Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA27817; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 20:05:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 20:05:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <33D3F993.23A615A2@ix.netcom.com> Errors-To: lmann@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: Thomas Nixon <tcnixon@ix.netcom.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: Re: ESL or ESOL? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; U) Status: RO Content-Length: 1066 Lines: 32 Fran Keenan wrote: > George Demetrion of Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) called the > other day because LVA is undertaking a major revision of their I > Speak English text and he wondered about whether to use ESOL instead > of ESL in the revised text. ESOL stands for English to Speakers of > Other Languages and ESL stands for English as a Second Language. The > one syllable, one letter longer acronym acknowledges that learners > may already have have more than one language in their repertoire. > However, ESL is pretty ingrained in usage for many of us. What do you > think? Does it matter? > > P.S. I checked the archives. A short discussion on this topic did > occur on this list in March of 1996. > > Fran Keenan > NIFL-ESL moderator > > It's hard to My sense is to use ESL. I have yet to meet that fictional student that actually cares one way or the other about this issue. Since it is ingrained in so many of us, it seems easier to to continue to do so. Tom Nixon -- Visalia Adult School tcnixon@ix.netcom.com Visalia, CA, USA
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