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Originally Posted by baqarah131

BBC - bbc.co.uk homepage - Home of the BBC on the Internet has good materials. BBC is a good model, highly respected, and careful in how they use English.

The BBC now don't expect their speakers to speak with a traditional "BBC accent". You will hear many regional accents; some are easier for non-native speakers than others.

Except for "r", which in English is really a semivowel, the consonants don't change much between British and North American English. The differences are mainly in vocabulary, idioms, and sometimes, the vowels.

I have to beg to differ, here. The "t" is often pronounced very differently, and the vowel system is completely different.

I highlighted the differences between British and American English in a video I made a couple of months ago: English as she is writ. The interesting part begins at 2 minutes 14 seconds.