language-learner

plural language-learners

1. alternativeAlternative form of language learner.

   Most language-learners succeed well enough to be able to communicate for all practical purposes.

   1997, Philip G[eorge] Zimbardo, Ann L. Weber, “Psychological Development”, in Psychology, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Longman, →ISBN, page 124

   2 more examples

   First, we do meet a lot of grammatically incorrect expressions (e. g., a language-learner’s first exercise in composition), of which we seem to understand the ‘meaning’.

   1984, Bimal Krishna Matilal, “Grammaticality and Meaninglessness”, in S[hivram] D[attatray] Joshi, editor, Amṛtadhārā: Professor R[amchandra] N[arayan] Dandekar Dandekar Felicitation Volume, Delhi: Ajanta Publications, →OCLC, page 270

   The most effective language-learners are those who develop empathy with (or a feeling for) the other language and the other people, and make the leap of imagination into their territory.

   1991, Terry Doyle, Paul Meara, “Getting going”, in Li′ngō! How to Learn a Language, London: BBC Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 36