How do foreigners learn English?
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LMAO the first word my german neighbour learned was ******* ******* and it just got worse despite my dad trying to tell him those were not words to speak infront of children.
I remember installing his satellite dish and his words were **** **** heavy *******
You think they learn english LOL in the UK?
No chance.
No swearing
Gilly
I remember installing his satellite dish and his words were **** **** heavy *******
You think they learn english LOL in the UK?
No chance.
No swearing
Gilly
I hate to answer a question with a question, but; Why not?
It would seem perfectly logical for a foreign person to learn the North American way of spelling if their destination was to head for North America later in life, would it not?
You didn't say where they were learning.
Since both of us are located in the UK...it would seem logical that you were refering to foreigners coming here.
Because American-English not proper English.
That's strange logic. I did state they were learning, both in the thread title and in the OP.
When I say "they", I am not referring to actual people, just a group of fictional foreigners.
When I say "they", I am not referring to actual people, just a group of fictional foreigners.
Bit of an abstract question then. Surely it depends on the location?
I think most learn american english. I know a few people that went to international schools and they learn the american version, generally speaking. I would have thought that their teachers would tell them about the different variations but I think they focus on the american dialect.
So different foreigners from different countries could learn either English or U.S. English, depending on their global location?
I interpreted it as foreigners who actually live abroad in their own countries and in answer to that, I'd say they use a lot of z's instead of s's. I'll investigate whether they ever bother with u's. If they have an accent at all it's usually American, not English.
This is what I thought. It must get increasingly difficult to learn both when you consider the phonology and phonetics of the language's variations.
American english is just as formal as british english, internationally speaking.
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They don't. Move to Bolton and see.
well I taught English is just one language, in every country in the world,where it is the official language( UK ,USA,Australia,etc)
here,in the official school, I thinkh it´s the proper English ,as you say, but the spell ( or the accent) depends where the teatcher has made his/ her studies- he/ her could have made it in UK or in the USA
anyway my " broken" English was learned in Newark-New Jersey,where I stay for about 5 years ( working)
and yes TV is a big "teatcher"
here,in the official school, I thinkh it´s the proper English ,as you say, but the spell ( or the accent) depends where the teatcher has made his/ her studies- he/ her could have made it in UK or in the USA
anyway my " broken" English was learned in Newark-New Jersey,where I stay for about 5 years ( working)
and yes TV is a big "teatcher"
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If its Guyana they learn US English. If its a Commonwealth country, chances are it'll be UK English.
True, The American English is just like we talked here about 100 years ago.
The endlish we speak now is english with a bit of french thrown in.