ACRONYMS
A
AAACE Australian Association of Adult and Community Education
AATE Australian Association for the Teaching of English
ACAL Australian Council for Adult Literacy
ACFE Adult, Community and Further Education Board, Victoria
ACE Adult and Community Education
ACTA Australian Council of TESOL Associations
AEMP Advanced English for Migrants Program
ALA Adult Learning Australia
ALBE Adult Literacy and Basic Education
ALF Australian Literacy Federation
ALEA Australian Literacy Educators' Association
AMEP Adult Migrant English Program
AMES Adult Multicultural Education Services
ANHLC Association of Neighbourhood Houses and Learning Centres
AQF Australian Qualifications Framework
AQTF Australian Quality Training Framework
ANTA Australian National Training Authority
ARF Australian Recognition Framework (renamed the AQTF)
ARIS Adult Education Resource and Information Service
ASLPR Australian Second Language Proficiency Ratings
ATESOL (ACT) Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Australian Capital Territory)
C
CAE Centre for Adult Education
CAE (Cambridge) Certificate of Advanced English
CALL Computer Assisted Language Learning
CEAV Computer Education Association of Victoria
CELL Certificates in English Language Literacies
CELTA (Cambridge) Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults
CEOP Certificate II in English for Occupational Purposes
CEVEFS Certificate II in English for Vocational Education and Further Study
CGEA Certificates in General Education for Adults
CLT Communicative Language Teaching
CMA Council for Multicultural Australia
CPE (Cambridge) Certificate of Proficiency in English
CRT Casual Relief Teaching
CSF Victorian Curriculum and Standards Framework
CSWE Certificate in Spoken and Written English
D
DEET Victorian Department of Education, Employment and Training
DETYA Australian Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
DIMA Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
E
EAP English for Academic Purposes
EdNA Education Network Australia
EFL English as a Foreign Language
ELICOS English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students
ESL English as a Second Language
ELSE (SA) English as a Second Language Educators ( South Australia)
ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages
ESP English for Special Purposes
F
FaCS Australian Department of Family and Community Services
FCE ( Cambridge) First Certificate of English
G
GRE Graduate Record Exam
GST Goods and Services Tax
I
IELTS International English Language Testing Service
ISLPR International Second Language Proficiency Ratings
IT Information Technology
K
KLA Key Learning Areas
L
LOEB Languages Other than English Backgrounds
LOTE Languages Other Than English
M
MLTAV Modern Language Teachers’ Association of Victoria
N
NCELTR National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research
NESB Non-English Speaking Background
NLLIA National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia (Language Australia)
NRS National Reporting System
O
ODLAA Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia
OET Occupational English Test
OPETE Office of Post-compulsory Education and Employment
P
PD Professional Development
PETA Primary English Teaching Association
PPP Lesson format - Presentation, Practice, Production
Q
QATESOL Queensland Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
R
RIPVET Research Institute for Professional and Vocational Education & Training
RPL Recognized Prior Learning
RTO Registered Training Organisation
T
TAFE Technical and Further Education
TEFL Teaching English as a Foreign Language
TESL Teaching English as a Second Language
TESOL Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
TOEIC Test of English for International Communication
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language
TPR Total Physical Response
U
ULCA University Language Centres Australia
V
VALBEC Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council
VATE Victorian Assocation of Teachers of English
VATME Victorian Association of TESOL and Multicultural Education
VCE Victorian Certificate of Education
VET Vocational Education and Training
VMC Victorian Multicultural Commission
W
WELL Workplace English Language and Literacy Program
Y
YAMEC Young Adult Migrant Education Program
