How do foreigners learn English?

[Smithy]

Do countries whose first language is not English learn English with The North American way of spelling or the traditional English way?

Just curious.

 

[Smithy]

why would it be North American?

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?

 

[Smithy]

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.

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.

 

[Smithy]

Surely it depends on the location?

So different foreigners from different countries could learn either English or U.S. English, depending on their global location?

 

[Smithy]

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.

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.

 

[Smithy]

I find you post a little confusing, you ask one question in the title but a very different one in the actual message

Do you want to know "How", like what methods or styles or do you want to know "What" they teach, like American English or British English?

Crikey.

How: In what manner or way.

By substitution;

In what manner or way do foreigners learn English?

Perhaps I could have phrased it, How do foreigners learn English? Using British English or American English?

However that would have made a lengthy thread title. In any case, I agree with One More Solo, I think it is being pedantic to argue this out.