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TESOL Resources

Welcome

This guide is designed to provide information about library resources in the field of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). 

TESOL is an acronym used to refer to teaching English to non-native speakers either in an English-speaking country or abroad.

 Here are some of the common acronyms used in teaching and in TESOL articles.

Acronym Definition
EAL English as an additional language
EIL English as an international language
ELD English language development
ELF English as lingua franca
ELT English language teaching
ESL English as a second language
ESOL English to speakers of other languages
TEFL/TESL Teaching English as a foreign/second language
TESOL Teachers of English to speakers of other languages

TESOL International Association. (n.d.). Common acronyms in the English Language Teaching profession. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

 

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