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Teflpedia is an open educational resource covering everything associated with teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL). An editable wiki is used to manage content.

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• PARSNIP (/pɑ:snɪp/) is an acronym that stands for "politics, alcohol, religion, sex, narcotics, -isms, and pork". These are taboo topics that are excluded from many international EFL books because of their potential to upset people, particularly powerful people, and might therefore impact sales.