Arvin Trevino comments

As a future linguist and English teacher in Japan. There is NO perfect, non-accented English. Language perception is based on the Anthropological idea of western Expansion. Later in the future, it was called, Manifest Destiny. Now, that America can not start a war(making enemies) they try to push the ideology that English is the language of opportunity(future) in reality, not so much. These English monolinguals are so narrow-minded and uncultivated(Even though they seem civilized and well mannered). So, if you speak another primary language maintain that language( do what you can to prevent language loss by having critical awareness) English has no standard and varies. There is English from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Even within these nations, English is varied among dialects. I believe that students should find their own language style as they learn examples of different dialects. So in a nutshell, if students learn more languages the better chances they have in careers, and they gain different perspectives from all the different cultures they learned or experienced in a community. I apologize for the long comment, but I can not stand people who are narrow-minded saying, "There is a standard, non-accented English". Pfff, monoglots of any language should do their best to immerse themselves in other languages to see new perspectives and be open-minded in this world.