| ACTFL |
American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages |
| ARELS |
Association of Recognised
English Language Services |
| BASELT |
British Association of State
English Language Teaching |
| BC |
British Council |
| CALL |
computer assisted language
learning |
| CEELT |
Cambridge Examination in
English for Language Teachers |
| CELTA |
Certificate in English
Language Teaching for Adults (replaces CTEFLA) |
| CILT |
Centre for Information on
Language Teaching and Research |
| CTEFLA |
Certificate in the Teaching of
English as a Foreign Language to Adults (replaced by CELTA) |
| DELTA |
Diploma in English Language
Teaching for Adults (replaces DTEFLA) |
| DOS |
director of studies |
| DTEFLA |
Diploma in the Teaching of
English as a Foreign Language to Adults (replaced by DELTA) |
| EAP |
English for academic
purposes |
| ECIS |
European Council of International
Schools |
| EFL |
English as a foreign
language |
| ELICOS |
English Language Intensive
Courses for Overseas Students (Australian) |
| ELT |
English language training or
teaching |
| EMT |
English mother tongue |
| ESL |
English as a second
language |
| ESOL |
English for speakers of other
languages |
| ESP |
English for specific purposes
|
| IATEFL |
International Association of Teachers of
English as a Foreign Language |
| IELTS |
International English Language Testing
System |
| JALT |
Japan Association for Language Teaching |
| JET |
Japanese Exchange and Teaching
Programme |
| L1 |
first language |
| L2 |
second language |
| LCCIEB |
London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Examinations Board |
| NATESOL |
National Association of
Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages |
| ODA |
Overseas Development
Agency |
| PGCE |
Post Graduate Certificate in
Education (UK teaching qualification necessary for state sector) |
| RSA |
The Royal Society for the encouragement of
Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (UK) |
| TEFL |
teaching (of) English as a
foreign language |
| TESL |
teaching (of) English as a
second language |
| TESOL |
a) teaching (of) English to
speakers of other languages
b) Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. |
| TOEFL |
Test of English as a Foreign Language
|
| TOEIC |
Test of English for International
Communication |
| UCLES |
University of Cambridge Local
Examinations Syndicate |
| USIA |
United States Information
Agency |
| VSO |
Voluntary Service Overseas |
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