What is the difference between TEFL, TESL & TESOL?
There is really very little or no difference between TEFL, TESL and TESOL. • TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language • TESL stands for Teaching English as a Second Language • TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages TEFL is best known in the UK while TESL and TESOL are more common in the US, Canada and Australasia. TEFL is traditionally associated with teaching students within their own country where English is not the first language. TESOL is more commonly associated with teaching students who have migrated to an English speaking country. Training is essentially the same. The important fact here is that overseas jobs will happily accept a TEFL, TESL or TESOL qualification.
