Relationship of Culture and Diversity in a global perspective

As an inner city school teacher, I have found that their are alot of labels for students who are from other countries and try to learn english.  Hopefully, this blog will be informative for figuring out what these acronyms mean.

EAL - English as an additional language.

EAP - English For Academic Purposes 

ELL - English language learner.  

ESL - English as a second language. English for use in an English-speaking region, by someone whose  

               first language is not English. 

ESOL - English for speakers of other languages.

ESP - English for specific purpose, or English for special purposes

It is important for future principals in inner city schools to know the meanings of these acronyms because the population of students who are not proficient in english is increasing.