Common Education Acronyms

GTM = Grammar Translation Method

BAE = Before Anyone Else
LAD = Language Acquisition Device
TPR = Total Physical Response
PPP = Presentation, Practice, Production
PDP = Pre, During, Post
PWP = Pre, While, Post
DM = Direct Method
ALM = Audio Lingual Method
CLL = Community Language Learning
NL = Natural Approach
L1 = First Language
L2 = Second Language
SW = Silent Way
SM = Stimulational Method
CLT = Communicative Language Learning
TBL = task based learning
AVM = Audio-Visual Method
ESP = English for Specific Purposes
EAP = English for Academic Purposes
EGP = English for General Purposes
ELT = English Language Teaching
ELL = English Language Learner
ESL = English as a Second Language
EFL = English as a Loreign Language
EIL = English as an International Language
TEFL = Teaching English as a Foreign Language
TESL = Teaching English as a Second Language
TESOL = Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
TTT = Test, Teach, Test
TL = Target Language
SLA = Second Language Acquisition
SCT = Social Cognitive Theory
SBA = Standard-Based Approach
CBA = Content-Based Approach
UG = Universal Grammar
SD = Standard English
ECRIF = Encounter, Clarify, Remember, Internalize, Fluency
5E's = Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate
ZPD = Zone of Proximal Development
CS = Conditioned Stimulus
US = Unconditioned Stimulus
CR = Conditioned Response
UR = Unconditioned Response
ICT = Information and Communication Techonology
MNE = Ministry of National Education
NCET = National Charter of Education and Training

CLT = Communicative Language Teaching

5C's = Communication, Culture, Connection, Comparison, Community
OHE = Observe, Hypothesize, Experiment

PPU = Present, Practice, Use

MKO = More Knowledgeable Other