[Beresford]

Well, I can see that most people here prefer the British English, but I strongly adice you to follow the American English because it's so much easier to understand and speak. For example, every people who speak english around the world can always understand what an American says, but they have a hard time understanding every other types of english. An Australian easily gets American. An Irish can easily get it too. But an Australian doesn't get Irish that well, you see what I mean?
And I personally thought that the british accent was weird, but that was before I listened to australian, irish, scottish, welsh, etc. Lol.
You probably think that I'm American from these things I tell you, but I'm not. I'm European.
Watch many american movies, it's your best training. Be well.