It's pretty common, but I guess just for English people (or maybe just in Canada as hinted in another post?)? Either way I'm all for eliminating acronyms in public posts!
It's very common the US as well, but primarily in education circles. I honestly have no idea what percent of the general public would recognize it immediately (hard to know for anything, really).
"English as a Second Language" would be my guess, but I've never seen that used as an abbreviation
It's a very common abbreviation for that
It's what they call (called?) the school programs in USA.
We have that in Canada too
Sorry, edited for clarity.
PS: I learned that acronym less than a year ago, so maybe it is not as used as I thought.
It's pretty common, but I guess just for English people (or maybe just in Canada as hinted in another post?)? Either way I'm all for eliminating acronyms in public posts!
It's very common the US as well, but primarily in education circles. I honestly have no idea what percent of the general public would recognize it immediately (hard to know for anything, really).
It's common and wrong. I had to do "ESL" courses at a Canadian secondary school, even though English is my third language, not second.
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English second language
English for Speakers of other Languages
You’re likely thinking of TESOL, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. ESL is English as a Second Language.