American accent: Why are international students so attracted to it?

lol!! they are not interested in accent they want to learn it to impress the americans!!

It is better sounding than the British mate. Most Asians are going to America anyways.

Since the last ten years or so, that is before the global slowdown, the IT boom was going on all over the world and especially in Asian countries. Since the US is the premier country dealing with IY and outsourcing and call centres having sprung up and mushroomed everybody was flocking for jobs. Now it was neccessary to speak in the American accent since Us residents did not want to interact with Asians while going through the call centres. Therefore classes were specially held for Asians to learn the US accent in order to communicate and also understand the Amercans. Moreover many students have been opting to study in US universities so by learning the American accent and later on working there they would not feel alienated.

maybe they want to become Hollywood actors someday... lol

I've heard of people being attracted to such accents as French, Spanish, or British, but this is the first I've heard of people being attracted to the American accent. I don't know...I didn't even know we had a particular unifying accent. In America,there are Southern accents, Midwest accents, and Northern accents (and each one of these has its own particular idiosyncracy), but as for one unifying accent? I hadn't noticed it.

Maybe they find it very fascinating to learn the American accent. But I am not fascinated with it because I find myself "trying hard" which is highly ridiculous, I will better speak naturally than trying to pretend to speak with American accent.

International students want to learn with that accent because they find it a good advantage to their part maybe or they feel they have an edge when applying for foreign employment.