Does China learn from America or Britain?

China can learn British English and American English.

China's formal textbooks are English, because they are orthodox, basically fixed in usage and clear in pronunciation, which reduces the difficulty of listening. However, in the large vocabulary of the book, we will also find that there are British phonetic symbols and American phonetic symbols in a word, and most teachers in China mainly speak American English, which can also be called Chinglish, combined with the characteristics of English teaching in China.

In CET-4 and CET-6, both American English and British English are recognized, but parents should know that British English and American English are different in pronunciation, definition and grammar of individual words. If they are mixed together, they may make jokes without knowing it, so parents will find regular English institutions for their children to choose English as their key learning.

English differences

With different intonations, American English has a strong sense of ups and downs when speaking, and pays attention to cadence. But British English sounds dull and changes little. Mainly applicable to different places, British English is mainly applicable to the Commonwealth or British colonial areas, including parts of Australia, Africa and India, and American English is applicable to the United States.

The most obvious difference between English and American English is that in the United States and Britain, the words used are different from the names of the same thing. Compared with British English, American English is more inclusive and diverse, absorbing and drawing lessons from various cultures also integrates the linguistic characteristics of various cultures, while British English is more retro and traditional in vocabulary use. There are also subtle differences in grammar between British English and American English. For example, in some cases, British English uses the present perfect tense while American English uses the past tense.