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English as a foreign language

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Greeting your limited English proficient students in their own language
Even a simple "Hello" or "How are you today?" can help to integrate a student into a new environment. This article offers strategies and tools for teachers wishing to learn a few words of a new language.
By Bobby Hobgood.
Why study a foreign language?
Foreign language study enhances academic skills, raises SAT scores, and prepares students for careers.
By Bernadette Morris.
Little and big houses
Using the book Little House on the Prairie and international keypals, students will learn about similarities and differences among children at different times and in different places.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies)
By Karen Ester.
Writing and English as a Second Language
Strategies for helping English Language Learners throughout the writing process.
By Frances Hoch.
What good is Beowulf?
High school students can follow the English language's evolution in Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales, and they can focus on words and their meaning as they compare translations.
By Jo Barbara Taylor.

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The study of English by non-native speakers or the teaching of English to such learners.

See also English as a second language, English language development.

Additional information

EFL is the term typically used at the college or university level or when English is taught in a non-English-speaking country. It is preferred by some over “English as a second language” because it does not assume that the learner speaks only one language.