London accent or American accent

As an English learner (/English language student), to acquire a perfect native accent is one of my goals. Can't help to but laught at the thought of seeing a my foreign friends surprised with my accent and their WTF- face. Of couse, for now, my accent is still smattering (what do you mean by this?) and awaiting for improving still needs improving.

Thus ('Thus' is very formal; 'so' is more neutral) So I've tried to listen to BBC news, imitate their tone of voice and speed; read The Economist, remember those words and expressions they used. Somehow I know that the London accent is welcomed to American welcomed by Americans/welcomed in America when I started to learn English, That which is why I choose chose the BBC and The Economist instead of CNN or WSJ.

That doesn't mean the American accent should be belittled. With powerful cultural transmission, Because of its powerful and widespread cultural influence, the American accent is very popular in China, especially among the young(er) generations. Movie, music and games affect their daily life; for me, I'm looking forward to seeing the Star Wars VII, which will be released in early January in China. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!!. Furthermore, I'm intersted in distinguishing UK actors from US actors in different films. I don't know them all, but it's funny to make a guess where thoes actors come from and which one is just imitate the plot-required accent it's fun to guess where the actors come from and which ones are just imitating the accent for the film.

Yes I'm learning the London accent, but the problem is that learning to speak with a news reporter's accent and using their expressions might be way too old, too foormal for me to learn news reporters' accent and expressions. Languages are changing all the time, even in China. No one wants to talk with a person who always uses only news-used-vocablary (formal) vocabulary only used in news reports. In the daily life/On a day-to-day basis the words and phrases we used are very flexible, informal and sometimes incorrect.

Tone of voice, under a certain condition, reflects a specific crowd. An old women's tone of voice definitely sounds different to a youth's. It would be a horrible thing if you heard me, a 25-years-old guy expressing my ideas with an old lady's tone.

Anyway, being able to read and listen is one thing, and speak suitably but speaking properly is another. Any suggestions?

Great job!

In terms of suggestions, look for language meet-ups in your city and practice talking to people as much as you can. Watching news reports is a good idea, but maybe also try some TV shows as well for more conversational vocabulary. If you need any help, let me know!

London accent or American accent

As a goal most English Learners will have, to acquire a perfect native accent for the language I'm learning is one of my goals. (as 后面指的名词要对应下一句话的名词，”an English learner“和“to acquire a perfect native accent" 不是同一个名词）Can't help but laugh at the thought of seeing my foreign friends surprised with my accent and their WTF- face. of couse, for now, my accent is still beyond my expectation and needs improving.

Thus, I've try to listen to BBC news（present perfect tense是指你以前做的对现在有什么影响，但这句话只是表达你正在练习听力，所以用现在式就好）, imitate (我觉得mimic会比较好一点） the way they speak; I read The Economist and learn new words and expressions they use. I know that London accent is welcomed by American when I started to learn English, which is why I chose BBC and The Economist instead of CNN or WSJ.

That dosen't mean American accent should be belittled. Because of its powerful and widespread cultural influence, the American accent is very popular in China, especaily among the younger generation. Movie, music and games affect their daily life; for me, I'm looking forward to see the StarWars VII released in early Januray in China. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!!. Furthermore, I'm intersted in distinguishing UK actors from US actors in different films. I don't know them all, but it's funny to make a guess where thoes actors come from and which ones are just imitating the accent for the films.

Yes, I'm learning London accent, but problem is that learning to speak with a news reporter's accent and using their expressions may be way too old and too formal for me. Languages are devoloping all the time; even in China, no one wants to talk with a person who always uses formal vocabulary only used in news reports. In the daily life, the words and phrases we use are very causal, colloquial, informal and sometimes not be considered to be correct in the written language.

Pitch of voice, under certain circumstances, reflects an identity of particular peoples. The pitch of an old woman sounds definitely different from a younger one's. It will be creepy to hear me, a 25-years-old guy expressing my idea with an old-lady's voice. (Tone 在北美是指语气，这个语气是表达情绪变化的信号，不是声音的高低，the pitch of voice 才是声调）

Anyway, the ability to read and listen is one thing, and the ability to speak appropriately is another. any suggestion?

希望能帮到你 (Ps: I copied some ideas from the revision above. If it matters you, I apologize for what I'm done)