What does "language-learning" mean?

Alternative form of language learning.

Language-learning

Q: What is a synonym for "language-learning"?

Common synonyms include: acquired language, foreign language study program, foreign-language class, foreign-language study plan, foreign-languageish, french practice.

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Alternative form of language learning. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
"Lord Holland, whom I saw this morning, re-echoed my complaint, and said that the likeness of the two languages [Spanish and Italian] was more a hindrance than a help. This comes of language-learning when we are getting old! When I attempted Arabic at Algiers, Johan Pharaoh—a man very unlike his namesake of the Plagues—although it was his interest to retain me as a scholar—first hinted, and then plainly said, that there was ‘a time’ in the cleverest man’s life, when his memory became less impressible to the recollection of languages—in the gentlest manner conveying that I had become an old dunce!"

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acquired language foreign language study program foreign-language class foreign-language study plan foreign-languageish french practice

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"Digital technology for language-learning is being slowly but surely set up."

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