EFL与ESL的区别
EFL与ESL的最主要区别是在教授英语时,非英语母语的学生及教授的地点的区别。
从本义上讲,EFL是English as a Foreign Language(作为外国语的英语)的缩写,而ESL是English as a Sencond Languager(非母语英语)的缩写。更多关于ESL的缩写词有ESOL,TESOL。ESOL是English for Speakers of Other Languages(说其他语种者的英语)的英语,TESOL是Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages(向说其他语言的人讲授英语)的缩写。
TEFL是Teaching English as a Foreign Language(向英语作为外国语的人讲授英语)的缩写,TESL是Teaching English as a Second Language(向非母语英语的人讲授英语)的缩写。在非英语母语国家讲授说其他语种可以称作讲授EFL。例如,一个在西班牙居住的英语老师可以称作EFL教师。他的学生大部分是法国人,并且法语是他们的母语。可以说,这些学生在学习EFL。
同样的,一个在美国或澳大利亚居住的英语教师可以称作ESL教师。这些教师的学生们很可能来自非英语国家,但是他们现在住在一个说英语的国家学习英语。这些英语学习者(ELL)可能将永远定居在这个国家,也有可能在这个国家暂住一段时间。
对英语教师来说,根据EFL与ESL的不同需要不同课程计划,方法和题目。学习ESL课程的学生更注重即时的英语需要。这些学生可能不需要马上关心语法,而是尽快的掌握基本的生存技能。学习EFL课程的学生可能不是很关心是否尽快的学会英语,因为他很可能生活在会说本土语言的国家,并能应付日常生活的需要。
当然会有各种各样的原因决定是学习者是学习EFL还是学习ESL,但英语教师在为学生备课的时候就需要考虑到各种情况。
Most Common Acronyms
EFL | English as a Foreign Language | This is used when a non-native English speaker is studying English in a non-English speaking country. |
ESL | English as a Second Language | Used when a non-native-English speaker is studying English in an English-speaking country. |
ESOL | English for Speakers of Other Languages | This term is more recent and is intended to be a more inclusive term (includes ESL and EFL). |
TEFL | Teaching English as a Foreign Language | A TEFL teacher will be one who teaches English to speakers of other languages in non-native-English-speaking countries. |
TESL | Teaching English as a Second Language | A TESL teacher teaches English to speakers of other languages in an English-speaking country. |
TESOL | Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages; Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. | A more inclusive term for teaching EFL and ESL. The second definition is the name of a teachers’ association. |
TOEFL | Test of English as a Foreign Language | – |
TOEIC | Test of English for International Communication | – |
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