Which one is better, American English or British English?

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This is an old question many students ask: "which one is better?" Really what they mean is which one is more "convenient" to learn. There are good points and bad points in each one and to some extent there is no real way to say which one is a better. What students should worry about is which one out of those two they will be in contact with. If you're going to travel or study in Great Briatain then you should get acquainted with British English. If you are going to do the same in the American soil then you should learn American English.  Ecuador is within the area where America is much more influential so Ecuadorians perhaps should take that as indication of what language they shoud study or perhaps what they can hope to study: in Ecuador, more specifically Guayaquil, there are not many British and only a handful are here to teach. There are not many Americans but their number is significantly bigger and several of them are teaching.
I always thought of this problem myself and found no answer. In the end and in spite of whatever I may think about it my English remains very much American.                






























































































                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Comments

Luis Bermudes said…
Precisely but many people don't see it that way.
July 28, 2012 at 8:20 PM
Luis Tapia said…
I was wondering that too.In my opinion choosing which one is better depends on you, as you said, we have to look for the more convenient for us.Personally i like british english more than american english and i would like to learn it too.
August 1, 2012 at 5:40 PM
Racionalista said…
The main difference between them at my point of view is that americans speak so quickly than us so at many times you couldnt understand it. And british on the other hand keep a more relaxed speech but have a particular pronunciation and different words with our accostumed amercian english, so is more difficult for us to learn the first than the second
August 8, 2012 at 9:52 AM
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