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    Britisches Englisch vs. amerikanisches Englisch: Was wird in Schulen gelehrt?


    Britisches Englisch vs. amerikanisches Englisch: Was wird in Schulen gelehrt?

    Von vladgrinch

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    2. tobotic on

      Australians learn Australian English, though that’s closer to British English than it is to American English.

      Pretty sure New Zealanders are in a similar situation.

    3. Roo1996 on

      Ah yes, we famously learn British English in Ireland. Same in Canada I’m sure.

      /s

    4. Jan-Pawel-II on

      In Dutch secondary schools you can choose either one, as long as you are consistent.

    6. AwfulUsername123 on

      Believe it or not, Canadians learn Canadian English, not British English.

    7. Argentina4Ever on

      Good to point out that at least in Brazil there are many private english schools that opt for British English instead but the normal public school english classes are American yeah.

    8. BlueZinc123 on

      Wouldn’t Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. teach their own dialects?

    9. ColdArmedForces on

      First time I see that Greenland has data which language is taught

    10. Silverchaoz on

      Wait they learn english at schools in French? Didnt noticed it myself everytime i visit French

    18. PaKman67 on

      What’s the source for this? Indonesian here I learned British English

    20. Incorrigible_Gaymer on

      In Poland it’s both. American pronunciation but everything else’s British.

    21. surfinbear1990 on

      Even tho Scottish school is Scottish English, doh

      Since when did Canada do British English?

    23. EverTheWatcher on

      I always look back fondly of my time as a kid in Germany when I’d be sent out of the room for English class, for fear I would infect them with my Americanisms.

    24. BlackCATegory on

      In countries that do not do movies/TV shows voice synchro but rather subtitles (wester Balkans for example), we speak accent that is closer to American just because we learn most of English through movies/TV shows rather than school. And yes, I was officially taught British English in school but it was not considered an error to use American spelling or pronunciation if that was your choice.

    26. CraftFamiliar5243 on

      When traveling in Europe I noticed a lot more American accents.

    27. fluffy_plume0 on

      In Turkey (and I guess in many other countries too) they tried so hard too teach us British English with all those Cambridge lessons and Cambridge writing-listening-speaking exams but still most of young people today have Americanized accent with Turkish tone because of American popular culture and movies, songs, youtube videos, social media etc.

    28. Usagi-Zakura on

      When I went to school in Norway we had two English teachers, one spoke British English and the other more American English… they didn’t really care which accent we chose to go with.

      Heck I change mine based on what my spell checker is set to at that moment.

    29. inn4tler on

      I’m from Austria and went to school in the mid-2000s. We learned both and had to choose one when speaking. As you can imagine, it was often a mess. Most chose American English, but found it difficult to avoid British vocabulary (and vice versa).

    30. SarahFabulous on

      This isn’t true for France. It really depends on the teacher.

    31. Calm-Can8118 on

      Nah I think Chinese are taught America English and British English both. Then we cannot tell which word is British or America

    32. scott3845 on

      Lol, who made this map?

      Other than adding the letter U in places they don’t, Canadians learn and speak the same English as America does..

      Boot is something that goes on your foot.

      It’s a parking lot, not a car park

      We pronounce the C in schedule

      It’s an elevator, not a lift

      Fanny is a girl’s name

      It’s takeout, not takeaway

      I won’t even get into curse words…

    33. Same_Device_3846 on

      British and american English are both taught at school in Germany

    34. Regeneric on

      In Poland it is a mix but most of the time it is, indeed, British English

    35. Compulsive-Gremlin on

      I’m American but I studied in Germany while in high school and the school we were at definitely taught American English.

    38. CRoss1999 on

      Of course then they all speak American English due to American media

    39. Vedat9854 on

      Hmm I’d say it is both in Turkey. I recall the differences being taught in school

    40. TDYDave2 on

      I can’t say what version of spelling was taught, but it seemed most Danes I talked with had American pronunciation.

    41. NymeriaHere on

      What about the other countries? No data or do they not teach English at all?

    42. xsolwonder on

      Chinese here. Depends on region and school you can be taught either British or American English (the latter is prolly more popular)

    43. Beautiful_Fig_3111 on

      I’m from China and I’m with the Academia, I can say with certainty that an overwhelming majority of Chinese who speak English as a second language speak in American accent with American vocabulary. They may not actually sound very American because most still kept some of their Chinese accent, but you point at a underground train they say subway rather than tube. We teach with materials produced by U.S. speakers.

      I (after having now actually stayed in London for about five years now) have met two Chinese people (by nationality rather than ethnicity) besides myself who can actually speak what I considered ‘English’ English, one in slightly accented Cockney, the other RP English. The first one is a voice actor so there’s that, the other is a notorious Anglophile who still owns me money…so, you know.

      You don’t get ‘that’ a lot of English cultural exposure in the Far East barring Dr. Who or Holmes or Poirot or something. People who speak in proper English English there made the effort to do it.

    45. iFoegot on

      The China part is wrong. Officially we are taught American English in school, but in reality it’s a mix of both. The spellings are American, for example realize in stead of realise, color in stead of colour. Pronunciations are also American, most notably the R sound. Tho some British words are also taught, for example biscuit.

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