Do you know your ELT acronyms?
There are a billion and one out there, from methodology to people to exams to
individual schools and programs. New ones seem to pop up nearly every
year, which provide a cloudy mist of confusing acronyms to remember the
meanings of. Hopefully this list below will be of some help.
General
CIC = Citizen and Immigration Canada
CLIL = Content and language integrated learning
EAL = English as an additional language
EAP = English for academic purposes
EIL = English as an international language
ELF = English as lingua franca
ELT= English language teaching, Enhanced language training (Ontario)
ESAP = English for specific academic purposes
ESP = English for specific purposes
OSLT = Occupation-specific language teaching
SLA = Second language acquisition
(T)EFL = English as a foreign language
(T)ESL = English as a second language
TESOL = Teachers of English as a second or other language
CLIL = Content and language integrated learning
EAL = English as an additional language
EAP = English for academic purposes
EIL = English as an international language
ELF = English as lingua franca
ELT= English language teaching, Enhanced language training (Ontario)
ESAP = English for specific academic purposes
ESP = English for specific purposes
OSLT = Occupation-specific language teaching
SLA = Second language acquisition
(T)EFL = English as a foreign language
(T)ESL = English as a second language
TESOL = Teachers of English as a second or other language
Exams
and qualifications
BEC =
Business English certificate
BULATS = Business language testing service
CAE = Certificate in advanced English
CELTA = Certificate in English language teaching to adults
CertIBET = Certificate in international business English training
CPE = Certificate of proficiency in English
FCE = First certificate in English
FTBE = First certificate for teachers of business English
IATEFL = International association of teaching English as a foreign language
IELTS = International English language testing system
INSET = In-service training
KET = Key English tests
MATESOL = Masters degree in teaching English as a second or other language
NATECL = National association for the teaching of English and community languages to adults
PET = Preliminary English test
SIG = Special interest groups
TKT = Teaching knowledge test
TOEIC = Test of English for international communication
TOEFL = Test of English as a foreign language
TTC = Teacher training course
BULATS = Business language testing service
CAE = Certificate in advanced English
CELTA = Certificate in English language teaching to adults
CertIBET = Certificate in international business English training
CPE = Certificate of proficiency in English
FCE = First certificate in English
FTBE = First certificate for teachers of business English
IATEFL = International association of teaching English as a foreign language
IELTS = International English language testing system
INSET = In-service training
KET = Key English tests
MATESOL = Masters degree in teaching English as a second or other language
NATECL = National association for the teaching of English and community languages to adults
PET = Preliminary English test
SIG = Special interest groups
TKT = Teaching knowledge test
TOEIC = Test of English for international communication
TOEFL = Test of English as a foreign language
TTC = Teacher training course
Approaches,
planning and people
CALL = Computer assisted language learning
CLB = Canadian language benchmarks
CLT = Communicative language teaching
DoS = Director of studies
L1 = First language
L2 = Second language
LINC = Language instruction to newcomers in Canada
MT = Mother tongue
(N)NEST = (Non) Native English speaking teacher
PPP = Presentation-practice-production approach
SS = Students
STT = Student talking time
T = Teacher
TBL = Task based learning
TP = Teaching practice
TTT = teacher talking time, Test-Teach-Test approach
YL = Young learners
CLB = Canadian language benchmarks
CLT = Communicative language teaching
DoS = Director of studies
L1 = First language
L2 = Second language
LINC = Language instruction to newcomers in Canada
MT = Mother tongue
(N)NEST = (Non) Native English speaking teacher
PPP = Presentation-practice-production approach
SS = Students
STT = Student talking time
T = Teacher
TBL = Task based learning
TP = Teaching practice
TTT = teacher talking time, Test-Teach-Test approach
YL = Young learners
