Commonly-used Acronyms

5W’s

Who, What, Where, When and Why

B. A.

Bachelor of Arts

B. Ed.

Bachelor of Education

B. S.

Bachelor of Science

CLT

Communicative Language Teaching

EAP

English for Academic Purposes

ELL

English Language Learner

ELT

English Language Teaching (or sometimes Training)

EST

English for Science and Technology

FLT

Foreign Language Teaching

IQ

Intelligence Quotient

LL

Language Lab

MA

Master of Arts

OHP

Overhead Projector

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

STT

Student Talking Time

TTT

Teacher Talking Time

BE

Bilingual Education

CAE

Cambridge Advanced English

CALLA

Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach

CALP

Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

CBI

Content-Based Instruction

CEELT

Certificate in English for English Language Teachers

CELTA

Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults

CLL

Community Language Learning

CPE

Cambridge Proficiency Examination / Cambridge Proficiency in English

FCE

First Certificate in English

FEP

Fluent English Proficient (or Proficiency)

FES

Fluent English Speaker

GTM

Grammar Translation Method

IATEFL

International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

IEP

Intensive English Program

IPA

International Phonetic Alphabet (or Association)

KET

Key English Test

LCD

projector

LEP

Limited English Proficiency (or Proficient)

LES

Limited English Speaker

LGP

Language for General Purposes

LMS

Language Minority Student

LSP

Languages for Special Purposes

LWC

Language of Wide Communication

MLAT

the Modern Language Aptitude Test

NEP

Non English Proficient (or Proficiency)

PET

Preliminary English Test

TEP

Transitional English Proficiency

TL

Target Language

TOFL

Teaching of Foreign Language

TOSL

Teaching of Second Language

TPR

Total Physical Response

TSE

Test of Spoken English

TWE

Test of Written English

UCLES

University of Cambridge Local Education Syndicate

VESL

Vocational English as a Second Language