second language
noun
: a language that is learned in addition to the language a person first learned as a young child
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Among those affected are adults earning high school diplomas or learning English as a second language.
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Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
Not every author who writes in a second language is so unyielding.
—Rachel Ashcroft
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Illinois was set to receive about $17 million in Adult Education Basic Grants, as well as nearly $3 million in Adult Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Grants, which specifically support citizenship and classes in English as a second language.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Those funds are spread across five federal programs supporting the learning of migrant children and those learning English as a second language, as well as educator training, school technology, and after-school programs for children in high-poverty schools.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 2 July 2025
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Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
Not every author who writes in a second language is so unyielding.
—Rachel Ashcroft
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Illinois was set to receive about $17 million in Adult Education Basic Grants, as well as nearly $3 million in Adult Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Grants, which specifically support citizenship and classes in English as a second language.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Those funds are spread across five federal programs supporting the learning of migrant children and those learning English as a second language, as well as educator training, school technology, and after-school programs for children in high-poverty schools.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 2 July 2025
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“Second language.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20language. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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