ESOL
abbreviation/ˈiːsɒl/
/ˈiːsɑːl/
- English for speakers of other languages(used especially in the UK and Ireland to refer to the teaching of English as a foreign language to people who are living in a country in which English is either the first or second language) The term ESOL may be preferred to ESL (English as a second language) because many people learn English as a third or even fourth language. compare EAL, EFL, ESLTopics Educationc2
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