In different countries around the globe, English is acquired as the mother tongue; in others it is used as a second language.

在世界各地的不同国家，英语作为母语被习得；在其他地方，它被用作第二语言。

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Quite often, educators tell families of children who are learning English as a second language to speak only English, and not their native language, at home.

教育家经常告诉那些把英语作为第二语言来学习的孩子的家人，在家里要只说英语，不要说自己的母语。

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It is the official language in more than 50 countries and 250-300 million people speak it as a second language.

它是50多个国家的官方语言，2.5亿到3亿人把它作为第二语言。

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Using the process called Intra-cranial Electrophysiology, clinical tests in Boston and New York found that one small part of the brain, known as Broca's area, computes three different language functions, all within a quarter of a second.

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What do you think is the most important thing to teach students who learn English as a second language?

你觉得要教那些以英语为第二语言的学生，最重要的是什么？

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A lot of students who learn English as a second language

很多以英语为第二语言的学生

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Schools are starting to teach English as much as Arabic as a second language.

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And the majority of the kids at the school are ESL, English as a second language.

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Founded in 2004, Oikos offers classes in nursing, music, Asian medicine and English as a second language.

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