{"id":11,"date":"2014-01-26T16:04:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T16:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-05-02T10:17:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:17:52","slug":"compare-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"Compare Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The simple answer is that they are essentially the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/logo_large.jpg\" alt=\"logo_large\" width=\"130\" height=\"85\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">TESL: Teaching English as a Second Language. This term refers to teaching English in countries such as Canada, the US, Australia, etc., where English is the common everyday language in the community.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1401 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tesol_horz_notag_rgb-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"34\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tesol_horz_notag_rgb-3.png 836w, https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tesol_horz_notag_rgb-3-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tesol_horz_notag_rgb-3-768x198.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">TESOL: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. This is a newer, umbrella term that encompasses both English and non-English speaking countries.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>TEFL: Teaching English as a Foreign Language<\/strong>. This term to teaching English in countries such as Korea, Spain,<br \/>\nBrazil, etc., where English is not the common everyday language in the community.<\/p>\n<p>There are many other acronyms used for teaching English. For example:<br \/>\n<strong>ELT<\/strong> = English Language Teaching<br \/>\n<strong>TEAL<\/strong> = Teaching English an Additional Language.<br \/>\n<strong>EAP<\/strong> = English for Academic Purposes<br \/>\n<strong>ESP<\/strong> = English for Specific Purpose<\/p>\n<p>Other non-English Teaching acronyms:<br \/>\n<strong>TOEFL<\/strong> = Test of English as a Foreign language (mostly used for University entrance)<br \/>\n<strong>TOEIC<\/strong> = Test of English for International Communication (Mostly used for employment purposes)<br \/>\n<strong>IELTS<\/strong> = International English Language Testing System (For university, immigration and other purposes)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihvancouver.com\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The simple answer is that they are essentially the same. TESL: Teaching English as a Second Language. This term refers to teaching English in countries such as Canada, the US, Australia, etc., where English&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}