[etni] Fw: RE: Differences between TESOL, TESL, TEFL

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From: "Adele Raemer" <raemer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [etni] Fw: RE: Differences between TESOL, TESL, TEFL


I am afraid this didn't really answer Ahmed's question - which was: what is
the difference between TESOL and TEFL?  When I first saw the question, I
also thought to myself- oh - that's easy.... but then I realized what he was
actually asking - and I'm not quite sure now that there is, in fact , a
difference between TESOL and TEFL - except that maybe TESOL could include
BOTH TEFL and TESL, since TESL and TEFL depend on the different environments
in which they are taught, and TESOL doesn't - therefore, maybe that's the
answer?


Adele


Christina wrote:
> Thought I'd respond to Ahmed's question:
>
>> TESOL = Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
>> TESL - Teaching English as a Second Language
>> TEFL - Teaching English as a Foreign Language
>> What's the main difference between English as Second Language and English
>> as Foreign Language?

> If you're teaching English to immigrants in the USA or Britain, then that
> would be considered a second language, as the students are immersed in
> English -- being that they live in a country where English is the language
> spoken.
> In Israel, for ex., for most students English is a foreign language-it's
> not spoken here and it is not assumed that students are exposed to it
> regularly (even though, in fact, through music, television, etc. they kind
> of are), hence TEFL.
> That's essentially the difference.



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