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ELA

American  

abbreviation

  1. English Language Arts: a core course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school where students develop listening, speaking, reading, composition, grammar, and spelling skills in English.

  2. experiential learning activity: a student-centered activity that is designed to foster knowledge acquisition through hands-on activity and reflective observation.


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"The system isn't coping at the moment, and it's only going to get worse in the future," says Caspar Glynn KC, the chair of the ELA.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

“It had ELA for East Los Angeles either across the stomach or the chest.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024

A Rotorway 162F helicopter and an ELA Eclipse 10 gyrocopter collided shortly after noon local time at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, authorities said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2023

More than 21% of students exceeded ELA standards and nearly 28% met standards while about 23% almost met standards and 28% did not meet standards.

From Fox News • Jan. 8, 2022

Even though in ELA, for our personal memoir project, Mr. Finkelman assigned Dante as my critique partner, which meant he had to read my first two paragraphs.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

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