The way that Cantonese people speak is different from Mandarin speakers.
Darren Hutchinson, a professor of law at Southern Methodist University, says these cases show "the inability of law to deal with identity as an active concept, where speaking Spanish is different from being of Hispanic descent, as if the two things can be separated".
Speaking to peers is different from speaking to adults, but children may still correct their peers.
Rapid (relatively speaking) glacial retreat is different from natural retreat during interglacial (post-Ice Age) periods.
The French spoken in Quebec and Montreal (Canadian French) is different from the French spoken in France, though they will understand this system.
Writing is different from speaking.
On average in OECD countries, 63percentt of first-generation immigrant students and 38percentt of second-generation immigrant students speak a language at home that is different from the language taught in their schools.
On the other, teachers complain that children whose parents speak a language at home that is different from the one used in the classroom sometimes struggle in their lessons and are slower to reach linguistic milestones.
This variable could have been collected in the context of EQLS via various means such as asking whether a family member (or the parents of the family member) migrated into the country, or the language spoken at home and whether it is different from the language(s) of the country.
It is different from, say, someone speaking out about an oppressive government or even hate speech, as unpleasant as it is.
