Do you have a class, school or institute – or even national policy – about which variety of English to teach, such as American English (AmEng), British English (BrEng), New Zealand English (NZEng), English as a lingua franca (ELF) or English as an international language (EIL)? More specifically, is there a policy or preference for students to learn and use a specific accent or pronunciation style to sound a certain way?
This article briefly outlines a few of the main categorisations of English and related discussions (e.g. prestige languages), then looks at debates around simple intelligibility versus ‘sounding like an American . . .
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