English as a foreign language

/ˈɪŋ·glɪʃ æz ə ˈfɔr·ən ˈlæŋ·gwɪdʒ/, /-lɪʃ/, /ˈfɑr-/ n [U] (abbreviation EFL)

Definition

› English as taught to people whose main language is not English and who live in a country where English is not the official or main language

(Definition of English as a foreign language n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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