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The article glosses over the fact that the US (and to a lesser extent UK) is a great exporter of its culture and language through movies, TV, and music. This is
by ochoseis 8y ago
The article glosses over the fact that the US (and to a lesser extent UK) is a great exporter of its culture and language through movies, TV, and music. This is aided by the fact that the US has a values-based society where you don't need to be of a particular race or ethnicity to identify with it. I can't tell you how many people I've met traveling abroad who learned English by watching American shows and films.
- adventured 8y ago> I can't tell you how many people I've met traveling abroad who learned English by watching American shows and films. That essentially encompasses everyone that learns English well. It's the exception that doesn't aggressively use English media to accelerate their learning of the language. On a basis of living in the language to learn it, consuming US & British culture through media is the single best and easiest way to do it (if you aren't able to constantly be around other English speakers). Plus, it's a lot more fun than doing it solely the rote way.