English Language Teaching Acronyms

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ELT

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English Language Teaching

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TEFL

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Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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TESOL

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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

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CELTA

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Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (originally Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)

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EAL

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English as an Additional Language

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EL

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English Learner

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ELL

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English Language Learner

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ENL

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English as a New Language

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EAP

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English for Academic Purposes

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EIAL

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English for International Academic Literacy (sometimes 'English as an International Additional Language')