母语

She spoke not only her native language, Swedish, but also English and French.

她不仅讲自己的母语瑞典语，还讲英语和法语。

French is not my native tongue.

法语不是我的母语。

My mother tongue is Spanish.

我的母语是西班牙语.

He read a poem in his native language.

他用母语朗读了一首诗.

ESL or English as a Second Language

ESL—非母语英语

I am not advocating the widespread use of the students'native language.

我不主张广泛使用学生们的母语.

Why should non-native speakers bother with what native speakers regard as correct?

非 英语母语人士为什么要在意英语母语人士的看法 呢 ?

He took to French as though it had been his native language.

他觉得法语就像母语一样容易学.

Then what is the attitude of students and English teachers towards the use of the mother tongue in English classes? How much is the mother tongue used in daily English classes? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using the mother tongue in such classes?

那么日常英语课堂中母语使用情况到底如何，使用母语有哪些优、缺点，母语使用的原因又是什么，这些问题也都没有统一的定论。

This paper attempts to explore whether the use of L1 strategies results in L1 transfer.

本文试图探讨母语策略与母语迁移之间是否存在必然性。

Her lapse into German didn't seem peculiar. After all, it was her native tongue.

她冒出几句德语并不足为奇.毕竟那是她的母语.

This course is offered to Chinese-as-a-second-language overseas students who major in Chinese.

本课程是为母语非汉语的汉语言专业的留学生设置的.

The Enlightenment of the Language Acquisition to the Reform in Education of Basic Chinese

语法化与母语习得母语习得理论对基础语文教学改革的启示

We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.

我们被禁止使用母语，违者将被关进监狱。

You almost say that my interest in my mother tongue arouse from all those drama serials.

你似乎可以说我会对母语起了这么大的兴趣,是因为我每次在看得电视连续剧.

His first language is Welsh.

他的母语是威尔士语。

Her native language / tongue is German.

她的母语是德语.

Based on the results of the investigation and analysis, Buyi language is only used by smaller numbers which faces the old aging trend, so the native tradition of inherited problems has appeared.

根据调查结果分析得出，在该地区，布依语使用人数较少，掌握母语的人群呈老龄化趋势，母语传承断代问题突出。

Are you a native speaker of English?

你的母语是英语吗？

Teachers seemed to use L1 more frequently in teaching grammar, explaining language points and managing the classroom; and teachers mainly used Chinese for translation.

教师使用母语主要是在讲解语法及语言知识点、管理课堂时，翻译中也涉及母语的频繁使用。

The influence of L1 syntax on foreign language acquisition

母语语法与外语习得浅析二外学习中的母语语法迁移

Transitional bilingual education: Instruction for some subjects is in the student native language but a certain amount of each day is spent on developing English skills.

部分学科仍使用学生母语教学，但是每天有一定量的英语课来提高学生的英语能力。班级往往是由说同一种母语的学生组成。

Research findings reveal that the abstracts collected from the two groups have some characteristics in common: in the mood system, both Chinese and native English-speaking postgraduates tend to use full-declaratives;

研究发现两组摘要在实现人际意义的表达上具有一些共同特点：在语气表达上，母语为汉语的研究生和母语为英语的研究生都倾向于使用陈述语气；

Positive Transfer of Native Language On the Positive Transfer of L1 in the Process of SLA

母语的正迁移作用论二语习得中母语的正迁移

They are native speakers of English.

他们的母语是英语.

Chinese and English nationalities have many differences not only in the expression of language, but also in thinking model.

英语与汉语属于两种不同语系的语言，以英语为母语和以汉语为母语的两个民族不仅在语言的表达上有很多区别，而且在思维模式上也存在很多差异。

Chapter one is the pandect of the whole paper, which discusses the multiple conditionality of the mother tongue education and two peculiarities dedicated popularized and spiral ascended by the modern language education.

第一章相当于全文的总论，讨论了母语教育的多重制约性和现代母语教育致力普及与螺旋提升的两个特点。

Many students'error occurs because of mother-tongue interference.

许多学生发生这种错误是由于母语的干扰.

Studies of L1 acquisition of English indicate that English INFL and expletives play a crucial role in child language development. These structures trigger the unlearning of null arguments and the resetting of the null argument parameter.

母语习得研究发现，英语INFL和赘语在操英语儿童的语言习得中起着关键性作用，它们触发了儿童舍弃零主目，正确设置母语的零主目参数。

German was his native language.

德语是他的母语.