Modern Foreign Languages - Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronyms and Abbreviations

See also: English language learning and teaching for information on language teaching acronyms and abbreviations which are specific to English.

  • ALL: Apprenticeship Language Learning
  • CALL: computer-assisted language learning
  • CLIL: content and language integrated learning
  • CELI: Certificato di Conoscenza della Lingua Italiana
  • CLL: community language learning
  • DELE: Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera
  • DELF: diplôme d'études en langue française
  • EFL: English as a foreign language
  • ELL: English language learning
  • ELT: English language teaching
  • FLL: foreign language learning
  • FLT: foreign language teaching
  • HLL: heritage language learning
  • L1: first language, native language, mother tongue
  • L2: second language (or any additional language)
  • LDL: Lernen durch Lehren (German for learning by teaching)
  • LOTE: Languages Other Than English
  • SLA: second language acquisition
  • TELL: technology-enhanced language learning
  • TEFL: teaching English as a foreign language N.B. This article is about travel-teaching.
  • TEFLA: teaching English as a foreign language to adults
  • TESOL: teaching English to speakers of other languages
  • TPR: Total Physical Response
  • TPRS: Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling
  • UNIcert is a European language education system of many universities based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

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