by sheila_admin | Jul 16, 2012 | How To Teach English
TESOL is an acronym standing for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Generally speaking it is the same as TESL or TEFL and it is used as an umbrella term primarily in the USA. TESOL refers to the teaching of the English language to students whose...
by sheila_admin | Jun 17, 2012 | How To Teach English, Linguistics, Teaching Around The World
TESL stands for Teaching English as a Second Language. It’s pronounced TESL to rhyme with WRESTLE. Simply put, this means teaching English to people who are not native English speakers but who live in a country where English is the main language. For example,...
by sheila_admin | Jun 17, 2012 | How To Teach English
TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. This acronym is commonly used in Europe and by European teachers – mainly British and Irish. In most cases TEFL is synonymous with TESOL and TESL, however there are differences at a deeper level....