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Jargon in Teaching English
Jargon in Teaching English
The students are learning ESL (English as a Second Language) or EFL (English as a Foreign Language) or ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). For the teacher, add a T for Teaching to get TESL, TEFL or TESOL, or just call the field ELT (English Language Teaching).
A recent trend in the field is to do a lot of ESP (English for Specific Purposes), designing custom courses depending on what the learners need to use the language for. One branch of this is EAP (English for Academic Purposes), preparing students for study abroad.
The widely-used English tests have their own acronyms:
TOEFL , for admission to US universities
IELTS , for British, Australian and NZ universities
(Canadian universities might use either)
TOEIC , a business English test from the TOEFL people
BULATS , a business English test from the IELTS people
BEC Business English Certificates are from Cambridge. There are three exams at different levels.
CPE is also from Cambridge; it is their highest level exam.
Some ESL students may also need or want to take other tests to get into foreign universities. These are not ESL tests, but pre-admission tests designed for native English speakers. They include:
SAT and ACT for undergraduate admissions
GRE for graduate programs
These are more commonly used in the US than elsewhere.
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