Comments on: TESOL, TEFL, TESL – What’s With all the Acronyms https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/tesol-tefl-tesl-whats-with-all-the-acronyms/ Grads since 1992 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:26:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.5 By: Lascelles A. Wallace https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/tesol-tefl-tesl-whats-with-all-the-acronyms/#comment-3927 Sat, 29 Apr 2017 11:02:42 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=227#comment-3927 Is there a an Oxford Seminar certificate center in China … I have someone who is interested in acquiring a certificate . I China – Jiangsu Province , Changzhou City.

You can contact me by email .
Thank you
Lascelles A. Wallace MIT/TOSEL/TESL/TEFL

]]> By: Tammy https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/tesol-tefl-tesl-whats-with-all-the-acronyms/#comment-126 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:03:47 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=227#comment-126 It’s not so much about the individual use of the language but the language of the country that’s important. As the author mentioned near the end of the article, “While each of these acronyms originated with a different focus, the growth and maturation of the industry has led many programs to truly use the terms interchangeably.”

]]> By: Neal https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/tesol-tefl-tesl-whats-with-all-the-acronyms/#comment-116 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:09:44 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=227#comment-116 Is there any evidence to back this up? In my graduate ESL/EFL program I was taught that the only difference is the language being spoken outside the classroom. If that language isn’t English then it’s TEFL, and if it is English then it’s TESL. The idea that all TEFL students “will likely not use it on a day to day basis” is silly considering the instructor has no idea who will and will not be using English on a daily basis in the future. I teach TEFL at a university and we indeed teach English as if the students will be using it on a daily basis.

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