kerala, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands as a secondary language and by minorities in Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh.
For non-native English speakers, look for classes specifically designed for students who are learning English as a secondary language.
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Speaking a secondary language has many advantages and no disadvantages.
English proficiency was included due to its widespread use as the secondary language for communication in Japan.
Bahasa Malayu is the official language of Malaysia, with English being spoken as the secondary language, to the extent that most young people are fluent in English and use it when speaking to their peers.
French is an important secondary language, and Spanish is widely spoken.
It is no longer possible to consider exception handling as a secondary issue in a language's design, or even worse, as a mechanism added after the fact via a library approach.
This was used to filter any responses that may have been recorded from those who use BSL as a secondary or non-dominant language (e.g., learners of BSL).
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