FCE - First Certificate in English. GMAT - Graduate Management Admission Test. GPA - Grade Point Average. GRE - Graduate Record Examination. IATEFL - International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language. IPA - International Phonetic Association. K12 - Kindergarten - 12th grade. KET - Key English Test - The most elementary of Cambridge's series of exams. L1 - Language 1 - native language. L2 - Language 2 - the language you are learning. LEP - Limited English Proficien. LL - Language Learning. MT - Mother Tongue. 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 - Neurolinguistic Programming. NNEST - Non-Native English Speaking Teacher. NNL - Non-Native Language. MTELP - Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency. OE - Old English. OED - Oxford English Dictionary. PET - Preliminary English Test - The second of Cambridge's series of exams. RP - Received Pronunciation - 'standard' British pronunciation. RSA/Cambridge C-TEFLA - Certificate of Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults. A professional qualification for prospective EFL teachers. RSA/Cambridge D-TEFLA - Diploma of Teaching English as a Foreign Language. SAE - Standard American English. SAT - Scholastic Assessment (Aptitude) Test - pre-university entrance exam in the USA. TEFL - Teaching English as a Foreign Language. TEFLA - Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults. TEIL - Teaching English as an International Language. TESL - Teaching English as a Second Language. TESOL - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Langauges. TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language - the most common English language exam for North American universities and colleges, also accepted by some British universities and employers as proof of English proficiency. TOEIC - The TOEIC (pronounced "toe-ick") is a Test of English for International Communication. VE - Vocational English. VESL - Vocational English as a Second Language. YLE - Young Learners English Tests - Cambridge Examinations for young learners.
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