English in Spain and accents

In Spain, children have to study English at the school from when since they have are 3 or 4 years old. Now that I am 17 and I have finished all my "compulsory studies of English", I can clearly see clearly all the mistakes of our system in at the time to teaching and learning a language.

First of all, teachers or "the system",(because teachers aren't only to blame don't have all the fault),teach the students writting activities and but they don't make us practise the pronunciation. That's the reason why Spanish people is are known for their they bad pronunciation in English. However, for me pronunciation is very important in my opinion I have never spoken with a native speaker, but it must be very frustrating  to realize that so many years of studying are useless, because you can't  write in English all day be all day writting in english if you want to communicate with a native speaker.

Another important thing is that in Spain, we have the bad habit of laughing at to laugh from others when we talk in another language. I don't understand why this happens...I suppose that it's something cultural which I'm not I don't agree with, but this is another reason that explains why we are "afraid" of talking and learning languages. I know, it has no sense, but it is a fact.

Finally, I would like to talk about the accents in English. Now that I want to try to improve my fluency in English with a native speaker, (which is a really big step for me :)), I would like to ask,¿what accent should I learn?. Here we learn British English more or less, but there are a lot of movies and series that are American... .Sometimes teachers say how is this said ----- in American, like "lift"-"elevator" , but...¿what should I say as a non-native speaker?

If someone, apart from checking my essay, can help me with the my questions last doubt, I would be very grateful. :))

English in Spain and accents

In Spain, children have to study english in school from they are 3 or 4 years old. Now that I am 17 and I have finished all my "compulsory studies of english", I can see clearly all the mistakes of our system (at the time)* to teach and learn a language.

First of all, teachers or "the system",(because teachers don't have all the blame),teach the students writing activities and they don't make us practise the pronunciation.That's the reason why spanish people are known for their bad pronunciation in english.However, for me pronunciation is very important.I have never spoken with a native speaker, but it must be very frustrating to realize that so many years of studying are useless, because you can't be all day writing in english all day if you want to communicate with a native speaker.

Another important thing is that in Spain,we have the bad habit of laughing at others when we talk in another language.I don't understand why this happens...I suppose that it is something cultural which I don't agree with, but this is another reason that explains why we are "afraid" of talking and learning languages.I know..it makes no sense, but it is a fact.

Finally, I would like to talk about the accents in english. Now that I want to try to improve my fluency in english with a native speaker,( which is a really big step for me :)), I would like to ask,¿what accent should I learn?.Here we learn british english more or less, but there are a lot of movies and series that are american... .Sometimes teachers say how is ----- in american, like "lift"-"elevator" , but...¿what should I say as a non-native speaker?

If someone else could check my essay and help me with any last doubts**, I would be very grateful :))

* ¿Que quiere decir "ahora" (now)?

** Usually, we would say something like "...help me with any last questions"