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Are
you an English language learner?
Do you know what
EFL, ESL and ESOL mean?
Why are there so many
different names ?
Well,
they
all refer to the study of English by non-native speakers.
- EFL = English
as a Foreign
Language.
This is about learning English when you live at home, in a non-English
speaking country.
- ESL = English as a
Second Language.
This is when you live in an English speaking country, but your first
language is not English.
- ESOL = English as a
Second or Other Language. This
can mean either of the above.
- ELT
=
simply
means ‘English language teaching’.
- TEFL is the
'teaching of English as a foreign language'. This can happen when
English is being taught in a country
where it isn't the native language: (For example: teaching
English to Spanish people in Spain).
- TESL is
the teaching of English as a second language for people who need to
learn English
because they are now living in an English speaking country; perhaps as
immigrants.
(For example: teaching people who emigrate to
the U.K. or the U.S.A.)
- TESOL is the American way of saying
‘teaching
English to speakers of other languages’ and includes both TEFL
and TESL.
- Other terms sometimes used
include:
- EAL
(English as
an additional language), ESD
(English as a second dialect),
EIL
(English as an international language), ELF
(English as a lingua franca),
ESP
(English for special/specific purposes), EAP
(English for academic purposes),
ELL
(English language learner).
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