What is EFL

The acronym “English as a Foreign Language” is conventionally applied in Spain to any teaching-learning situation in which the main content is English, considered as a language not (well) known by the participants. Modern research makes a distinction between EFL and ESL (English as a Second Language) to underline the important role of the context in which the language is learned, which could affect the didactic orientation of the course. In this document, the acronym EFL is used under consideration of this distinction, so that the activities referred to are always implemented outside of any natural English-speaking context unless they are defined as ESL activities.

English as a foreign language, referring to the teaching of English in a country or region in which English is not generally spoken.

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) is the study and practise of English as a second language in a country that does not speak English.

English as a foreign language.

English as a foreign language is taught and learnt in a non-English-speaking country.

English as a Foreign Language.

It stands for “English as a Foreign Language” which refers to the study or learning of English by speakers with different native languages.

English as a Foreign Language.

English as a Foreign Language (to be distinguished from the learners whose English is used as the purpose of a second language).

English as a Foreign Language: the teaching of English to students whose first language is not English.

English as a foreign language refers to a setting where English is not the official language of the country nor is it used as the medium of instruction.

This term refers to the contexts where English is learned as a foreign language.

English as a foreign language.

English as a foreign language.

A setting in which English is neither widely used for communication among the nation, nor is it used as the medium of instruction.

Acronym for English as foreign language, which is used to refer to the teaching and learning of English in non-native contexts.

Teaching and learning of English in a country in which English is not either the language of the community nor the medium of instruction or the language of administrations and bureaus.

English as a Foreign Language.

English as a foreign language: the study of English by nonnative speakers living in a non-English-speaking environment.

English as a Foreign Language.

Refers to the use of English as a foreign language in countries like Turkey.

English as a Foreign Language.

English as a Foreign Language.

Stands for English as a Foreign Language and refers to the language and the context where English is learned as a foreign language; i.e. the language is explicitly learned in class and there is limited exposure to the language outside school, because it is not the language of communication in that country or area.

(English as a Foreign Language): English taught as a foreign language in countries where English is not spoken or used outside the classroom.

English as a Foreign Language.

English as a Foreign Language. This term is used to the study and use of English in countries where English is not the official or mother language and mainly taught and learned in classroom settings.

A setting in which English is neither widely used for communication among the nation, nor is it used as the medium of instruction.

English as a foreign language.

English as a foreign language.

English as a Foreign Language.

An abbreviation of English as a second language, which refers to the teaching of English to people who speak a different first language and who live in a non-English-speaking country.