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    1. The document discusses the differences between a first language and a second language. It provides examples of two students, LeeMin and Ethan, and asks the reader to analyze what their first and second languages might be based on details about where they were born, where they currently live, and what languages they speak. 2. A first language is typically the language a person learns first, usually at home from parents or caregivers, and feels most comfortable expressing themselves in. It can also be called their native or mother tongue. 3. A second language is usually what is learned later, such as in school, and may or may not become as fluent or comfortable to use as the first language.

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    1. The document discusses the differences between a first language and a second language. It provides examples of two students, LeeMin and Ethan, and asks the reader to analyze what their first and second languages might be based on details about where they were born, where they currently live, and what languages they speak. 2. A first language is typically the language a person learns first, usually at home from parents or caregivers, and feels most comfortable expressing themselves in. It can also be called their native or mother tongue. 3. A second language is usually what is learned later, such as in school, and may or may not become as fluent or comfortable to use as the first language.

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    1. The document discusses the differences between a first language and a second language. It provides examples of two students, LeeMin and Ethan, and asks the reader to analyze what their first and second languages might be based on details about where they were born, where they currently live, and what languages they speak. 2. A first language is typically the language a person learns first, usually at home from parents or caregivers, and feels most comfortable expressing themselves in. It can also be called their native or mother tongue. 3. A second language is usually what is learned later, such as in school, and may or may not become as fluent or comfortable to use as the first language.

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    Activity (First Vs Second Language)

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    1. The document discusses the differences between a first language and a second language. It provides examples of two students, LeeMin and Ethan, and asks the reader to analyze what their first and second languages might be based on details about where they were born, where they currently live, and what languages they speak. 2. A first language is typically the language a person learns first, usually at home from parents or caregivers, and feels most comfortable expressing themselves in. It can also be called their native or mother tongue. 3. A second language is usually what is learned later, such as in school, and may or may not become as fluent or comfortable to use as the first language.

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    Name: ____________________________________ Course:____________Set: ___________

    First Language vs. Second Language


    Answer the activity that follows. You may edit this document file or you may write your
    answers on a sheet of paper and scan/picture the document and send it to me via Edmodo.

    Activity 1. Check the appropriate column of your choice.


    Statements Agree Disagree Not Sure
    1. Your first language will be tattooed in your brain forever.

    2. Your primary language is the language in which you feel most


    comfortable expressing yourself.
    3. The first language of a person is his native language as well.
    4. What we learn in school is usually the second language.

    5. A second language may become a person’s first language.


    6. Your first language is usually the language you learned and
    spoke in the home.
    7. A lot of people have English as their primary language because
    it is a global lingua franca.
    8. A person or community cannot choose his or her second
    language.
    9. L1 is learned while L2 is acquired

    10 A person can decide his first language.

    Activity 2
    Analyze the situations below and answer the questions that follow. Discuss your
    thoughts and insights.

    LeeMin was born in Korea.


    When he was two years old, his 1. Do you think LeeMin can speak Korean?
    family migrated to Manila. Now he ____________________________________________
    is 10 and is very fluent in English. 2. What made you say so?
    ____________________________________________
    He goes to an international school
    3. What do you think is LeeMin’s native tongue?
    in Manila. He also understands ____________________________________________
    Korean as both parents speak 4. What made you say so?
    Korean at home. ____________________________________________
    Ethan is a grade 3 student 1. What could be the first language of Ethan?
    at Cebu Normal University-
    Integrated Laboratory School. He is ____________________________________________
    performing very well in all subjects 2. What made you say so?
    except in Filipino and MTB
    (Mother-Tounge Bases subject). ____________________________________________
    He could not speak in Cebuano 3. What could be his mother tongue?
    even though he is living in Cebu
    with his Cebuano parents. He ____________________________________________
    speaks English all the time. 4. Do you think Ethan could still be fluent in Cebuano?
    ____________________________________________

    Pause and Think

    What is the difference between the first language and the second language?

    ______________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________________

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