Posted by pray_the_rosary on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 8:10am.
I am not sure of what context this term is being used in, but the most common way I've heard the term used is when it's referring to the language being studied/learned.
For an ESL student, the target language is English.
For a student of French, the target language is French.
Etc.
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Here is a definition:
1. http://www.answers.com/topic/target-language?cat=technology
and a second:
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_language
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