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+---
+title: English as Second Language (ESL)
+slug: english-as-second-language
+flag:
+  level: avoid
+defined: true
+speech: noun
+alt_words:
+  - English as learning-language (ELL)
+  - or non-native
+  - or omit (because do you really know, for sure?)
+reading:
+  - href: https://benchmarkeducation.com/best-practices-library/supporting-english-language-learners-in-reading-writing.html#section_2
+    text: ELL Glossary by Benchmark Education
+---
+
+the teaching of English to people who speak a different language and who live in a country where English is the main language spoken
+
+#### Issues
+
+Monolinguist, English-only speakers often refer to people who don't speak English natively as "ESL" or say they are learning a "second language". More often than not, this is not true, as many people are multi-lingual with 3 or more languages
+
+#### Impact
+
+It makes false assumptions about English learners, centres English as the "default" or "expected" first language, ignoring that many people learn multiple (>3), non-English languages first.