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 h1L0RnP10387; Thu, 20 Feb 2003 19:27:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 19:27:49 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20030220162345.009e8af0@mail.aracnet.com> 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: Sylvan Rainwater <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8548] Re: ESL and ESOL Conventions X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Status: O Content-Length: 940 Lines: 18 At 11:17 AM 02/19/2003 -0500, WMFisher40@aol.com wrote: > Can anyone help me to understand the conventional applications of ESL >(English as a Second Language) and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other >Languages)? In my locality, I think ESL often refers to college programs and >ESOL often is used for elementary and high school programs. I have seen >Adult Education English programs referred to as both ESOL and ESL. I've also seen EAL (English as an Additional Language). As others have pointed out, ESOL is more accurate, but ESL is more recognizable, so that's what we use. Incidentally, my certificate (with a Bachelors degree) is TESL -- Teaching ESL, but the masters program is MA-TESOL. Go figure. -------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvan Rainwater . Family Literacy Coordinator Clackamas County Children's Commission / Head Start Oregon City, OR USA . mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org
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