Today, American English is gaining ground through its increased influence via media and other technical inventions. However, not very long ago the British English variety was the officially prescribed standard in Swedish schools. A short description of British English and American English is the starting point in this investigation into what variety is considered to be the official English standard today and what pronunciation model should be taught to the students. The aim of this survey was to examine teachers’ awareness and attitudes towards teaching efficient and intelligible pronunciation in the classroom. What role does English pronunciation play in the Swedish classroom and do the teachers’ own background and teaching methods influence their students to take on a certain accent or not? In order to survey the situation in Swedish schools today, I developed a questionnaire which was distributed to twenty English teachers in both junior and senior high school. The results showed that fourteen out of twenty English teachers speak with a British English accent; these were mostly influenced by their former teachers and travels abroad. Most teachers did not think they influence their students to take on a certain English accent, but rather that the students are more influenced by TV and other media. Also, the majority of teachers did not think there is such a thing as a complete pronunciation model that would suit the needs of every student. Several teachers also emphasized the importance of learning English for intelligibility and not ‘forcing’ the students to aim at speaking with a native or near-native accent.