Following are the abbreviations in relation to teaching English Certification Courses and Exams.
AAAL- American Association for Applied Linguistics
ACTFL – American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
AE – American English
ARELS – Association of Recognised English Language Services
BAAL – British Association of Applied Linguistics
BASELT – British Association of State English Language Teaching
BC-British CouncilBEC – Business English Certificate. The Cambridge Business English Exam certificate
BrE- British English
BVT – Bilingual Vocational Training
CAE – Certificate in Advanced English
CALI – Computer–Assisted Language Instruction
CALL – Computer Assisted Language Learning
CanE – Canadian English
CAT – Computer Adaptive Testing
CBT – Computer Based Teaching
CEELT – Cambridge Examination In English for Language Teachers
CEIBT – Certificate in English for International Business and Trade for advanced levels
CPE – Certificate of Proficiency in English
CELTA – Certificate in English Language Teaching to adults, the Cambridge/RSA Teaching Certificate. Its also known as CTEFLA
CILT – Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research
DELTA – Diplomo in English Language Teaching in the Cambridge/RSA Language Teaching Scheme
DOS – Director of Studies
DTEFLA – Certificate in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language to Adults (replaced by DELTA)
EAP – English for Academic Purposes
ECCE – Exam for the Certificate of Competency in English at low levels at Michigan University
ECPE – Exam for the Certificate of Proficiency in English at the higher level at Michigan University
ECIS – European Council of International Schools
EGP-English for General Purposes
EIP- English as an International Language
ELICOS – English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students, Australian Government
ESL – English as a Second Language
ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages
ESP – English for Specific Purposes (business, tourism, etc)
ETS – Educational Testing Service
FCE – First Certificate in English
GMAT – Graduate Management Admission Test, which measures general verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing skills
GPA – Grade Point Average
GRE – Graduate Record Examination, an evaluation test for graduate examination to colleges and universities in the US
IATEFL – International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
IELTS – International English Language Testing Systems
IPA – International Phonetic Association
JALT – Japan Association for Language Teaching
K12 – Kindergarten through 12th grade
KET – Key English Test, the most elementary of Cambridge’s series of exams
L1- Language 1 or native language
L2 – Language 2 or the language one in learning
LEP – Limited English ProficientLL – Language Learning
MT – Mother Tongue
MTELP – Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency
NATECLA – National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults(UK)
NATESOL – National Association of Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages
NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English
NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming
NNEST – Non-Native English Speaking Teacher
NNL- Non-Native LanguageOE – Old English
OED – Oxford English Dictionary
PET – Preliminary English Test, the second of Cambridge’s series of exams
RP – Received Pronunciation, the “standard “ British pronounciation RSA/Cambridge
D – TEFLA- Diploma of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, the advanced qualification for EFL teachers who have already completed the C- TEFLA
SAE – Standard American English
SAT – Scholastic Assessment (Aptitude) Test, a pre-university entrance exam in the USA
TEFL – Teaching English as Foreign LanguageTEFLA – Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults
TEIL – Teaching English as a Second Language
TESOL – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
TOEFL – Test of English as a Foreign Language, the most common English Proficiency exam for North American Universities and Colleges
TOEIC – Test of English for International Communication
VE – Vocational English
VESL – Vocational English as a Second Language
YLE – Young Learners English Tests, the Cambridge Examinations for young learners