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English as a second language (ESL), English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) all refer to the use or study of English by speakers with different native languages. The precise usage, including the different use of the terms ESL and ESOL in different countries, is described below. These terms are most commonly used in relation to teaching and learning English, but they may also be used in relation to demographic information.
English language teaching (ELT) is a widely used teacher-centred term, as in the English language teaching divisions of large publishing houses, ELT training, etc. Teaching English as a second language (TESL), teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) and teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) are also used.
Other terms used in this field include English as an additional language (EAL), English as an international language (EIL), English as a lingua franca (ELF), English for special purposes, or English for specific purposes (ESP), English for academic purposes (EAP). Some terms that refer to those who are learning English are English language learner (ELL), limited English proficiency (LEP) and culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD).
Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. She has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was for a time the world's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.
Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, claiming to be raped at age nine and becoming pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy. Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19. Her emotional ad-lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime-talk-show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company and became internationally syndicated.
Actors: Kristy Yang (actress), Georg Anton (actor), Di Yao (actress), Cun Xue (actor), Li Zhang (actress), Micheal Tong (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Samuel Dore (director), Samuel Dore (writer), Maverick Litchfield-Kelly (producer), James Tracy (producer), Glen Laker (writer), Posy Brinkley (miscellaneous crew), Hazel Baillie (editor), Natasha Luchmun (producer), Tom Linden (composer), Margherita Manizza (miscellaneous crew), Chris Villota (miscellaneous crew), Hal Draper (actor), Rhiann Connor (actor), Charlotte Arrowsmith (actress), Karen Houlihan (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Michael Licisyn (actor), Brian Heffron (actor), Michael Licisyn (producer), Warren Croyle (producer), Scott Schwartz (actor), Michael Bower (producer), Michael Bower (actor), Tommy Avallone (editor), Tommy Avallone (director), Tommy Avallone (writer), Tommy Avallone (producer), Tommy Avallone (actor), Matt Kawczynski (actor), Lindsey Kruichak (miscellaneous crew), Lindsey Kruichak (actress),
Plot: Community College is a love story between four dudes and their ability to get free drinks. However, that privilege is threatened when their favorite bar is on the verge of closing for good! After striking a deal with the owner the guys decide they must finish college and collect enough graduation money in order to pay off the owner's debt. Chino, Rod, Herby, and Jonny300 embark on an educational journey of a lifetime and it's going to take more than a better than average bowling score to get them out of this jam.
Keywords: 40-oz, bar, bowling, college, debt, donkey-lips, free-beer, graduation, howard-stern, salute-your-shortsActors: Jesse McCartney (actor), Ethan Phillips (actor), Michael O'Keefe (actor), Rance Howard (actor), Maxine Brooks (miscellaneous crew), Walter Josten (producer), Travis Quentin Young (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Geoffray (producer), Sharon L. Craig (miscellaneous crew), Tree Adams (composer), Jennifer Grey (actress), Lee David Lee (miscellaneous crew), Michael McGrady (actor), Jesse Heiman (actor), Jesse Heiman (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Natalie has it all: yearbook editor, scholarship to college, star athlete, reigning social queen. Then Keith enters her life. Secretive and enigmatic, he slowly lures her from her comfort zone. The more Keith holds back, the more Natalie becomes intrigued with figuring him out. In her head, she's determined to keep him at arm's length, but in her heart she can't resist him. As Natalie's world slowly unravels, both their lives are changed forever in this powerful love story.
Keywords: acting-out, based-on-short-story, bowling-ball, character-name-in-title, chemistry-laboratory, conformity, crane-shot, dead-mother, death, depressionActors: Chris Mulkey (actor), Michael Gleissner (producer), Michael Gleissner (actor), David Roberson (miscellaneous crew), J.P. Pettinato (miscellaneous crew), Wim Goossens (miscellaneous crew), Loret Meus (costume designer), Lisa Schahet (producer), Lisa Schahet (actress), Kacy Andrews (actress), Matthew Lubetich (miscellaneous crew), Kacy Andrews (producer), Mark Jacyszyn (actor), Cela Yildiz (actor), Tad Hilgenbrink (actor),
Plot: Chance Marquis, a confident, self-assured, quick-witted, perceptive, outspoken and clear-headed gay teenager, reflects back on his first year at an international high school. While meeting and making friends with an assortment of types, he also has the targeted attentions of a mirthless vice principal and a bullying, homophobic soccer jock out to make his life miserable. At home, Chance's perceptive little sister openly shares all his confidential secrets with their widowed career-army father seeking common ground with his atypical children. Introduced to a drag club, Chance finds fun and success in a cross-dressing contest, but a photo of his participation makes life at a school a living hell. Time to find out the depths of your friendships.
Keywords: 1980s, anabolic-steroid, antwerp-belgium, article, aspiring-musician, attic, band, battle-of-the-bands, bedroom, boy-wearing-lipstickActors: Ed Baran (miscellaneous crew), Jason Taylor (miscellaneous crew), Scott Bosch (actor), Michael Aharon (composer), Michael Sammaciccia (editor), Michael Sammaciccia (director), Michael Sammaciccia (producer), Michael Sammaciccia (writer), Brian Konowal (actor), Brian Burkin (miscellaneous crew), Mark Schroeder (actor), Ron Beck (actor), Kevin Kelly (actor), Chip Schofield (producer), Jody Seymour (actress),
Plot: After uncovering an old relic from his elementary school, Will, a high school senior, discovers he can change his past mistakes. An architect of his life, Will creates the kind of popularity every teenager yearns for. But when his unhappy mom shares regrets of her own, Will is faced with his toughest decision yet.
Genres: Family,Actors: Pamela B. Green (miscellaneous crew), Sara Holmes (miscellaneous crew), Caroline Rhea (actress), Heather Locklear (actress), Christophe Beck (composer), Al Cerullo (miscellaneous crew), Chris Noth (actor), Hilary Duff (actress), Philip Akin (actor), Rick Cordeiro (actor), Kym Whitley (actress), Gerry Mendicino (actor), Mike O'Malley (actor), Jarik Van Sluijs (miscellaneous crew), Peter Pamela Rose (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Teenager Holly Hamilton is tired of moving every time her single mom Jean has another personal meltdown involving yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man.. an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her shaky self-esteem. When the virtual relationship takes off, Holly finds herself having to produce the suitor, borrowing her friend's charming and handsome Uncle Ben as the face behind the e-mails, notes and gifts. Holly must resort to increasingly desperate measures to keep the ruse alive and protect her mom's newfound happiness, almost missing the real perfect man when he does come along.
Keywords: arizona, bad-date, bakery, blog, brooklyn-accent, cake, chick-flick, comic-book, confession, courtshipActors: Richard Marvin (composer), Peter Werner (producer), Ted Babcock (producer), Frank von Zerneck (producer), Gerry Quigley (actor), Robert M. Sertner (producer), Anne Heche (actress), Andrew Airlie (actor), Randy Sutter (producer), Diane Ladd (actress), Roger Dunn (actor), Jeremy Akerman (actor), Kristen Bell (actress), William Flower (miscellaneous crew), Peter Werner (director),
Plot: Anne Heche plays an abusive mother to Gracie, played by Kristen Bell. Gracie has always taken care of her three younger brothers and one sister. When her mother's drug and alcohol use goes too far, Gracie decides to take on the official role of mother to her brothers.
Keywords: adoption, bad-mother, based-on-true-story, character-name-in-title, coming-of-age, custody-battle, devotion, drive-by-shooting, drugs, family-abandonmentActors: P.J. Haines (miscellaneous crew), Jessica Lichtner (miscellaneous crew), Peter Farrelly (writer), Bob Weinstein (producer), Peter Farrelly (writer), P.J. Haines (miscellaneous crew), Peter Farrelly (producer), Richard Jenkins (actor), Amy Smart (actress), Gabriel Mann (actor), Alec Baldwin (actor), Harvey Weinstein (producer), George Wendt (actor), Raigen Thornton (miscellaneous crew), Peter Pamela Rose (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A boy from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, caught up in the drug scene of the mid-70s, gets in trouble one too many times with the law. To stave off a jail term, his father arranges for him to be placed into a prep school in Cornwall, Connecticut. The terms: Graduate, or else.
Keywords: 1970s, abandoned-house, american-football, arizona, bar, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, baton-twirler, bb-gun, beachActors: Christopher L. Stone (composer), Yehuda Efroni (actor), Mosko Alkalai (actor), Meir Suissa (actor), Yussuf Abu-Warda (actor), Hanna Azoulay Hasfari (actress), David Tour (editor), Eitan Green (writer), Yonny Rechter (composer), Amnon Rubinstein (director), Amnon Rubinstein (writer), Yuval Banai (actor), Ossi Hillel (actress), Galila Ron-Feder (writer), Salwa Nakkara-Haddad (actress),
Genres: Drama,