What is American English The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language. - Oscar Wilde
How to Teach American English Although American English and British English are not different languages, they have differences at various levels such as vocabulary, phonetics and phonology. The most obvious difference is pronunciation and accent. At present, about 80% of everything shown on TV (also on the Internet) is from the United States, therefore most peoples' accents lean more towards the American English accent, not British. And not only accent... There are many other differences between American and British English: lexical, grammatical, socio-cultural, etc.
If your students want to use American English in their future lives (study or live in America or Canada) they need to start learning American English. How to learn American English? ESL students can learn to speak with American English accent by performing listening and speaking exercises. In fact, there are a few excellent American English learning resources.
Learn American English
Learning Resources
American Accent Audio Course
American English Writing Software for ESL Students
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