Professional Associations and Unions
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL Inc.) is a professional organization based in the United States. In addition, there are many large state-wide and regional affiliates, see below.
- The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) is a professional organization based in the United Kingdom.
- Professional organisations for teachers of English exist at national levels. Many contain phrases in their title such as the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), TESOL Greece in Greece, or the Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT). Some of these organisations may be bigger in structure (supra-national, such as TESOL Arabia in the Gulf states), or smaller (limited to one city, state, or province, such as CATESOL in California). Some are affiliated to TESOL or IATEFL.
- The National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults (NATECLA) which focuses on teaching ESOL in the United Kingdom.
- National Union of General Workers is a Japanese union which includes English teachers.
- University and College Union is a British trade union which includes lecturers of ELT.
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