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As an ESL teacher, I often encounter a recurring theme with my students from Japan: the deeply ingrained belief that there is one "official" version of English. Usually, the gold standard they are striving for is American English. They worry that if they don't sound like a Hollywood actor or a New York news anchor, they are somehow speaking it "wrong." 🎬🇺🇸 This illusion is completely understandable, but it is one of the biggest hurdles to building confidence in a second la