TEFL
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Initialism of t(eaching) (of) E(nglish) as a f(oreign) l(anguage).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛfl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛf(ə)l/
Noun[edit]
TEFL (uncountable)
Usage notes[edit]
Not to be confused with TOEFL (acronym of Test of English as a Foreign Language).
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
initialism of teaching (of) English as a foreign language
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References[edit]
- ^ “TEFL, n.” under “T, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “TEFL, abbrev.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.