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Hi all,
could any one explain me, what r these shortcut stand for ??
• EFL
• TESL
• TEFL
• TESOL
• ESOL
Thanks
could any one explain me, what r these shortcut stand for ??
• EFL
• TESL
• TEFL
• TESOL
• ESOL
Thanks
What is ESL • EFL • TESL • TEFL • TESOL • ESOL stand for???
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RonBee
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- Native Language
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ESL = English as a Second Language
EFL = English as a Foreign Language
TESL = Teacher of English as a Second Language
TEFL = Teacher of English as a Foreign Language
TESOL = Teacher of English as a Second or Other Language
ESOL = English as a Second or Other Language
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EFL = English as a Foreign Language
TESL = Teacher of English as a Second Language
TEFL = Teacher of English as a Foreign Language
TESOL = Teacher of English as a Second or Other Language
ESOL = English as a Second or Other Language
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Shortcuts may be termed abbreviations:-
EFL : English as foreign language.
TESL : Teachers of English to speakers of other language
or
Teaching English to speakers of other language
TEFL : Teachers of English as Foreign language
or
Teaching English as Foreign language.
TESOL is same as TESL
ESOL is same as ESL.
I am not a teacher of English. Just someone who loves the language.
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Sociolinguists must use the term differently from ESL teachers.
I think I made this point in the last thread - not sure.
To a linguist, a second language is a language that is widely spoken in the community, but not one's native language, such as a native Hindi speaker learning English in India, or a Hokkien speaker learning English in Singapore.
English is not "foreign" in these countries.
A foreign language to this same person would be something not spoken as a widely functional language in their country, such as Spanish or Irish.
In largely monolingual countries like Australia, almost everything except English is a foreign language.
I think I made this point in the last thread - not sure.
To a linguist, a second language is a language that is widely spoken in the community, but not one's native language, such as a native Hindi speaker learning English in India, or a Hokkien speaker learning English in Singapore.
English is not "foreign" in these countries.
A foreign language to this same person would be something not spoken as a widely functional language in their country, such as Spanish or Irish.
In largely monolingual countries like Australia, almost everything except English is a foreign language.
These makes it all clear to me now, thanks! I don´t remember the course director having discussed the difference between this two important words during out TEFL course.
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