Language Acquisition

NATIVE LANGUAGE

When used with reference to a person of limited English-speaking ability, means the language normally used by that person, or in the case of a child, the language normally used by the parents of the child. Bilingual Education Act.

TARGET LANGUAGE

1. The language into which a text in a given language is to be translated
2. A language other than one's own that one is learning

DEFINITION FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Any Language Other Than That Spoken By The People Of A Specific Place

DEFINITION FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Language acquisition depends upon the child being exposed to language.  (Akhbar's experiment was correct.)  The language a child acquires is that of his/her surroundings.  Children who are deprived of language in their environment simply do not begin to speak spontaneously.  (Wolf children, Genie, had no language.) 

DEFINITION OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Second language acquisition or SLA is the process of learning other languages in addition to the native language. For instance, a child who speaks Hindi as the mother tongue starts learning English when he starts going to school. English is learned by the process of second language acquisition. In fact, a young child can learn a second language faster than an adult can learn the same language.

FIRST LANGUAGE
  The noun FIRST LANGUAGE has 1 sense:

1.      one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next. MOTHER TONGUE

noun (wikipedia, first language)

1. The language one first learnt; the language one grew up with.
2. The language spoken by one"s ancestors.

SECOND LANGUAGE

1. A language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it   is in general use.
2. A language widely used, especially in educational and governmental functions in a region where all or most of its speakers are nonnative, as English in India or Nigeria.