Looking at different flavors of English: all the different accents, dialects, pronunciations, registers and so on.
Remember, there is not just one English that we TEFL teachers teach – there are over 57 varieties!
Black English is a very broad term used to refer to British English and American English as spoken by the black communities in the US and the UK. To a lesser extent it’s also used to refer to black communities in places like the Caribbean and Africa. Two of the […]
Australian English (AuE) is a variant of the English language, spoken mainly in the Australia. Australian English began to diverge from British English shortly after Australia was settled in the late 18th century. It is similar to New Zealand English and bears some resemblance to certain dialects of South East […]
American English – often abbreviated to AmE – is a variant of the English language, spoken mainly in the United States. About two-thirds of the world’s native speakers of English live in America and speak this variant. English was introduced to North America by British settlers during the colonization period […]
There are several major varieties of English: American, British, Australian and so on. This article looks at differences in spelling between these. It is a general guide which covers the majority of cases, however remember that there are exceptions which will need to be taught to your TEFL class on […]