Generally "second language" refers to a second language someone can speak, ie: My first language is English, my second language is Spanish.
Also, it can be used to let people know that one particular language is NOT your first, or best known. ie: English as a second language. Meaning your most fluent language is German, or Spanish or French, but you are learning English.
Might help to get a more thorough answer if you used a sentence as an example, let us know how "Second Language" is used.
The second language native to Iceland is Icelandic Sign Language. The second most widely spoken language in Iceland is English (as a foreign language).
There are no "demerits of second language."
Any language you learn after your first (native) language is considered a second language. There is no specific one.
== English is spoken as a second language by around 600 million people and French, with around 500 million as a second language. Spanish is also very popular as a second language with 100 million choosing this as a second language.
Spanish is the second most common "spoken" language. The second most common language is sign language.
Learning a second language was difficult.
I think it is when you learn a second language. Like, if you speak English as your first language, then learn to speak Spanish fluently, you acquired Spanish as your second language.
god, he communicated to Adam by his second language
Second Language Research was created in 1985.
If you are asking what the second most spoken language in the world is, by number of total speakers, it's English. If you are asking what the second most widely spoken language is, it's Spanish. If you are asking what language is the most common second language for people, it's English.
Example: Your mother and father speak Spanish to you. You have learned Spanish before any other languages. That is your first language. Then, you learn English because you live in America. That is the second language you learn. That is English as (a) second language. The second language you learn is your (language) as (a) second language. I hope that helped.
Studies in Second Language Acquisition was created in 1978.