TEFL

EnglishEdit

WOTD – 5 October 2021

EtymologyEdit

Initialism of t(eaching) (of) E(nglish) as a f(oreign) l(anguage).^[1]

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛfl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛf(ə)l/

NounEdit

TEFL (uncountable)

(education) Initialism of teaching (of) English as a foreign language
Coordinate terms: EAL, EFL, EIL, ELL, ESL, TESL, TESOL

Usage notesEdit

Not to be confused with TOEFL (acronym of Test of English as a Foreign Language).

Derived termsEdit

TEFLer

TranslationsEdit

initialism of teaching (of) English as a foreign language

Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: TEFL f, hînkirina inglîzî wek zimanekî biyanî f

ReferencesEdit

^ “TEFL, n.” under “T, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “TEFL, abbrev.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further readingEdit

teaching English as a second or foreign language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

AnagramsEdit

FELT, Felt, felt, flet, left

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