Individuals for whom English is a second language learn to speak English, functionally. In other words, they learn basic speech construction, grammar and syntax. Colloquialisms and idiomatic forms are not usually well-developed and, therefore, remain foreign to them. It is this fact that creates so many communication problems, when they deal with U.S. nationals who speak an American dialect of the English language. And, the problems are compounded, when American speech patterns are added.