~ is the teaching of English to people who live in an English-speaking country, but whose first language is not English. ~ is an abbreviation for ‘teaching English as a second language’.
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~ is the teaching of English to people who live in an English-speaking country, but whose first language is not English. ~ is an abbreviation for ‘teaching English as a second language’.
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Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012