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ELT

American  

abbreviation

  1. English Language Teaching: teaching English to speakers of other languages.

  2. experiential learning theory: a pedagogical theory that proposes knowledge is best acquired through hands-on activity and reflective observation.


ELT British  

abbreviation

  1. English Language Teaching: the teaching of English specifically to students whose native language is not English

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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No time was wasted on choosing a name - it will be called the Extremely Large Telescope or ELT.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2024

But because locating them in this way can be difficult and time-consuming, the researchers aimed to see how well the ELT telescopes might handle the challenge.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

French company Safran-Reosc is producing up to four mirror segments a week at a dedicated factory in Poitier and is ramping up, says ELT program manager Roberto Tamai.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 17, 2023

The ELT is set to begin observations at the end of the decade.

From The Verge ● Dec. 23, 2021

Europe, in contrast, took the lead over the U.S. in ground-based optical astronomy years ago and is well into construction of an ELT of its own in Chile.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2021

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