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1. tech? no! man, see... (technomancy@icosahedron.website)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 05:34:20 UTC tech? no! man, see...

   I love how in the US we call it ESL or "English as a Second Language" as if it never occurred to Americans that people could know more than two languages

   • deʃhipu (deshipu@mastodon.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 18:40:58 UTC deʃhipu

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     @technomancy beware of people speaking poor English, they probably know more languages than you do

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 18:42:45 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Ben Zanin
     • welcome, new invasion haters!
     • mhoye
     • Stewart C. Russell
     @scruss But it's not complicated. =)
     
     That page explains it perfectly in three bullet points!
     @gnomon @technomancy @mhoye @deejoe
   • Stewart C. Russell (scruss@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 18:42:51 UTC Stewart C. Russell

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     • Ben Zanin
     • welcome, new invasion haters!
     • mhoye

     @deejoe @gnomon @mhoye @technomancy It's complicated.

     TESOL = Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, the generic term that combines TESL and TEFL: http://tesol.wdw.utoronto.ca/tefl-tesl-and-tesol-whats-the-difference/

   • welcome, new invasion haters! (deejoe@mastodon.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 18:42:52 UTC welcome, new invasion haters!

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     • Ben Zanin
     • mhoye

     @gnomon @mhoye @technomancy

     I think I've started to see ESOL?

     like, English as Second or Other Language?

   • Ben Zanin (gnomon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 18:42:56 UTC Ben Zanin

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     • mhoye

     @mhoye @technomancy English as the Lowest Possible Denominator

   • mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 18:42:57 UTC mhoye

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     @technomancy English As A Language Of Last Resort doesn't have the same ring to it.