ESL

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ESL /ˌiː es ˈel/ noun [uncountable]  SE (English as a Second Language) the teaching of English to people who are living in an English-speaking country but whose first language is not English 作为第二语言的英语教学

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ESL• Where possible a subject specialist who has worked with an ESL tutor or team is also involved.• In 1991 the average ESL student who passed the exam at all-many did not-required two and a half tries.• Unlike the better ESL students, Sabour needed not only a new means to express himself but something more to express.• Many LEAs provided courses in ESL for adult immigrants.

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ESL
ESL /ˌiː es ˈel/ noun [uncountable]
(English as a Second Language) the teaching of English to people who are living in an English-speaking country but whose first language is not English

ESLBrE /ˌiː es ˈel/ 🔊NAmE /ˌiː es ˈel/ 🔊 abbreviation(in the US and Canada) English as a second language (refers to the teaching of English as a foreign language to people who are living in a country in which English is either the first or second language) （美国和加拿大）作为第二语言的英语（指对生活在英语为第一或第二语言的国家的人的英语教学）  ➡  compare EAL, EFL, ESOL