ELT is an acronym‏‎ standing for English Language Teaching, something of a catch-all term to describe teaching English to people who do not speak it as a native language.

Of course there is not one “English Language” to be taught. What you teach will depend very much on the make-up of your students, for example what their level is and the reason they are studying English.

The following classes are going to learn very different kinds of English:

• students heading off to the USA‏‎ to study law at university there
• a French business delegation wanting to deal with Chinese factory owners
• a Spanish footballer going to play for a club in the UK‏‎
• toddlers at nursery school
• Afghani immigrants just arrived in Australia
• a class of teenagers taking English at school for an exam

Within ELT there is also the variety of English‏‎ to be considered.

• American English‏‎
• British English
• Australian English‏‎

and so on. In fact, there is never a single ‘English’ to be taught but just a subset of the language.

See also

The Sopranos comes to ELT