Language acquisition https://vocabularios.educacion.gob.ar/admin/iscedf/termino/29 en UNESCO Institute of Statistics 2019-09-09 22:38:53 https://vocabularios.educacion.gob.ar/admin/iscedf/ International Standard Classification of Education : fields of education and training text/html Language acquisition is the study of the structure and composition of languages taught as second or foreign languages (i.e. that are intended for non-native or non-fluent speakers of the language). It includes the study of related cultures, literature, linguistics and phonetics if related to the specific language being acquired and forms part of the same programme or qualification. Classical or dead languages are included here as it is assumed there are no native speakers of the language and hence the manner of teaching and the content of the curriculum are more similar to the teaching of foreign languages. Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here: - Classical languages - Exogenous languages - Foreign languages - Interpretation - Phonetics - Second languages, for example English as a second language - Sign language - Sign language interpreting - Translation