Topic 2: First Language vs. Second Language

Question 1

Whatever the language used and learned by a person from birth until the critical period

Answer 1

First Language

Question 2

It is the language used in the house. Therefore, it is suffice to say that children learn their first language from the people they were with from birth until the critical period.

Answer 2

First Language

Question 3

After learning the first language (L1), a person accommodates another language usually learned afterwards. It takes effort and a conscious will by familiarizing with form, vocabulary, pronunciation, functions, and roles of the language.

Answer 3

Second Language

Question 4

Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person at the time the data was collected.

Answer 4

Mother Tongue

Question 5

refers to a person’s native language — that is, a language learned from birth. Also called a first language, dominant language, home language, and native tongue (although these terms are not necessarily synonymous).

Answer 5

Mother Tongue

Question 6

language not widely spoken and used by the people of a community / society / nation. For example, Spanish is a _________ in Canada.

Answer 6

Foreign Language

Question 7

any language that is not native to a particular region or person.

Answer 7

Foreign Language