But most people with English as an additional language live outside countries where English is a native language. So again, when addressing people who speak English but not as their native language, why use terms that are exclusively used in countries with English as a native language?
Or do you think the internet exists only in countries where English is a native language?
So again, when addressing people who speak English but not as their native language, why use terms that are exclusively used in countries whith English as anative language?
As an English speaker in a city with many people whose first language isn’t English, it was probably just habit. I didn’t originally know it wasn’t a well known term either.
the likelyhood of talking about ESL (an initialization of English words to begin with) wouldnt generally happen where English is non-native, though. you don’t have two Germans asking if the other speaks English as a second language
But most people with English as an additional language live outside countries where English is a native language. So again, when addressing people who speak English but not as their native language, why use terms that are exclusively used in countries with English as a native language?
Or do you think the internet exists only in countries where English is a native language?
As an English speaker in a city with many people whose first language isn’t English, it was probably just habit. I didn’t originally know it wasn’t a well known term either.
the likelyhood of talking about ESL (an initialization of English words to begin with) wouldnt generally happen where English is non-native, though. you don’t have two Germans asking if the other speaks English as a second language