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Uncommon card · Science
English as a second or foreign language, an Uncommon card
English as a second or foreign language is the teaching and learning of English by people whose first language is not English.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 65,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The field includes teaching English as a foreign language in countries where English is not the dominant language and teaching English as a second language in English-speaking countries.
- English is taught worldwide in schools, universities, language schools, workplaces, and community programs.
- Learners study English for purposes including education, employment, immigration, and international communication.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The English as a second or foreign language article was read about 65,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get English as a second or foreign language
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Extreme povertyUncommon · Society · ATK 78 DEF 86
Card lists
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, English as a second or foreign language (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
