A discussion group for people interested in applied linguistics. A discussion group for people interested in computer- assisted language learning. There are other newsgroups which discuss the English language. Some of these might be more appropriate to your topic of discussion. Teachers and tutors are also welcome.
Discussions often run to politics.
We try to avoid doing that on m.e.l.e. There are also long lists of things of this sort in the rec.puzzles archive. ESL is the popular shortcut term for English as a Second Language. It is normally used when referring to the teaching of English, in an English- speaking country, to people whose native language is one other than English. Some prefer this term to the traditional ESL and EFL, as it takes into consideration that some learners may already speak a second language, i.e., they may be working on their third, fourth or fifth language.