There are many acronyms within this field. If you have not completed a CELTA or are not in the TEFL industry, this jargon buster list of terms may help. I have added an asterisk (*) to terms throughout the blog that have been added here:
- CELTA– the (Cambridge) Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults
- The ‘Discovery’ Approach– …prefers less TTT (because less TTT = more STT)
- EAL– English as an Additional Language (mainly used in UK schools)
- EFL– English as a Foreign Language
- ELT– English Language Teaching (in general)
- ESL– English as a Second Language (also as a modern foreign language)
- ESOL– English for Speakers of Other Languages (referring to settlers from abroad)
- STT Student Talk Time (how much of an input your students have in a lesson)
- TEFL– Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- TESOL– Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (mainly used in the USA)
- TTT– Teacher Talk Time (something I am always trying to cut down on, by encouraging more STT!)
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