WHAT IS TEFL/TESOL
TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
Both are used to represent teaching certifications accepted around the world.
TEFL and TESOL are basically the same thing. The only difference is that TEFL is the term widely used in the UK and TESOL is more common in USA, Canada and Australia.
Common acronyms are
| ESL ESOL EFL ELT TESL |
English as a Second Language English to Speakers of Other Languages English as a Foreign Language English Language Teaching Teaching English as a Second Language |
