I do not know about you but I hate acronyms. Yes, I know they have the comfort factor, but it also seems to me to be potentially bad, misleading language reminiscent of George Orwell. Region has its fair share of them, and woe to anyone who uses evil happens. Never, for example, says ESL TESL or when you want to say ESOL or TESOL. Why? As you might unintentionally hurt learner referring to ESL (English as a second language) when the learner may multilingual head repeatedly with some English range: is politically rather to refer to the English for Speakers other languages (ESOL). It has become very important discrimination that the heavy hand of the state authorities in the UK now requires people to obtain British citizenship to prove that they have at least 3 of novice ESOL 'Skills for Life "National Curriculum (discrimination strange, after all, we need" skills to die "). Councils now have exams provide ESOL qualifications that seem to have surpassed the previous EFL certificates, making it somewhat less important EFL .
Thus, it EFL TEFL situation? Not exactly, but they involve the use of English in an international context, and perhaps for non-natives. They always get a look, but to teach English as a "foreign" language requires different accents. For example, it will take a TESOL teacher focus on the situations and contexts in which learners meet in everyday life in an English speaking country. TEFL, on the other hand, indicates the trend of travel and situations. I do not deny that these differences are useful, but the problem is that you can see the potential for all sorts of new acronyms on the horizon. When we begin to teach it (English as an international language) or the European Investment Bank (International Business English)? I'd settle happily ever after in the old ELT (English Language Teaching).
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