Editing Language education (section)

{{short description|Process and practice of acquiring a language}}
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{{about|classroom learning of a second language|natural acquisition|Second-language acquisition}}
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'''Language education''' refers to the processes and practices of teaching a [[second language|second]] or [[foreign language]]. Its study reflects [[interdisciplinarity|interdisciplinary]] approaches, usually including some [[applied linguistics]].<ref>Spolsky, B., & Hult, F.M. (Eds.). (2008). ''Handbook of educational linguistics''. Malden, MA: Blackwell.</ref><ref>Hult, F.M., (Ed.). (2010). ''Directions and prospects for educational linguistics.''  New York: Springer.</ref> There are four main learning categories for language education: communicative competencies, proficiencies, [[cross-cultural communication|cross-cultural experiences]], and multiple literacies.<ref>Phillips, J. K. (2007). Foreign Language Education: Whose Definition?. ''The Modern Language Journal'', ''91''(2), 266–268. {{ISSN|0026-7902}}</ref>