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American English has spread worldwide through television and film, but British English remains the more professional and respected option outside the Americas.
There is no such thing as 'American English', its just 'English', its so funny watching Americans desperately trying to claim the language. Australians don't do it, canadians don't do it, New Zealanders don't do it etc etc. The fact is the language Americans speak is English, its a foreign language that has totally and utterly obliterated the local languages (as its done elsewhere in the world). I will say though that Americans have learnt to speak English quite well though I think Scandinavians are better 'English speakers' generally.
Well currently British instructors don't have to get a visa to teach English in the European Union. With Britain leaving the European Union, I think this opens Europe up to more Americans teaching English in Europe.
Teaching English is mostly done by locals on the mainland. I doubt that will be a business opportunity for Americans in the future.
Ireland might see an increase of students who want to do a language class over the summer, though.
There is no such thing as 'American English', its just 'English', its so funny watching Americans desperately trying to claim the language. Australians don't do it, canadians don't do it, New Zealanders don't do it etc etc. The fact is the language Americans speak is English, its a foreign language that has totally and utterly obliterated the local languages (as its done elsewhere in the world). I will say though that Americans have learnt to speak English quite well though I think Scandinavians are better 'English speakers' generally.
The American language is English, yes, you are right!
The world wants to learn the American language, which is, English.
The American language is English, yes, you are right!
The world wants to learn the American language, which is, English.
That's why Brexit is totally irrelevant.
No the English language is English (the clue is in the name of the language), it is the E N G L I S H language that has spread to many foreign countries (and in some cases replaced the local language) of which the US is one such example. The world obviously wants to speak ENGLISH the language of the ENGLISH (again the clue is in the name of the language) and that includes our American 'friends'. The language you speak my 'friend' is a European one and therefore a foreign one, Americans have learn't the language quite well and I think Americans are amongst the best foreign people to speak our language, I think perhaps they are not the best foreign English speakers though, I think the Scandinavians are perhaps better (open to argument of course).
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Americans have learn't the language quite well and I think Americans are amongst the best foreign people to speak our language, I think perhaps they are not the best foreign English speakers though, I think the Scandinavians are perhaps better (open to argument of course).
I've heard that many native English-speaking people from India have really bad grammar and bad pronunctiation. Perhaps people from Scandinavian countries and The Netherlands speak better English as their first foreign language.
American English has spread worldwide through television and film, but British English remains the more professional and respected option outside the Americas.
When I was looking at ESL jobs, as an American I had no problem in Latin America or China. Teaching English in the EU would have been harder, because for the jobs that were looking for native speakers they preferred British people because England is a part of the EU.
I also know people who run language schools, and when they hire native speakers they use British people because getting the paperwork to hire a non European Union citizen is difficult.
Now that Brexit is leaving the EU, either for those jobs requiring Native speakers they'll be hiring Irish or they'll have to hire/sponsor non Europeans like Americans or Canadians. Britain is out of the equation.
I've heard that many native English-speaking people from India have really bad grammar and bad pronunctiation. Perhaps people from Scandinavian countries and The Netherlands speak better English as their first foreign language.
I have wondered if this is due to the Dutch and Scandinavian people speaking Germanic languages-the category that linguists place English in.
Now, if English was a Chinese based language, those people might have a harder time learning it.
Most of them teach English with British accent as well.
Hardly. Continentals speak English with their respective accents, maybe perhaps the spelling is British.
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