700 Reasons: Reason #435

Reason: 435
The formal study of a language provides students with a metalanguage for discussing the characteristics and components of any language, including their native language
Reference:
Reagan, T. (2004) 'Don't know much about the French I took' in Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, Volume 3 (2), pp. 229-239
Related Keywords:
English Mother Tongue, Language awareness, Linguistics

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