The world of teaching English can feel a bit like alphabet soup at times. What is TEFL? What is TESOL? What’s ELT or even ELF? We’re here to help you through this maze of abbreviations and acronyms.

TEFL
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
TESL
Teaching English as a Second Language
TESOL
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
EFL
English as a Foreign Language
ELT
English Language Teaching
ELF
English as a Lingua Franca
ESL
English as a Second Language
ESOL
English for Speakers of Other Languages