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Originally Posted by Wong However, the college teachers suggest that British accent is more acceptable in the world, especially in the world outside US. Is it true? |
No, it's not true at all. I've had enough contact with international students to know this. With just a few exceptions - only one that I can recall - the
ESL students I've spoken to that are in the U.S.
temporarily and permanently speak with an AE accent.
I can usually detect by listening to an
ESL/EFL student's accent when he or she has had mostly British English teachers. Even when these students have had British English teachers, their accent still mostly leans towards sounding American.
There is nothing more acceptable or less acceptable about any type of native speaker English accent.
Your teachers are, in my opinion, are misleading their students by stating this.