• goat@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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    9 days ago

    What’s EAL stand for?

    It’s also something very interesting here in Australia, where Chinese students make up the majority of our overseas students. They get access to the rest of the world, and they also get confused.

    Unfortunately, they spend more time on their state-owned devices, so anything they search up to verify is washed in propaganda, and then they don’t question further.

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      9 days ago

      English as an Additional Language. It’s the new term to replace ESL, English as a Second Language, since it’s overwhelmingly common for non-english speakers picking up the language to already speak more than one language

      I was teaching university students from various parts of the world whose English skills weren’t strong enough for them to just be part of the regular student body.