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What is the difference between TESOL and TEFL?

 

There is often much confusion surrounding these acronyms but essentially they mean the same thing. TEFL = Teaching English as a Foreign Language TESOL = Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages The above are generally used interchangeably, however, TEFL is most commonly used within the UK and TESOL is usually preferred in Australia and the USA. Although some countries may favor one acronym over the other, it is important to remember that a TEFL certification and a TESOL certification are exactly the same thing as the training involved is identical. Although TEFL and TESOL training courses are identical and the acronyms are generally used interchangeably, there is a technical difference between the two. The general perception is that speakers of English as a foreign language live in a non-English speaking country, meaning they don't need to speak English on a daily basis and are usually learning the language for travel, business or simply as a hobby. In contrast, speakers of English as a second language live in an English speaking country, meaning they do need to speak English on a daily basis for work, socializing, shopping etc. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION


Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next.

This module showed me the wide variety of resources that a teacher can use in the classroo.
I am more aware of the materials and technologies that are available and how to use them to improve in my teaching abilities in the classroo.
Unit 16 was very informative, because Unit 16 helps the teacher to make the students to better understand structures of who is speaking, who spok.
Unit 16 also allows the student to better understand periods of time and who said wha.
This unit covered a basic explanation of the indivdual structures of speec.
I learnt and understood what a Gerund was, when i have never heard of this before, aswell as the different and in depth subsections of eg: pronouns and verb.



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