English is multinational : British variant initiated the American version, and then the Australian and South African ones. And now, in the XXI century, we are dealing with a Nigerian, Indian and Singaporean variants [3]. At the present time American English is the most widespread language, "in many spheres of life and human activity - in the field of material culture, economy and finance, education, health and many other areas - the U.S. version is spreading worldwide and has a tendency ofreplacing British English ... "[2]. The United States is now home for the largest number of native speakers of English (in 1995 U.S. population was 263 057 thousand)..So, America in the twentieth century, contributed to the spread of English more than other countries. However, despite the fact that, the teaching of English in many countries, including Russia, has been focused on the British version of the language for many years, people had to learn the American version in practice.Only fewof them- those who were in connection with professional activities had to communicate with native American English. Our school has always focused and continues to focus on the classic English. In the best language schools the British version hasbeen traditionally taught , and mainly teachers from Britain are invited to work as foreign consultants and trainers. As for professional educators of the American version we have very few of them (not more than 5%).In schools wherethere are stillprofessionals(ex. Language Link, Polyglot), studentsare explainedthe differencebetween thevariants of Englishand they choose to study that variant of English which they need.
However, agreeing with our teachers, Robert Dzhenski (American, the head of the British School of English) argues that it is for advanced students. When the students start learning language there is only one version of English that should be taught. But nowadays the fact that students (and not only students) almost daily contact with the American version though American films, listening to American music and reading the labels on products and goods of the American production should betaken into account.Aglobal computer network and correspondence with American coevals contribute to the practice of modern languages. Of course, they notice differencesbetween what they learn at school and with which they face in practice. Therefore, an English teacher (if he/she wants to be a success must be competent in matters of the differences between American and British (Queen's English) language versions. That is why this work is extremely actual.
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