| 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 |
| BE | bilingual education |
| CALL | computer assisted language
learning |
| CEELT | Cambridge Examination in
English for Language Teachers |
| CELTA | Certificate in English
Language Teaching for Adults (replaces CTEFLA) |
| CLT | communicative language teaching |
| 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) |
| ELL | English language learner |
| 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 |
| EST | English for science and
technology |
| FES | fluent English speaker |
| 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) |
| SLA | second language acquisition |
| STT | student talking time |
| 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 |
| TSE | test of spoken English |
| TTT | teacher talking time |
| TWE | test of written English |
| UCLES |
University of Cambridge Local
Examinations Syndicate |
| USIA | United States Information
Agency |
| VSO |
Voluntary Service Overseas |