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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2012 20:50:55 GMT 1
Seeing some interesting responses =P
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 2:40:00 GMT 1
Is American or British English harder to learn??
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 2:43:05 GMT 1
^ British English
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Post by Shaun on Aug 1, 2013 2:48:24 GMT 1
^ Definitely British English  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 2:49:50 GMT 1
I always thought American was harder because of all our slang.
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Post by Shaun on Aug 1, 2013 2:50:33 GMT 1
I guess it really depends on which country you come from and at what age you start learning it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 2:59:21 GMT 1
I always thought American was harder because of all our slang. In respect to that of my fellow English speakers in the  USA, I always accept from students either American spelling or vocabulary choice for example if they write " I like going to the movie theater " instead of " I like going to the cinema " then i'm okay with that. It is harder for students to adapt to British English because all they hear is "Queen's English" but in respect to one of my students, we had to give a mark out of 50 for their current mid-term scores and she actually got 49/50  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 7:36:48 GMT 1
Lol, I'd say  Australian Englsih would be the hardest to learn  |
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Post by Liev on Aug 1, 2013 8:00:26 GMT 1
I always thought American was harder because of all our slang. In respect to that of my fellow English speakers in the  USA, I always accept from students either American spelling or vocabulary choice for example if they write " I like going to the movie theater " instead of " I like going to the cinema " then i'm okay with that. It is harder for students to adapt to British English because all they hear is "Queen's English" but in respect to one of my students, we had to give a mark out of 50 for their current mid-term scores and she actually got 49/50 =  Colors = Colours Characterization = Characterisation Mom = Mum Garbage = Rubbish (Thanks to Simon Cowell ) Apartment = Flat Police = Copper Thousand = Grand Washington = Quid Taxi = Cab and the epic (Correct me if I'm wrong here)... YouTube (t) = YouTube (ch) But I'm more adept to American English. Lol, I'd say  Australian Englsih would be the hardest to learn Probably but I can still remember these words that you have taught us: barbie, bloke, Oz, mate..... Okay, I can't remember the others.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 8:58:43 GMT 1
I can say not hard at all. Dutch is the hardest language in the world, and it shows: I suck at it. |
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