- English for speakers of other languages(used especially in the UK and Ireland to refer to the teaching of English as a foreign language to people who are living in a country in which English is either the first or second language) The term ESOL may be preferred to ESL (English as a second language) because many people learn English as a third or even fourth language. compare EAL, EFL, ESLTopics Educationc2
（英国和爱尔兰）操其他语言者的英语（指对生活在英语为第一或第二语言的国家的人的英语教学）