English as a second or foreign language

English as a second or foreign language - use of English by speakers with different native languages. Article “English as a second or foreign language” in English Wikipedia has 77.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 108 references and 56 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “English as a second or foreign language” was edited by 6 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “English as a second or foreign language”, its content was written by 704 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 888 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1472 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1752 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5116 in March 2005
• Global: #8833 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #19951 in May 2013
• Global: #42148 in May 2013

There are 12 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) English as a second or foreign language		77.1376
2	Chinese (zh) 以英語為第二語言或外語		37.6212
3	Turkish (tr) Yabancı dil olarak İngilizce eğitimi		33.912
4	Simple English (simple) English as a second language		33.0953
5	Finnish (fi) Englannin kielen opetus vieraana kielenä		24.9885
6	Spanish (es) Inglés como segunda lengua		20.3374
7	Persian (fa) انگلیسی به عنوان زبان دوم یا خارجی		17.7205
8	Arabic (ar) الإنجليزية لغة ثانية		17.465
9	Indonesian (id) Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa kedua		14.8982
10	Korean (ko) 제2언어 또는 외국어로서의 영어		4.5775

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "English as a second or foreign language" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) English as a second or foreign language		4 633 161
2	Chinese (zh) 以英語為第二語言或外語		137 966
3	Simple English (simple) English as a second language		100 308
4	Turkish (tr) Yabancı dil olarak İngilizce eğitimi		89 181
5	Arabic (ar) الإنجليزية لغة ثانية		52 654
6	German (de) Englisch als Zweitsprache		37 673
7	Korean (ko) 제2언어 또는 외국어로서의 영어		16 683
8	Spanish (es) Inglés como segunda lengua		15 282
9	Tamil (ta) இரண்டாம் மொழியாக ஆங்கிலம்		3 176
10	Persian (fa) انگلیسی به عنوان زبان دوم یا خارجی		1 439

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "English as a second or foreign language" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) English as a second or foreign language		12 863
2	Simple English (simple) English as a second language		1 492
3	Chinese (zh) 以英語為第二語言或外語		431
4	Spanish (es) Inglés como segunda lengua		185
5	Arabic (ar) الإنجليزية لغة ثانية		138
6	German (de) Englisch als Zweitsprache		84
7	Turkish (tr) Yabancı dil olarak İngilizce eğitimi		84
8	Korean (ko) 제2언어 또는 외국어로서의 영어		39
9	Persian (fa) انگلیسی به عنوان زبان دوم یا خارجی		36
10	Indonesian (id) Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa kedua		32

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "English as a second or foreign language" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) English as a second or foreign language		704
2	Simple English (simple) English as a second language		53
3	Arabic (ar) الإنجليزية لغة ثانية		30
4	Turkish (tr) Yabancı dil olarak İngilizce eğitimi		28
5	German (de) Englisch als Zweitsprache		25
6	Chinese (zh) 以英語為第二語言或外語		25
7	Spanish (es) Inglés como segunda lengua		7
8	Tamil (ta) இரண்டாம் மொழியாக ஆங்கிலம்		5
9	Persian (fa) انگلیسی به عنوان زبان دوم یا خارجی		3
10	Finnish (fi) Englannin kielen opetus vieraana kielenä		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "English as a second or foreign language" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) English as a second or foreign language		6
2	Arabic (ar) الإنجليزية لغة ثانية		1
3	German (de) Englisch als Zweitsprache		0
4	Spanish (es) Inglés como segunda lengua		0
5	Persian (fa) انگلیسی به عنوان زبان دوم یا خارجی		0
6	Finnish (fi) Englannin kielen opetus vieraana kielenä		0
7	Indonesian (id) Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa kedua		0
8	Korean (ko) 제2언어 또는 외국어로서의 영어		0
9	Simple English (simple) English as a second language		0
10	Tamil (ta) இரண்டாம் மொழியாக ஆங்கிலம்		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "English as a second or foreign language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) English as a second or foreign language		1 472
2	Chinese (zh) 以英語為第二語言或外語		60
3	Korean (ko) 제2언어 또는 외국어로서의 영어		45
4	Arabic (ar) الإنجليزية لغة ثانية		40
5	Simple English (simple) English as a second language		36
6	German (de) Englisch als Zweitsprache		28
7	Turkish (tr) Yabancı dil olarak İngilizce eğitimi		28
8	Spanish (es) Inglés como segunda lengua		24
9	Indonesian (id) Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa kedua		11
10	Persian (fa) انگلیسی به عنوان زبان دوم یا خارجی		4

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الإنجليزية لغة ثانية
de	German Englisch als Zweitsprache
en	English English as a second or foreign language
es	Spanish Inglés como segunda lengua
fa	Persian انگلیسی به عنوان زبان دوم یا خارجی
fi	Finnish Englannin kielen opetus vieraana kielenä
id	Indonesian Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa kedua
ko	Korean 제2언어 또는 외국어로서의 영어
simple	Simple English English as a second language
ta	Tamil இரண்டாம் மொழியாக ஆங்கிலம்
tr	Turkish Yabancı dil olarak İngilizce eğitimi
zh	Chinese 以英語為第二語言或外語

Best Rank

English: #19951 05.2013

Global: #42148 05.2013

Best Rank

English: #5116 03.2005

Global: #8833 12.2003

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