glossary

Word
The word is love.

CDO
Chief Development Officer

CEO
Chief Executive Officer

CFO
Chief Financial Officer

COO
Chief Operations Officer

CRM
Customer relationship management

CTO
Chief Technical Officer

DNE

The do nothing earnings comparison

DoS
Director of Studies

E

English

EFL

English as a Foreign Language

ELL
English language learning. This covers learners, teachers, schools, curricula and all means to enable learning.

ELT
English language teaching

ESL

English as a Second Language

FT
Free trial

HO

Head Office

J

Japanese

JT

Japanese Teacher (of English)

L1
First or native language

MOOC
Massive Open Online Course

NT

Native (English) Teacher

NEST

Native English-Speaking Teacher

NNT

Non-Native (English-)Speaking Teacher

R
Receptionist

S
Student

T
Teacher

TA

Teaching Assistant

TL
Target language

TOO
Teacher-owner-operator

YL
Young learners