Alternative form of language learner. [A person who is learning a foreign language.]
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language-learner
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Editorial note
Every language has hundreds of tacit grammar rules, many of which are not known explicitly even to native speakers, but which reveal a language-learner as a foreigner when the rules are broken.
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Alternative form of language learner. [A person who is learning a foreign language.]
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noun
Alternative form of language learner. [A person who is learning a foreign language.]
Example sentences
Every language has hundreds of tacit grammar rules, many of which are not known explicitly even to native speakers, but which reveal a language-learner as a foreigner when the rules are broken.
The foreign language-learner needs to understand grammar not just to produce speech or writing that is less jarring and foreign to native speakers, but also to better understand what native speakers are speaking or writing.
You can't "memorize" a language (this is about learning a human natural language), and if that's what you try, you will fail as a language-learner.
> "Every language has hundreds of tacit grammar rules [...] which reveal a language-learner as a foreigner when the rules are broken" Continuing from my previous point, I think the opposite sometimes applies too.
Quote examples
You can't "memorize" a language (this is about learning a human natural language), and if that's what you try, you will fail as a language-learner.
> "Every language has hundreds of tacit grammar rules [...] which reveal a language-learner as a foreigner when the rules are broken" Continuing from my previous point, I think the opposite sometimes applies too.
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How do you use language-learner in a sentence?
Every language has hundreds of tacit grammar rules, many of which are not known explicitly even to native speakers, but which reveal a language-learner as a foreigner when the rules are broken.
What does language-learner mean?
Alternative form of language learner. [A person who is learning a foreign language.]
What part of speech is language-learner?
language-learner is commonly used as noun.