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SL vs FL
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jg574
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SL vs FL
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PLEASE I NEED TO FIND A DISTINCTION BET � ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF SUCH DISTINCTION?
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30 Nov 2010
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Apodo
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ESL vs EFL
If someone moves to an English speaking country from a non-English speaking country to live they would learn English as their second language.
If someone in a non- English speaking country learns English, they are learning English as a foreign language.
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30 Nov 2010
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SueThom
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A-a-ahh, the joys of a living language: always changing and developing. Particularly true in fields with a lot of research and specialization going on.
And just to make things more confusing: there are some folks who advocate ESOL or TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), since English is a 3rd, 4th, etc. language for some people. In theory, it �s supposed to include both ESL and EFL.
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30 Nov 2010
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Jayho
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That �s right Sue. My qualification is actually TESOL and not ESL/EFL. Our indigenous people for example speak several lanaguages and English is often their third or fourth language. Many of my current international students speak three other languages. I prefer TESOL to ESL but people commonly use ESL meaning their second, third or fourth language.
Cheers
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30 Nov 2010
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