TEFL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

TEFL is the teaching of English to people whose first language is not English, especially people from a country where English is not spoken. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'TEFL'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× TEFL (tefəl ) uncountablenounTEFListheteachingofEnglishtopeoplewhosefirstlanguageisnotEnglish,especiallypeoplefromacountrywhereEnglishisnotspoken.TEFLisanabbreviationfor'teachingEnglishasaforeignlanguage'. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'TEFL' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'auldlangsyne' HindiTranslationof'TEFL' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency TEFLinBritishEnglish (ˈtɛfəl ) nounacronymforTeaching(of)EnglishasaForeignLanguage CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency TEFLinAmericanEnglish teachingEnglishasaforeignlanguage Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordFrequency TEFLinAmericanEnglish abbreviation teachingEnglishasaforeignlanguageCompareEFL Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Trendsof TEFL Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Browsealphabetically TEFL teff tefillah tefillin TEFL Teflon teg Tegakwitha AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'T' Source DefinitionofTEFLfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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