The document defines key vocabulary terms related to language learning including mother tongue, the first language learned as a baby; foreign language, a language not commonly spoken in the country; native speaker, someone who has spoken a language since infancy; slang, informal spoken language used within groups; fluency, the ability to speak a language easily; skill, the ability to perform a task well through practice; and bilingual, the ability to use two languages equally well. It also defines learning strategies as the operations and actions students use to optimize acquiring and retaining information.
The document defines key vocabulary terms related to language learning including mother tongue, the first language learned as a baby; foreign language, a language not commonly spoken in the country; native speaker, someone who has spoken a language since infancy; slang, informal spoken language used within groups; fluency, the ability to speak a language easily; skill, the ability to perform a task well through practice; and bilingual, the ability to use two languages equally well. It also defines learning strategies as the operations and actions students use to optimize acquiring and retaining information.
The document defines key vocabulary terms related to language learning including mother tongue, the first language learned as a baby; foreign language, a language not commonly spoken in the country; native speaker, someone who has spoken a language since infancy; slang, informal spoken language used within groups; fluency, the ability to speak a language easily; skill, the ability to perform a task well through practice; and bilingual, the ability to use two languages equally well. It also defines learning strategies as the operations and actions students use to optimize acquiring and retaining information.
The document defines key vocabulary terms related to language learning including mother tongue, the first language learned as a baby; foreign language, a language not commonly spoken in the country; native speaker, someone who has spoken a language since infancy; slang, informal spoken language used within groups; fluency, the ability to speak a language easily; skill, the ability to perform a task well through practice; and bilingual, the ability to use two languages equally well. It also defines learning strategies as the operations and actions students use to optimize acquiring and retaining information.
Learning (aprendiendo) : the activity of obtaining knowledge:
mother tongue (lengua maternal): the first language that you learn when you are a baby, rather than a language learned at school or as an adult
Learning Strategies: Learning strategies are operations and actions that
students use to optimize the processes of obtaining and storing information and course concepts.
Foreign language (idioma extranjero): foreign language is a language not
commonly spoken in the country of the speaker. However, there must be a defined distinction between foreign language and second language. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e., a
Native speaker: someone who has spoken a particular language since they
were a baby, rather than having learned it as a child or adult:
slang-jerga: very informal language that is usually spoken rather than written,
used especially by particular groups of people:
fluency: the ability to speak or write a language easily, well, and quickly:
skill: an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you
have practiced it:
bilingual : able to use two languages equally well: