In Georgia, English is overtaking Russian as the second language of the elite.
However, much of the growth is due to the numbers of schoolchildren acquiring Welsh as a second language due to the boom in bilingual schooling.
Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba whose father was a pillar of the relationship between France and Africa during his 41-year presidency announced plans last year to pick English as the country's second official language, alongside French.
More specifically, the mission is to spread Islam by means of the Turkish events such as trips to Turkey, the Turkish Olympics, other cultural events and teaching Turkish as a second language.
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Language, it appears, remains a persistent barrier to international marriage in Europe and the spread of English as a second language does not seem to have changed that.
In May, a study commissioned by the Scottish government said children in Scotland should begin learning a second language as soon as they started school at the age of five.
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Surely the rise of English as a universal second language is good for business?
And the majority of the kids at the school are ESL, English as a second language.
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But in some places, students are getting stuck in English-as-a-second-language programs all the way until graduation.
Somali is a close second to English as the most-spoken first language in Moss Side schools.
In addition, many of the libraries participating in the program are offering English-as-a-Second Language classes using BTOP-funded computers.
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" That includes a sharp drop in those getting schooling through English as a second language programs, meaning they did not "receive the educational services to which they are legally entitled.
I'm in the eighth grade so, naturally, I chose Japanese as my second foreign language.
The famous female spies of the second world war, such as Violette Szabo, were quickly recruited, often for their language skills, and had short brave lives before they were caught by the Germans and killed.
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Thus when Johan Jaaffar announced July 14 that he was stepping down as editor-in-chief of Utusan Malaysia, the country's second-largest Malay-language daily, political pundits were quick to suspect something was afoot.
My second language is Welsh, but much as I would love to translate Argleton, the Welsh language market is fairly small and the cost of a Welsh editor would be more than I would be likely to make from sales.
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Crew members punched the air in celebration as Swedish Match and EF Language finished within 30 seconds of one another in second and third places.
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