Sentence examples for second and third languages from inspiring English sources

India's 2001 census lists 122 languages, and bi- or trilingualism is so assumed that the census questionnaires ask respondents for their first, second and third languages.

About 70percentt of Utahans belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and many church members learn second and third languageSaintstheir work andmanyionaries abroad.

By following their example and attaining skill in second and third languages, Montgomery says and writes, native Anglophones, too, can expand their scientific horizons, guard against parochialism, and turn the current situation to their career advantage.

When we don't offer students in the United States second and third languages in primary school, we limit them.

Specifically, we propose that first language activation increases with second language proficiency and this has the effect of decreasing activation differences between the second and first languages (see Fig. 1).

To explore the activation differences between the second and first language, the following contrasts were used: 1) [EE > baseline] versus [CE > Cbaseline] and 2) [EA > Ebaseline] versus [CA > Cbaseline].

All together, the results suggest that the previously observed reduction in activation differences between the second and first language as proficiency improves is the result of both decreased activation in the second language (in the left pars opercularis) as well as increased activation in the first language (in the pars orbitalis and premotor regions).

"Once you are trilingual," she said, "your brain can break down new languages that make it so much easier to learn your fourth, fifth and sixth languages".

Conrad's first and second languages were Polish and French, with his third language, English, not acquired until he was 20.

Phonological awareness in Spanish predicted (a) phonological awareness in English and (b) English word reading; thus, phonological awareness may transfer across first and second languages and across oral and written language.

Japanese (L1) and English (L2) are respectively the first and second languages of all test-takers.