What's the best country to learn english?

Question

I'm 14 and I'd like to go to some english speaking country for some time (half year or year) in few years to learn english. Where d'you think i should go? I think the best is Great Britain but it's very expensive and I don't know if it's worth.

Answer 1

Anywhere but America.

Answer 2

As some of the answers have told you, there are many, many places where English is spoken well. If you are determined to live in an English-speaking country, find a place that has an accent which is considered "educated". It's often said, copy the accent used by the news announcers on the television. Some parts of the United States are good, and most of Canada has what is thought of as a good American accent. Look through the list of answers and ignore anyone who wrote in that awful text-message spelling. I'm amazed that they consider themselves to be English-speakers!

It is expensive to go to another country to study, but it is the best way to pick up a language and an accent in the shortest time.

Answer 3

A decent English course in the UK will be expensive you can find cheap courses on the internet but they do not provide a quality product. Add your travel and accommodation expenses to the cost of the course plus spending money and I assume you want to eat. Some countries (including the UK) have expensive visa requirements. Look at the university web sites, they will give you an idea of the true cost of living as a student. Any english speaking country will be able to provide a quality course. All native speakers have regional accents and there are some differences in grammar from country to country, however we all understand each other. The British Council in your own country will be able to give you more advice if you decide that you would like to study in the UK.

Answer 4

You can learn English and acquire good knowledge of it in the country you live in. If this is what I can see here is written by yourself, then I can tell you have already worked skills of spoken English. There are a lot of ways to learn English, inrich its vocabulary , practice. Mastering English takes time and then, definitely, some people go to an English speaking country for a year or two or even longer. Staying for half a year is not enough to achieve good results. Best luck.

Answer 5

Ideally, you should go somewhere where a large number of people are fluent in both English and Czech, since that way you get better feedback on how well you are doing. Since the English are notoriusly lazy about learning other people's languages, you might be better off going somewhere like a largish city in the US that has a sizeable Czech community. You might find some useful information at the link below.


(By the way, for a 14-year-old, your written English is already better than a lot of British 14-year-olds!)

Answer 6

Keep in mind the amount of regional dialect you'll encounter, and you'll be fine. Those who learn English in America or Scotland do just as fine as those who learn in England, provided they study English intensively while at school and realize the variances between spoken English and written English. London is of course very expensive, if you're on a more limited budget consider going north. For half a year or an entire year, I really don't see any marginal difference between whatever country you choose to learn English (unless it's in a country with a minority English speaking population such as India, or one where local languages compete on the street, such as Nigeria). For the time you're there, wherever you go, just practice speaking as much as you can, study daily and absorb as much as you can for the time there.

Answer 7

Any English speaking country is good to learn English.

There are however differences in how the English language is used between the countries. Most noticably is the accent. If you like the English accent more than the New York accent, go to England and not New York....

I personally want to spend time in England to learn the language better than I do now. I've got relatives in the US and can go there any time, but I like the English accent and the culture more than the American, so I want to explore that.

Answer 8

Come to Ottawa, the capital of Canada. It is bilingual English-French with a Czech embassy (link below) and many Czech residents.

There is approximately 100,000 Czech immigrants who came to Canada for economic reasons.

Of course one big wave was to escape the Nazi occupation, also many Czech Jews emigrated in 1939 and the 1940s.

There was another big one was in 1948, after the Communist putsch.

And of course 1968, after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union and the Soviet army.

If you speak French, go to Quebec, a bi-lingual province in Canada.

Although the Quebec law causes ALL public signs to be in French, Canada is mostly English speaking.

By federal law every product in the stores must have ENGLISH as well has French on the labels.

Just remember that the hot water tap is marked C for the french word for hot: which is "chaud". don't scald yourself thinking C is cold water!

The advantage of Canada is that we are the world's most ethnicly diverse nation, and we respect ethnic minorities.

The USA has a "melting pot" trying to homoginize everyone. We, in Canada, favour an ethnic-freindly "mosaic" approach.

ALSO we speak "American" English. That's the language of international commerce, that the whole planet is trying to learn!

Answer 9

England would be best, but anywhere where the people speak english would be great! Be careful of strong accents though, like in parts of Ireland or America. Good luck =)

Answer 10

Philippines is good choice almost half of the country's workforce is outside the country and communicating using English. America is even hiring teachers from that country.

Answer 11

think of a country whos dominant language is english. such as England. America is a country with virtually every language is spoken, making it a less likely candidate. England would be the country you should go to. plus, its verry beautiful there. :-) also, the accent shouldn't get in the way of understanding words. as a matter of opinion, it seems the accent enhances understanding words because of the different stressing of certain letters in certain words. my best friend is from england, and i love listening to her mother speak. however, in England they have a slightly different way of saying things; such as "fish and chips". its not actually fish and chips. by chips, they are reffering to french fries. i hope this helps. and i really hope this makes you concider visiting england! its way boring here in america ;-D