"=Proposal to merge with TESL=== 
 I propose merging the relatively short article on Teaching English as a Second Language with the more comprehensive (encyclopedic) EAL. They both contain similar lists of defintions, which run the risk of geting more out of sync and thus confusing.   

 There has been discussion about this article being named something other than EAL. Given that it appears to be only UK usage, that seems a good idea, although we'll then have to work out what to call it. Maybe ESOL would be best since it is used in all English-speaking nations, and then we explain the different usages. I'm very open to other, better ideas. I would like a title that doesn't include the word ""Teaching"" since it tends to restrict ideas about where learning can take place. 

 Furthermore, in practice, I think EAL is only used in the schools sector in Britain, and then to refer to ESL/ESOL type learning, rather than ESL/ESOL and EFL as the article states. 

 I definitely support the merger with the TESL article. I think a better name for this article might have prevented that one from being added in the first place. 

 Note also that the term ESOL is UK usage. I'm not aware of it being used in other countries where British /Commonwealth English is spoken. It also shouldn't be contrasted with American usage because that is exclusive. ESL is the term in Australia and Canada, both major centres, as well as the USA. (BTW, I'm an ESOL teacher in the UK.)   

 :Thanks for your comments, Gailtb.  You were the editor I most wanted to hear from, as you have been most involved in the current EAL article, as far as I can tell.  Somehow I had guessed that you were a UK ESOL teacher! 

 You are probably correct that the term EAL is confined to UK schools, because my substantial experience, not in UK schools, has not brougnt the term to my attention.  I would prefer ""English language teaching"".  Reasons: it is widely used, understandable to those outside the profession(s), and a good umbrella term. I accept, however, that it focuses on teaching, not learning.  I don't think that limits the ""where"", as you suggest.  

 ESOL is an inherently confusing term, in that it is specific in British English but the umbrella term in North American English, and as such I feel it is not suitable for this title.   

 Your reasons for the ELT title are good, but I think the problem with that title is that it would encompass English language for native speakers as taught in schools, which I think we would agree that we don't intend to include here.   

 :Is ELT really used, as an acronym or the phrrase in full, for teachiing native speakers in schools?  Perhaps naively, I had assumed that it was called ""English"".    

 The term English language is definitely used in England - for example it is possible to take an A Level in English Language (which differs from English Literature). I wasn't really saying that English language teaching is generally used to refer to that, but just that it reasonably could be, and would be ambiguous. On the other hand, I've just seen the Language education article which is about non-native languages, so perhaps English language teaching could be used here, with a disambiguation statement. I'd also like to keep the idea that the terms are used demographically, for example a school could say they have 5% EAL pupils, without stating whether any specific teaching is taking place for them!   

 Another possible title might be something like ESL/ESOL/EFL. Trying to be all-embracing and non-contentious!   

 :Thanks for your continuing thoughts.  I followed up your lead on the DELTA page and was surprised to learn that UCLES has re-named itself and that they are using ESOL to mean what I think of as EFL, namely the KET to Proficiency suite of exams and the bulk of the rest of their testing provision.  The acronyms have just become EVEN MORE confusing, and I consider myself an insider!  

 :So: what can we do to help the newcomer to the page or the profession?  I think your suggestion of ESL/ESOL/EFL (plus ELT) as a page title is probably the best way to go, with every relevant acronym and expression redirected to it, except for TEFL, because that page has developed in a different direction (note my additions to its first para, to try to clarify and redirect; comments welcome). 

 :Advantages: people who look up any one of the phrases or acronyms will be directed to this pag