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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 ?


They all refer to the study of English by people who have a
different native language.  

  •  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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