Learning an english accent - where to start?

[Alex-Macdonald]

do you mean modern day cockney (like jason statham) or old style(like michael cane)? as they are quite different also the old style cockney like michael cane and bob hoskins is dying out
there are some different accents here
http://web.ku.edu/~idea/

[phatyma]

i do get agreed with your sstment........can u help me out, i want to get scholarship in one the gud unversites of London, woul u giud me?

[undeddy]

Hello!

I've recorded myself reading one paragraph (~30 sec). If you had time and willingness to listen to it, I'd be very interested in hearing your comments about my accent (American or British accent does it resemble (at least from afar) more :)). What are the typical mistakes?

P.S. I've uploaded mp3-file using easy-share.com. It's located here:click here (click free download).

Thanks beforehand!