Quite often, educators tell families of children who are learning English as a second language to speak only English, and not their native language, at home.

教育家经常告诉那些把英语作为第二语言来学习的孩子的家人，在家里要只说英语，不要说自己的母语。

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

她不仅讲她的母语瑞典语，还讲英语和法语。

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The 36-year-old man put up a sign reading "Africa Hema Village" in Chinese, English and his native language.

这位36岁的男子挂起了一个牌子，牌子上用中文、英文和他自己的母语写着“非洲盒马村”。

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He addresses instead the English language: "Hail native Language," Milton begins, and then he proceeds to set out in his heroic couplets of iambic pentameter a map for his future career as a famous poet.

反而写了英语这门语言：,开头写道，“为本土语言欢呼吧“,然后继续写他的五音部短长格对句,这是著名诗人对未来事业的规划。

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Perez noted the U.S. Department of Justice's duty to enforce laws that bar "discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin, " and requirements that "affirmative measures" be taken to assist students for whom English isn't their native language.

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By teaching them English language skills, exposing them to their new culture and encouraging them to be proud of their native culture, and emphasizing how they are great contributors to the daily life of our community, I am affecting a positive change in their lives and the lives of their families.

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