2006-11-15 01:26:28 · 14 answers · asked by londonlife_sophistication 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yes, and pretty much around the world British English is the standard.
2006-11-15 01:31:59 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, its British English
2006-11-15 01:30:18 · answer #2 · answered by Starlight 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
British english is taught in Germany, American english is taught in the Netherlands. Also, many colleges have the option of choosing to study either british or american english. I'm not sure about the other countries.
2006-11-15 08:14:01 · answer #3 · answered by JamesMadison 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my experience of working in Eastern Europe, the English taught tends to lean towards the Americanised version (as per the EFL Tutor mentioned earlier).
The reasons for this are
The Internet, Films, USAID providing funding and American youth on teaching projects etc.
One of the other reasons that American English seems to be more prevalent is pronunciation... it would appear that whilst our Eastern European neighbours can't distinguish between Americans and The English when we speak, they are able to understand Americans better as they roll their 'R's', which apparently we English don't (The R's tend to be soft in spoken English by the English) and as R is important in say Russian, Ukrainian and Slovac languages, it is easier to 'pick it out' when speaking.
2006-11-15 05:59:46 · answer #4 · answered by Boring Old Fart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not always. My sister did her placement year in a school in Austria and they had definitely been taught American English rather than British English
2006-11-16 05:16:56 · answer #5 · answered by Kari 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in France in school it depends on the teacher. My daughter who's at primary school has had 2 teachers who amused her by saying "zee" instead of "zed" for example. However their curriculum at primary school level starts with songs "Heads, shoulders, knees and toes" which I always thought of as British. Anyway, at this level they're too young to see the difference. I do know someone (a Brit) who went thru' the system right up to university and it was mainly British. Anyways; at university you choose English or American.
Can't speak for other countries, sorry.
2006-11-15 05:52:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I n all my long years i have never heard of British English ?
The Queens English yes.
2006-11-15 01:35:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is the British English that is taught. I once had a linguistics teacher that was a native Bulgarian, and her accent was Slavic and British sounding. It was weird sounding.
2006-11-15 10:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by Neb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's a mixture, especially in Business English, but the normal textbooks are more predominantly British. However, even they include more Americanisms every year.
2006-11-15 01:36:30 · answer #9 · answered by custers_nemesis 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
JamesMadison is sooooo wrong!!
I'm from The Netherlands, and the English that they teach us at here is the Bristish English (Queens English).
2006-11-15 12:03:12 · answer #10 · answered by Endie vB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋