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ESL?

• BrawnyBadger53 9mo ago
  English second language
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• andruby 9mo ago
  "English as a Second Language" would be my guess, but I've never seen that used as an abbreviation
  • the__alchemist 9mo ago
    It's what they call (called?) the school programs in USA.
    • squigz 9mo ago
      We have that in Canada too
  • detaro 9mo ago
    It's a very common abbreviation for that
• c-linkage 9mo ago
  English for Speakers of other Languages
  • gilrain 9mo ago
    You’re likely thinking of TESOL, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. ESL is English as a Second Language.
• yomismoaqui 9mo ago
  Sorry, edited for clarity. PS: I learned that acronym less than a year ago, so maybe it is not as used as I thought.
  • sodapopcan 9mo ago
    It's pretty common, but I guess just for English people (or maybe just in Canada as hinted in another post?)? Either way I'm all for eliminating acronyms in public posts!
    • koakuma-chan 9mo ago
      It's common and wrong. I had to do "ESL" courses at a Canadian secondary school, even though English is my third language, not second.
      • neutronicus 9mo ago
        "Subsequent Language"? "Successor Language"? "Secondary Language"? Feel like there is an "S" word that works
      • sodapopcan 9mo ago
        Ha, technically correct but also a little nitty. "First" and "second" are colloquial used here as "main" and "other." But again, you're not wrong.
        • koakuma-chan 9mo ago
          Even if we were to admit that "first" meant "main" and "second" meant "other," it would still be wrong, because it is possible for your first language to no longer be your main language, which is the case for me.
          • sodapopcan 9mo ago
            Right. Again, it's colloquial. These things happen in languages.