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This section focuses on people of all ages from ethnic minorities for whom English may or may not be a first language. It also includes issues relating to Welsh, Gaelic, refugees and asylum seekers, multiculturalism, travellers, languages and ethnic minority achievement.
EAL - English as
an additional language. Provision for
children whose
first language is not English is generally referred
to as EAL.
EFL
- English as a foreign language.
EFL usually indicates the use of English in a non-English-speaking
region.
ESOL - English for speakers of other languages.
In the adult literacy sector, and within the Skills
for Life adult basic skills strategy, provision for
adults whose first language is not English, within an
English-speaking region, is referred to as ESOL. For
details of the adult ESOL curriculum, visit www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculum_esol/.
ESL - English as a second language.
TEFL - teaching English as a foreign language. |
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