People who are thinking about becoming an ESL teacher should read this. - - Donna Poisl
NY English as a Second Language Examiner -- by Christopher Denzer
Before you start your foray into the exciting world of ESL/EFL instruction, let's get a couple of terms straight. First of all, the whole EFL/ESL itself.
ESL, or English as a Second Language, is primarily the discipline of teaching English to speakers of another language who have emigrated and now live in a country that has English as its primary language. This population may be resident aliens, illegal immigrants or citizens who either recently moved to the country (often children or adolescents) or have lived there for an extended period of time but who, because of cultural insularity, have not mastered English.
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