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Your second question first. Written Englishes are not too big an issue. Grammars are all essentially the same, there are some spelling differences, but they usually follow simple patterns: colour/color, honour/honor, etc. Vocabulary can be a bit different: truck/lorry, elevator/lift or Australians wear "thongs" on their feet but in the USA a "thong" is now an undergarment, etc. So, the big issue is, where are you most likely to SPEAK English? Decide on this and then immerse yourself in that version of English. Books, movies, TV from that country! Most countries have local accents and even dialects. Solution: news announcers are often a good standard source as bigger news firms try to avoid local accents. Years ago, many news announcers in the USA were actually Canadians so as not to have any local US accents! There are roughly three stages of speaking a foreign language: 1) Poorly: native speakers have trouble understanding you and have to work at it. 2) Clear but accented: natives understand you reasonably easily but (easily) notice your foreign accent. 3) Accent-less: Natives think you are native (though they may think you come from another part of the country!) If possible, you should aim for 2). There IS actually a lower level, 0) and unfortunately my spoken Mandarin is level 0). NO one understands it. 8^( Sometimes I can READ German at 3) 8^) But as soon as I SPEAK, my terrible grammar gives me away. 8^( LOL! 祝你好运！