English Language Teaching and Learning

Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) refers to teaching English to students whose first language is not English and is taught in a region where English is not the dominant language, and natural English language immersion situations are apt to be few. TEFL usually occurs in the students own country, either within the state school system, or in private schools, either in an after-hours language school or with a one-on-one tutor. TEFL teachers may be native or non-native speakers of English. Let us concentrate on the teaching of English by native Anglophones working outside their own country, a small subset of all the English that is taught worldwide. To view English-teaching on a wider scale. There, it explains the distinctions between the different types/methods of teaching English to non-native speakers, providing a full explanation of abbreviations (e.g. the difference between ESL and EFL, or TESOL as a subject and an organisation). For information about foreign language teaching in general. The technique of using literature aimed at children and teenagers for TEFL is rising in popularity. Both of these types of literature offer simpler material (simplified readers are produced by all the major publishers)