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The field of TESOL/Applied Linguistics has influenced education worldwide. Research into the teaching and learning of additional languages has permeated teacher preparation programs all over the world. Research into the authentic use of language in conversations has shown how conversations are structured and how people take turns, which can be used to inform the teaching of speaking and listening skills in the language classroom. Research into the ways that teachers talk to their classes and what ELLs need in order to develop their language has yielded highly interactive classes, in which students practice speaking and listening, reading and writing to each other as opposed to listening to teachers lecture.

One important contribution of TESOL to education in general is based on research that differentiates social and academic language (Cummins, 1979, 2008). In teacher education programs, teachers are learning to teach ELLs the language they need for academic achievement in their general education classrooms (a.k.a., mainstream classrooms). This research has influenced standards of instruction for pre-K–12 schools, such as the Common Core State Standards, in that teachers are now taught to model academic language use and create opportunities for students to identify patterns of academic language use in science, math, history, and language arts.