AAAL American Association for Applied Linguistics

　　ACET Association of Children's English Teachers

　　ACTFL American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ACTJ Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan

　　AET Assistant English Teacher

　　ALM Audio-lingual Method (depends on mimicry, memorization of set phrases and repetitive drills; vocabulary is learned in context and there is extensive of audio tapes and visual aids; evolved from the Direct Method)

　　ARELS Association of Recognised English Language Services

　　BAAL British Association for Applied Linguistics

　　BALT British Association for Language Teaching

　　BASELT British Association of State English Language Teaching

　　BC British Council

　　BULATS Business Language Testing Service (provided by Cambridge ESOL )

　　CALL Computer Assisted Language Learning

　　CEELT Cambridge Examination in English for Language Teachers

　　CELTA Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (was CTEFLA; )

　　CIEE Council on International Educational Exchange

　　CILTR Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research

　　CILTS Cambridge Integrated Language Teaching Schemes

　　CLT Communicative Language Teaching

　　COTE Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English

　　CPE Certificate of Proficiency in English

　　CUP Cambridge University Press

　　CWAJ College Women's Association of Japan

　　DBE Developmental Bilingual Education (similar to but more gradual than TBE, and continues development of the student's native language after English proficiency is achieved)

　　DELTA Diploma in English Language Teaching for Adults (was DTEFLA)

　　DM Direct Method (instruction in the target language, teaching everyday vocabulary, and with an inductive approach to grammar; the first of the “natural” methods)

　　DOS, DoS Director of Studies

　　DOTE Diploma for Overseas Teachers of English

　　EAL English as an Additional Language

　　EAP English for Academic Purposes

　　EAT European Association of Teachers

　　ECIS European Council of International Schools

　　EFL English as a Foreign Language (mostly UK)

　　ELD English Language Development

　　ELICOS English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students

　　ELT English Language Training or English Language Teaching

　　EPP English for Professional Purposes

　　ESID Every Situation Is Different (often used in the JET Program to describe the varying circumstances of its many participants)

　　ESL English as a Second Language (mostly US)

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