EAL
Noun
Meaning
Initialism of English as an additional language.
Coordinate terms: EFL, EIL, ELL, ESL, TEFL, TESL, TESOL
Abbreviation of East Asia Library or East Asian Library
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
English as an international language (EIL) is EAL with emphasis on learning different major dialect forms; in particular, it aims to equip students with the linguistic tools to communicate internationally.
Common Criteria lists seven levels, with EAL 1 being the most basic (and therefore cheapest to implement and evaluate) and EAL 7 being the most stringent (and most expensive).
English as a lingua franca in foreign language teaching seeAlso English as an additional language (EAL) is usually based on the standards of either American English or British English as well as incorporating foreign terms.
To speed up device or component validation against standards such as Common Criteria EAL.