Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h1K2h2P09769; Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:43:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:43:02 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <002701c2d88a$8bbcfc20$b249dc42@f0e9v3> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Ken and Lisa Taber" <kentaber@inetgenesis.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8537] Re: Esl/Esol X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1485 Lines: 31 What teachers call themselves requires a second language of acronyms. There is no one correct way but I would agree that the term ESOL is becoming the most common and LEP is the most common name to refer to the students we teach. But whether you call yourself an ELL, or ESL, or ESOL teacher -the most important thing is that you call yourself a teacher. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Fahey" <ffahey@adelphia.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 4:59 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8536] Esl/Esol > Dear Esl/Esol/Ell Educators, > I teach Esol K-12 and have been doing so since 1988. Our dept.of > education office was always Esl office-now is Esol office,English to > Sspeakers of Other Languages. Esl is the more commonly referred to > term,and probably the most recognizable. The Esol term acknowledges the > fact that our English language learners(yes,our Ells) might be learning > English as a 3rd or 4th language. The two are interchangeable, but Esol > is becoming more common(although Tesol has always been Tesol, not Tesl). > Both refer to programs of study, the subject being taught. Ells refer to > the learners, as does Lep,limited English proficient. I prefer the term > -Ells, because it stresses the positive, rather than their "limited" > proficiency. Again, both are used interchangeably. > Hope I didn't add more confusion- > Jean Fahey, Esl/Esol teacher of Ells,Leps in New Hampshire > > >
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