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On reason Japan may have adopted American English as its preferred variety because of the strong influence the US had over the Japanese education system during the post war occupation where reform, democratisation and new textbooks were ordered after a US education mission’s visit. Hoshiyama claims ...

Hi showem. I'm doing a subject about the global context of English. As English expands and develops in different streams like British English, American English, Australian English, there are ocasions where some misunderstandings occur (this happens wirthin the varieties too!). I'm looking for exampl...

Can anyone give origins or reasons for the Japanese preference for American English over British English? Thank you.

Has anyone (not) had an experience in an EFL situation where there was a discrepancy between your own variety of English and the expected pronunciation? What was the situation and how did you deal with it?