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Spanish term or phrase:
español LE/L2
English translation:
Spanish as a foreign language/second language (SFL/S2L)
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Yvonne Becker
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español LE/L2
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Estoy traduciendo el expediente académico de un estudiante de Máster en Lingüística aplicada a la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera.
Varias asignaturas incluyen la expresión "español LE/L2" que, según lo que he visto, significa "español como lengua extranjera o segunda lengua.
Ejemplo: La enseñanza del léxico y de la pronunciación del español LE/L2
¿En inglés se deja LE/L2 Spanish? Hay relativamente pocas referencias. Si lo traduzco como Spanish 2L/FL o Spanish as 2L/FL, hay muchas menos referencias. ¿Se coloca "Spanish as a foreign language or as a second language" o hay alguna convención para abreviar esta expresión en inglés?
Gracias nuevamente
Varias asignaturas incluyen la expresión "español LE/L2" que, según lo que he visto, significa "español como lengua extranjera o segunda lengua.
Ejemplo: La enseñanza del léxico y de la pronunciación del español LE/L2
¿En inglés se deja LE/L2 Spanish? Hay relativamente pocas referencias. Si lo traduzco como Spanish 2L/FL o Spanish as 2L/FL, hay muchas menos referencias. ¿Se coloca "Spanish as a foreign language or as a second language" o hay alguna convención para abreviar esta expresión en inglés?
Gracias nuevamente
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Spanish as a foreign/second language
You should spell it out in full, as people won't understand the abbreviation.
If you do shorten it because the same term is repeated multiple times, you should explain the abbreviation the first time you use it.
If you do shorten it because the same term is repeated multiple times, you should explain the abbreviation the first time you use it.
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Reference:
SFL
EFL = English as a Foreign Language
SFL = Spanish as a Foreign Language
QED.
SFL = Spanish as a Foreign Language
QED.
Example sentence:
Initial training for teachers of Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL)....
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Simone Taylor
: That's right, LE means Lengua Extranjera and L2 second language. In English we use the "FL" acronym.
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Reference:
The Master's degree in Spanish as Second Language/ Foreign Language (90 ECTS) offers a linguistic, literary, cultural and didactic preparation in Spanish, aiming at a professional practice in Spanish as Foreign Language and scientific initiation in this area. - https://www.ilch.uminho.pt/en/Education/Pages/Masters-degree...
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Reference:
Foreign language vs second language
The key difference between second language and foreign language is that while both second language and foreign language are languages other than the mother tongue of the speaker, second language refers to a language that is used for public communication of that country whereas foreign language refers to a language that is not widely used by the people of that country.
Many people use the two terms second language and foreign language interchangeably, assuming that there is no difference between them. However, there is a distinct difference between second language and foreign language, especially in pedagogy and sociolinguistics.
https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-second-...
In pedagogy and sociolinguistics, a distinction is made between second language and foreign language, the latter is being learned for use in an area where that language is originally from another country and not spoken in the native country of the speakers. And in other words, foreign language is used from the perspective of countries; the second language is used from the perspective of individuals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_language
Many people use the two terms second language and foreign language interchangeably, assuming that there is no difference between them. However, there is a distinct difference between second language and foreign language, especially in pedagogy and sociolinguistics.
https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-second-...
In pedagogy and sociolinguistics, a distinction is made between second language and foreign language, the latter is being learned for use in an area where that language is originally from another country and not spoken in the native country of the speakers. And in other words, foreign language is used from the perspective of countries; the second language is used from the perspective of individuals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_language
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