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How can I learn English?
What do EFL, ESL and
ESOL
mean ? What is TEFL ?
Well, they all refer to English learning
for 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 is
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.)
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TESOL
is the American way of saying ‘teaching English to speakers of other
languages’ and embraces both
TEFL and TESL.
Other terms 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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So, to
begin speaking English today just go
to the next page entitled "Where
to start"
and follow this complete course step by step.
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